Awarding Excellence in Wood Architecture and Design

Written by: Dovetail

January 17, 2018

2017 Wood Design & Building Award Winners Announced

Ottawa, ON, January 16, 2018 – Wood Design & Building magazine is pleased to announce the award recipients for the prestigious 2017 Wood Design Awards program. Winning projects were selected by an esteemed architectural jury consisting of:

Alan Organschi, Principal at Gray Organschi Architecture
Betsy Williams, Principal at Williamson Williamson
Richard Bonnin, Design Principal, HGA Architects and Engineers

The Canadian Wood Council, as well as this year’s sponsors, Sustainable Forestry Initiative, Western Red Cedar, and Sansin, also granted special awards. Unique to this year’s program, two special jury awards were selected, one for technical innovation and one for public art education.

Submissions to this year’s awards program were thoughtfully designed and highlight wood’s structural, aesthetic and functional qualities. The Wood Design Awards program is an opportunity to showcase exceptional wood buildings and serves to inspire designers to push the boundaries of what they think is possible for wood in construction.

“The Wood Design & Building Awards program has been in existence for over 30 years,” explains Etienne Lalonde, Vice-President of Market Development for the Canadian Wood Council. “We’ve been continually impressed with the quality of submissions each year, and it’s a testament to the sophistication of wood products, due to improvements in technology and advancements in applications.”

Wood Design & Building magazine, in partnership with the Canadian Wood Council, extends its appreciation to all participants of the 2017 awards program, and congratulates the award recipients. A special thank you to this year’s sponsors for their ongoing support.

View the video of winning projects

The award recipients for the 2017 Wood Design & Building Awards program

HONOR

Audain Art Museum, Whistler, British Columbia, Patkau Architects
Washington Fruit & Produce Company, Yakima, Washington, Graham Baba Architects
Georgica Cove, East Hampton, New York, Bates Masi + Architects
Casa Curved, Basel, Switzerland, Daluz Gonzalez Architekten
Collège Jean Monnet Broons, Broons, Bretagne, France, Dietrich | Untertrifaller Architekten and Colas Durand Architectes
Haus B, Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany, Yonder – Architektur und Design
Elementary School Unterdorf Höchst, Höchst ,Vorarlberg, Austria, Dietrich | Untertrifaller Architekten

MERIT

Pause, Vancouver, British Columbia, DBR / Design Build Research, Alsu Sadrieva
Bloomberg Tech Hub, San Francisco, California, IwamotoScott Architecture
Discovery & Services Center – Îles-de-Boucherville National Park (SÉPAQ), Québec, Smith Vigeant
Architectes Inc.
The Owsley Brown II History Center, Louisville, Kentucky, de Leon & Primmer Architecture Workshop
National Arts Centre Rejuvenation, Ottawa, Ontario, Diamond Schmitt Architects
Wooden Ventilation Towers, Stockholm, Sweden, Rundquist Architects
Multi-functional Sports Hall Alice Milliat, Lyon, France, Dietrich | Untertrifaller Architekten and Tekhnê
Architectes
Valley Villa, Vilnius, Lithuania, Arches

CITATION

Story Pod, Newmarket, Ontario, Atelier Kastelic Buffey Inc.
Trois-Soeurs Bridge, Québec Quebec, ABCP Architecture
Pinterest NY, New York, New York, IwamotoScott Architecture and Spector Group (Architect of Record)
Orillia Waterfront Centre, Orillia, Ontario, Brook McIlroy Inc.
Lazaridis Hall, Waterloo, Ontario, Diamond Schmitt Architects
UC Architecture School Building, Santiago , Chile, Gonzalo Claro
Organic Farm, Tangshan , Hebei , China ARCHSTUDIO

SPECIAL JURY AWARD – TECHNICAL INNOVATION