By Rory Stott

Wood Design and Building Magazine has announced the winners of its 2014 Wood Awards. Run in partnership with the Canadian Wood Council, this year the awards included for the first time an international awards category in addition to the North America awards. With 166 submissions, the 24 awarded projects were selected by a jury consisting of Larry McFarland (Principle, McFarland Marceau Architects), Brigitte Shim (Principle, Shim-Sutcliffe Architects) and Keith Boswell (Technical Partner, SOM).

“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,” said Theresa Rogers, Editor of Wood Design & Building magazine. “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,” added Etienne Lalonde, the Canadian Wood Council’s Vice-President of Market Development.

See the full awards list after the break.

INTERNATIONAL AWARDS

Honor:

• Vineyard Schmidt at the Lake of Constance (Hattnau 62, Germany) / Ludescher + Lutz I Architekten

• Sport Center Sargans (Sargans, Switzerland) / Blue Architects & Ruprecht Architekten

Merit:

• Serlachius Museum “Gösta Pavilion” Mänttä (Mänttä, Finland) / MX-SI architectural studio and Huttunen-Lipasti-Pakkanen Architects Oy

Citation:

• Timber Dentistry (Mino Osaka, Japan) / Kohki Hiranuma Architect & Associates

NORTH AMERICAN AWARDS

Honor:

• Wood Innovation Design Centre (Prince George, BC) / Michael Green Architecture

• Refuge on the Bay of Fundy (Red Bank Farm, Hants County, NS) / Dalhousie School of Architecture Free Lab Students, led by Talbot Sweetapple

• 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) / Studio 804
• Borden Park Pavilion (Edmonton, AB) / gh3
• 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

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