Ontario Construction News staff writer
The Canadian Wood Council (CWC) has announced the 39th annual Wood Design & Building Awards program. The influential awards program recognizes and celebrates the outstanding work of architectural professionals around the world who achieve excellence in wood design and construction.
A record 181 nominations from 25 countries were submitted an 24 winning projects were selected.
“The jurors agreed that the winning projects demonstrate skilled applications of wood – from the warm, acoustic enhancement of a concert hall to the transformative adaptive re-use of an old industrial building into a beautiful multi-function space. All the structures were incredibly rich and well crafted,” said Stephane Langevin of STGM, one of this year’s jurors and an award-winning architect.
Click this link to view videos of each projects.
HONOR
- Churchill Meadows Community Centre and Mattamy Sports Park, Mississauga, Ontario, MJMA Architecture & Design
- Neil Campbell Rowing Centre, St. Catharines, Ontario, MJMA + RAAI
- Lake Muskoka Boathouse, Port Carling, Ontario, Turkel Design
- TUM Campus in the Olympic Park, Munich, Germany, Dietrich | Untertrifaller
- HAUT Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Team V Architectuur
- Pavilion of Floating Lights, Jinju-si, Korea, JK-AR
MERIT
- Prince George Fire Hall, Prince George, British Columbia, hcma
- MacLac Building D – Rebirth of An Historic Paint Factory, San Francisco, California, Marcy Wong Donn Logan Architects with PLAD Peter Logan Architecture and Design
- Historians’ library and residence, Cambridge, Ontario, Dowling Architects
- Ombú, Madrid, Spain, Foster + Partners
- Wooden Annex, London, United Kingdom, Tsuruta Architects
- SuperHub Meerstad, Meerstad, the Netherlands, De Zwarte Hond
CITATION
- Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, New York, Diamond Schmitt Architects
- Angle of Repose , Algonquin Highlands, Ontario, Reasonable Projects
- Rouyn-Noranda Air Terminal, Rouyn-Noranda, Québec, EVOQ+ARTCAD architects
- Our-Shelves-Houses, Madrid, Spain, SUMA architecture+ Madergia
- Doune Castle: Ardoch Burn Crossing, Stirlingshire, Scotland, UK, Historic Environment Scotland
- Revitalization of the school building Ceskobrodska in Prague into a Smart, Secure, Sustainable, Operation Energy and Carbon Negative Building, Prague, Czech Republic, ECOTEN
JURY’S CHOICE AWARD
- Robotically Fabricated Structure (RFS), Ann Arbor, Michigan, ADR Laboratory, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan
- San Jacinto College Anderson-Ball Classroom, Pasadena, Texas, Kirksey Architecture
Sustainable Forestry Initiative – Sponsorship Award
- BA Collective Studio, Santa Monica, California, BA Collective
Sansin Sponsorship Award
- KF Centre for Excellence – Okanagan Aerospace & Aviation Museum, Kelowna, British Columbia, Meiklejohn Architects Inc.
Western Red Cedar Sponsorship Award
- House at 9,000 feet, Intermountain Region of the United States, MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects
Wood Preservation Canada Sponsorship Award
- The Monocular, Chester Bay, Nova Scotia, RHAD Architect
The Wood Design & Building Awards are presented by the Canadian Wood Council.
