Photo: Provided courtesy of the Wood Design & Building Awards Program
Prepared Rehmannia Root Crafts Exhibition Hall.
The Canadian Wood Council has announced the winning projects of the 40th annual Wood Design & Building Awards program. This prestigious awards program recognizes and celebrates the outstanding work of architectural professionals from around the world who achieve excellence in wood design and construction.
“We’re proud to recognize leading innovators in wood design through our awards program,” says Martin Richard, Vice President of Communications and Market Development at the Canadian Wood Council. “This year’s submissions were remarkable in their scope, quality, and variety. They reflect a rising interest in biomaterials and highlight the importance of wood as a versatile, low-carbon, high-performance material, driving the next generation of sustainable buildings.”
The jurors for the Wood Design & Building Awards were:
Marlon Blackwell, Principal at Marlon Blackwell Architects
Veronica Madonna, Director and Principal at Studio VMA
Alfred Waugh, Principal at Formline Architecture + Urbanism
A total of 19 winning projects from a diverse group of creators were selected from the impressive field of entries.
New this year, the regional WoodWorks program awards from Ontario, British Columbia, and Alberta were integrated with the Wood Design & Building Awards.
The jurors for the WoodWorks awards were:
Duncan Bourke, Vice President of Development at Cityflats
Melissa Higgs, Principal at hcma
Steve Oosterhof, Partner and Structural Engineer at Dialog
Fifteen winning projects were selected, with five from each regional program. The creativity and talent of these winning teams, as well as the beauty and diversity of their wood projects, are transforming the built environment.
In total, 33 award winners from around the globe were celebrated for excellence in wood design at the Wood Design and Building Awards celebration hosted at the WoodWorks Summit on October 22, 2024.
A complete list of award-winning projects follows:
Honor
Arbour House (Victoria, BC) | Patkau Architects
Hilltop Cottage (NB) | MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects Ltd.
Mohegan Trail (Block Island, RI, USA) | Bates Masi + Architects
The Nest (Bayfield County, WI, USA) | SALA Architects, Inc.
Prepared Rehmannia Root Crafts Exhibition Hall (Houyanmen Village), Henan Province, China | Luo Studio
Wisdome Stockholm (Stockholm, Sweden) | Elding Oscarson Architects
Merit
Covered ice rink in Saint-Apollinaire (Saint-Apollinaire, QC) | ABCP architecture et urbanisme
Cheko’nien House (Victoria, BC) | Perkins&Will
House In A Garden (Coconut Grove, , FL, USA) | Atelier Mey Architects
Quantum Institute (Sherbrooke, QC) | Saucier + Perrotte
Citation
Cunard Street Live / Work / Grow (Halifax, NS) | FBM
Des Cerisiers Elementary School (Maskinongé, QC) | Lucie Paquet architecte, Paulette Taillefer architecte, Leclerc architectes
LP Hotel with a View (Lodeynoe Pole, Russian Federation) | RHIZOME
Sansin Sponsored Awards
Galien River Retreat (New Buffalo, MI, USA) | Wheeler Kearns Architects
Arbour House (Victoria, BC) | Patkau Architects
Sustainable Forestry Initiative
Sponsored Award
619 Ponce (Atlanta, GA) | Handel Architects
Western Red Cedar Sponsored Award
Bunkie on the Hill (Muskoka, ON | Dubbeldam Architecture + Design
Wood Preservation Sponsored Award
#Ferndale_Flightdeck (Ottawa, ON) | 25:8 Architecture + Urban Design
WoodWorks Ontario Category
Bunkie on the Hill (Muskoka, ON | Dubbeldam Architecture + Design
Centennial College A-Building Expansion (Toronto, ON) | DIALOG in collaboration with Smoke Architecture
New Tecumseth Municipal Offices Adaptive Re-Use (Alliston, ON) | +VG Architects
Queen’s University Indigenous Gathering Space (Kingston, ON) | Smoke Architecture
Science Collaboration Centre at Chalk River (Chalk River, ON) | HDR
WoodWorks BC Category
Arbour House (Victoria, BC) | Patkau Architects
Nuxalk Mask, song and dance (Bella Coola, BC) | Mackin Architects Ltd.
Pyrrha (Vancouver, BC) | Birmingham & Wood Architects Planners LLP
Rosemary Brown Recreation Centre (Burnaby, BC) | hcma architecture + design
tmsew’txw Aquatic and Community Centre (New Westminster, BC) | hcma architecture + design
WoodWorks Alberta, Prairie Category
Canopy (Edmonton, AB) | Jonathan Monfries
Olds College, Werklund Agriculture and Technology Centre (Olds, AB) | GGA-Architecture
Saddle Lake Onchaminahos Elementary School (Saddle Lake Cree Nation, AB) | Reimagine Architects
The Station at Cochrane Crossing (Cochrane, AB) | GEC Architecture
V Residence (Winnipeg, MB) | 1×1 architecture inc.
