Felsenkellerstraße 1, Wooden residential and commercial building in Lindenau, Leipzig, Germany

Holzhaus Z8 is a five-story timber building at Felsenkellerstraße 1, completed in 2018 on a triangular plot where Felsenkellerstraße meets Zschochersche Straße at a 36-degree angle. Its facade is clad in pre-weathered Siberian larch with horizontal aluminium bands, and the structure uses cross-laminated timber walls and ceilings. The ground floor and first floor hold a 430-square-metre shop for ergonomic office equipment; four apartments of 120 to 195 square metres occupy the upper floors.

The corner plot was shared with a neighbouring car rental firm during the Nazi period, then held a petrol station until 1961; afterwards it lay fallow as a fenced garden. Planning by architect Dirk Stenzel, himself one of the builders, was slowed by fire-safety requirements, and construction of the timber frame began in 2016. Four carpenters assembled the prefabricated elements in five weeks; the topping-out was on 31 March 2017 and the first occupants moved in at the end of 2017, at a cost of 2.5 million euros.

The name Z8 comes from the plot number 8 on Zschochersche Straße, while the entrance lies on Felsenkellerstraße, giving the address Felsenkellerstraße 1. The ground floor and first floor hold a shop for ergonomic office equipment on 430 square metres; the roof garden above is shared by the residents.

The building is easily visible from Felsenkellerstraße with its entrance from this street. Visitors should note that the apartments are private spaces and public access is limited to the ground floor retail area.

The name Z8 comes from the plot's would-be number on Zschochersche Straße, 8; the actual address is Felsenkellerstraße 1 because the entrance faces that street. Four carpenters from a Torgau workshop assembled the timber frame in just five weeks, using prefabricated parts from Stora Enso's sawmill in Ybbs an der Donau, Austria.