Wood Design & Building Award Winners Announced

Written by Eric Baldwin
Published on January 24, 2020

Wood Design & Building Magazine has announced the winning projects for this year's Awards program. Launched in 1984, the awards program recognizes and celebrates the work of visionaries around the world who inspire excellence in wood architecture. Submissions included projects that weaved wooden architecture into the surrounding landscape in inventive ways.

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The Wood Design & Building awards program is an opportunity to pay homage to design and construction teams that are embracing wood architecture as a solution to the many challenges that they are faced with – from environmental to urban density. “The Wood Design & Building Awards program provides a platform to acknowledge the strides that have been made for wood architecture over the years, as well as an opportunity to celebrate the omnipresence of wood in architecture around the world.” explained Etienne Lalonde, Vice-President of Market Development for the Canadian Wood Council. “The range of submissions, from the smallest wood installation to the largest building, displayed a sophistication and innovation that is celebrating in our evolving wood industry.”

The jury included Russell Acton, Principal at Acton Ostry Architects, Laura Hartman, Principal at Fernau + Hartman Architects, and Samuel Lasky, Principal at William Rawn Associates, Architects, Inc.

HONOR

Mirror Point Cottage, Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects Limited
Prospect/Refuge 3, Margaree Forks, Nova Scotia, Group of students from Dalhousie University, Faculty of Architecture and Planning, led by Talbot Sweetapple of MacKay-Lyons Architects Limited
University of Arkansas Adohi Hall, Fayetteville, Arkansas, Leers Weinzapfel Associates with modus studio, Mackey Mitchell Architects and OLIN
Northern Lights College – Trades Training Centre, Dawson Creek, British Columbia, McFarland Marceau Architects Ltd.
The Modular Unit, Izmir, Turkey, Teke Architects Office
Wooden Roof, London, United Kingdom, Tsuruta Architects

MERIT

Capilano Library, Edmonton, Alberta, Patkau Architects + Group2
Sagg Farm, Sagaponack, New York, Bates Masi + Architects
Wilson School of Design, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Richmond, British Columbia, KPMB Architects + PUBLIC Architecture + Communication
Upper Skeena Recreation Centre, Hazelton, British Columbia, Hemsworth Architecture
Wuehrer House, East Hampton, New York, Jerome Engelking
Kiht'han, Sagaponack, New York, Bates Masi + Architects
Trumpf Day-Care Center, Ditzigen, Germany, Barkow Leibinger

CITATION

Alexander Court, Washington, District of Columbia, Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects with FOX Architects
Redfox Commons, Portland, Oregon, LEVER Architecture
Lewis & Clark College Pedestrian Bridge, Portland, Oregon, Minarik Architecture
Forest Hill Pavilion, Toronto, Ontario, Amantea Architects
80 Atlantic , Toronto, Ontario, Quadrangle
Rocky Ridge Boardwalk, Calgary, Alberta, GEC Architecture
Woody - Office building for Santé publique France, Saint-Maurice, France, Atelier du Pont

CANADIAN WOOD COUNCIL AWARDS

Bigwin Island Club Cabins, Baysville, Ontario, MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects Limited
Red Deer College Student Residence, Red Deer, Alberta, Manasc Isaac Architects
Banff Elementary School, Banff, Alberta, GEC Architecture
North Surrey Sports & Ice Complex, Surrey, British Columbia, Francl Architecture
Boundary Bay Fire Hall & Training Centre, Delta, British Columbia, Johnston Davidson Architecture

SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY INITIATIVE – SPONSORSHIP AWARD

Tsleil Waututh Administration and Health Centre, North Vancouver, British Columbia, Lubor Trubka Associates Architects
Upper Skeena Recreation Centre, Hazelton, British Columbia, Hemsworth Architecture