Original Source: Canadian Wood Council, January 15, 2015
Wood Awards Recognizes Innovation in Architecture and Design
Award Recipients Announced
Ottawa, ON, January 15, 2015 – After receiving an impressive number of high quality submissions, Wood Design & Building magazine is delighted to announce the award recipients for the prestigious 2014 Wood Design Awards program. Twenty-four projects were hand selected from more than 166 online entries by an esteemed architectural jury consisting of:
- Larry McFarland, Principal of McFarland Marceau Architects Ltd. www.mmal.ca
- Brigitte Shim, Principal of Shim-Sutcliffe Architects www.shim-sutcliffe.com
- Keith Boswell, Technical Partner at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill www.som.com
Special awards were also granted by the Canadian Wood Council as well as this year’s award sponsors, Sustainable Forestry Initiative and Western Red Cedar.
Innovation was a common theme throughout the submissions, including examples from overseas, with a clear and concise dedication to building material choice and respect for surrounding environments.
“The calibre of projects submitted displayed a mature sense of design that either paid homage to older building techniques or completely reinvented the conventional way of thinking about building envelope and design,” explained Etienne Lalonde, Vice-President of Market Development for the Canadian Wood Council. “The Wood Design Awards showcases exceptional wood buildings that not only display the unique qualities of wood, but also serve to inspire other designers who may not initially think of wood as the material of choice,” added Theresa Rogers, Editor, Wood Design & Building magazine.
The Wood Design & Building magazine, in partnership with the Canadian Wood Council, would like to thank everyone who participated in the 2014 Awards program, and congratulate all of the winning projects. A special thank you is also extended to this year’s sponsors, the Sustainable Forestry Initiative and Real Cedar.
The Award Recipients for the 2014 Wood Design Awards program:
INTERNATIONAL
HONOR
- Vineyard at the Lake of Constance, Hattnau 62, Germany, Elmar Ludescher Architekt
- Sport Center Sargans, Sargans, Switzerland, Blue Architects and Ruprecht Architekten
MERIT
- Serlachius Museum “Gösta Pavilion” Mänttä, Mänttä, Finland, MX-SI architectural studio and HuttunenLipasti-Pakkanen Architects Oy
CITATION
- Timber Dentistry, Mino Osaka, Japan, Kohki Hiranuma Architect & Associates
NORTH AMERICAN
HONOR
- Wood Innovation Design Centre, Prince George, BC, Michael Green Architecture
- Refuge on the Bay of Fundy, Red Bank Farm, Hants County, NS, MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects
- Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO, Shigeru Ban Architects
MERIT
- BC Passive House Plant, Pemberton, BC, Hemsworth Architecture
- University of British Columbia Earth Sciences Building, Vancouver, BC, Perkins+Will
- Marvin Hall Forum, Lawrence, KS, The University of Kansas School of Architecture, Design & Planning, Studio 804
- Borden Park Pavilion, Edmonton, AB, Gh3 Architects
- Askew’s Uptown Food Store, Salmon Arm, BC, Allen + Maurer Architects Ltd.
- Siège social Desjardins, Caisse de l’Ouest de la Mauricie, Louiseville, QC, Atelier Pierre Thibault
CITATION
- Ronald McDonald House British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Michael Green Architecture
- Elizabeth II, Amagansett, NY, Bates Masi + Architects
- TD Place Stadium at Lansdowne Park, Ottawa, ON, CannonDesign
- Muckleshoot Smokehouse, Auburn, WA, Mahlum Architects
- TED Vancouver 2014 ‘Next Chapter’ Theatre Seating Structure and Interior Design at the Vancouver Convention Centre West, Vancouver, BC, Rockwell Group
- Brillhart House, Miami, FL, Brillhart Architecture
- Home Ranch Welcome Center, Jackson, WY, Carney Logan Burke Architects
CANADIAN WOOD COUNCIL AWARDS
- Block Island Residence, Block Island, RI, Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
- Bow River Bridge, Banff, AB, StructureCraft Builders
SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY INITIATIVE – SPONSORSHIP AWARD
- Askew’s Uptown Food Store, Salmon Arm, BC, Allen + Maurer Architects Ltd.
WESTERN RED CEDAR – SPONSORSHIP AWARD
- Elizabeth II, Amagansett, NY, Bates Masi + Architects
Wood Design Awards
A program of the Canadian Wood Council and implemented through its Wood Design & Building magazine, it is the only North American awards program to publicly recognize and award excellence and innovation in wood architecture. To learn more about the program or to purchase a copy of the popular Wood Design Awards book, please visit www.wooddesignawards.com.