Wood awards
The Wood Awards is the UK’s premier competition for excellence in architecture and product design in wood. Established in 1971, the Wood Awards recognises, encourages, and promotes outstanding wood design, craftsmanship and installation.
The Wood Awards aim to continually encourage British designers and manufacturers to aim ever higher in the design world and showcase some of their incredible achievements to a national and international audience.
[edit] What Wood Awards categories are there?
- Commerical and leisure
- Interiors
- Education & Private Sector
- Small Project
- Private
- Restoration and Reuse
[edit] The Gold Award
Each year judges present the Gold Award to the best new timber building in the UK, based on Wood Awards shortlisted entries.
Previous Winners:
2022: Homerton College Dinning Hall by Feildon Fowles
2021: Magdalene College Library by Niall McLaughlin Architects
2020: The Rye Apartments by Tikari Works
2019: Cork House by Matthew Barnett Howland with Dido Milne and Oliver Wilton
2018: Storey’s Field Centre & Eddington Nursery by MUMA
2017: Coastal House, Devon by 6a architects
2016: Maggie’s at the Robert Parfett Building by Foster + Partners
2015: The Fishing Hut by Niall McLaughlin Architects
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--Timber Development UK 15:28, 12 Dec 2022 (BST)
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