WoodWorks – Wood Products Council has announced the winners of its 2017 Wood Design Awards, which celebrate excellence in wood building design across the U.S. Chosen by an independent jury in nine national categories, the winning projects exemplify attributes of wood such as beauty, strength, versatility and sustainability.
“This year’s winning projects are interesting in part for what they say about the state of wood building design,” said WoodWorks Executive Director, Jennifer Cover. “The design community is clearly embracing innovative new materials, systems and techniques, contributing to a modern wood aesthetic that’s still linked to traditional wood construction and beauty. The concept of what a wood building can or should be is expanding, and that’s exciting. It’s an honor for us to share these projects with a wider audience.”
Below are the winners of each national award category as well as the seven Regional Excellence Award winners.
national winners
Wood School Design: Common Ground High School
New Haven, Conn.
Photo courtesy of David Sundberg and Gray Organschi Architecture.
Architect – Gray Organschi Architecture
Timber Engineer – Bensonwood
Environmental Engineer – Atelier Ten
Multi-Family Wood Design: MOTO
Denver, Colo.
Photo courtesy of Gensler.
Architect – Gensler
Structural Engineer – Monroe & Newell Engineers, Inc.
Contractor – PCL Construction
Commercial Wood Design – Multi-Story: Albina Yard
Portland, Ore.
Photo courtesy of LEVER Architecture.
Architect – LEVER Architecture
Structural Engineer – KPFF Consulting Engineers
Contractor – REWORKS
Commercial Wood Design – Low-Rise The Barn
West Sacramento, Calif.
Photo courtesy of !melk.
Architect – !melk
Structural Engineer – Magnusson Klemencic Associates
Contractor – Brown Construction Incorporated
Institutional Wood Design: Writers Theatre
Glencoe, Ill.
Photo courtesy of Steve Hall © Hedrich Blessing.
Architect – Studio Gang Architects
Structural Engineer – Halvorson and Partners
Contractor – W.E. O’Neil
Wood in Government Buildings: Rosewood Beach
Highland Park, Ill.
Photo courtesy of Bill Timmerman.
Architect – Woodhouse Tinucci Architects
Structural Engineer – Enspect Engineering Consultants
General Contractor – WB Olson, Inc.
Beauty of Wood: University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum Tashjian Bee and Pollinator Discovery Center
Chanhassen, Minn.
Photo courtesy of Richard Brine.
Architect – MSR Design
Structural Engineer – Meyer Borgman Johnson
General Contractor – Loeffler Construction & Consulting
Green Building with Wood: Dixon Water Foundation Josey Pavilion
Decatur, Texas
Photo courtesy of Casey Dunn, Dror Baldinger, AIA.
Architect – Lake|Flato Architects
Structural Engineer – Lake|Flato Architects
Special Achievement: T3
Minneapolis, Minn.
Photo courtesy of Ema Peter; MGA.
Architect – MGA | Michael Green Architecture, DLR Group
Structural Engineer – Magnusson Klemencic Associates
Design Assist + Build – StructureCraft
Contractor – Kraus-Anderson Construction Company
Regional Excellence Winners
Duke Faculty Club
Durham, N.C.
Photo courtesy of Robert Benson Photography.
Architect – Duda|Paine Architects
Structural Engineer – Gardner & McDaniel, PA
Contractor – Romeo Guest Construction
One North – Karuna East and West Buildings
Portland, Ore.
Photo courtesy of Andrew Pogue.
Architect – Holst Architecture
Structural Engineer – Froelich Engineers
Contractor – R&H Construction Co.
Cowell Ranch Hay Barn
Santa Cruz, Calif.
Photo courtesy of Cesar Rubio Photography.
Architect – Fernau & Hartman Architects
Structural Engineer – Tuan and Robinson Structural Engineers
Contractor – Cen Con
The Littleton Trials
Littleton, Mass.
Photo courtesy of Decentralized Design Lab.
Architect – Decentralized Design Lab
Structural Engineer – Simpson Gumpertz & Heger
General Contractor – Decentralized Design Lab
Firehouse 12
New Haven, Conn.
Photo courtesy of Sundberg, ESTO.
Architect – Gray Organschi Architecture
Structural Engineer – Jacobson Structures
General Contractor – JIG Design Build
Emerge
Eugene, Ore.
Photo courtesy of Mike Lundgren.
Architect – University of Nebraska-Lincoln, College of Architecture
Structural Engineer – PCS Structural
General Contractor – Justin Austen Design
Frick Environmental Center
Pittsburgh, Penn.
Photo courtesy of Nic Lehoux Architectural Photography.
Architect – Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
Structural Engineer – Barber & Hoffman, Inc.
General Contractor – PJ Dick
The 2017 Wood Design Awards were chosen by a jury that included:
Tom S. Chung, AIA, LEED BD+C
Principal, Leers Weinzapfel Associates Architects
Lisa W. Lamkin, AIA
Principal, BRW Architects
Gregory R. Kingsley, PhD, PE, Peng
President and CEO, KL&A, Inc., Structural Engineers and Builders
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