The Canadian Wood Council (CWC) has announced the winning projects of the 39th annual Wood Design & Building Awards program. The influential awards program recognizes and celebrates the outstanding work of architectural professionals around the world who achieve excellence in wood design and construction.

A record of 181 nominations from 25 countries were received by the program this year, with 24 winning projects selected from the impressive field of entries. The creative talent of the participating design teams, and the beauty and versatility the wood structures they have created, are transforming the built environment.

”We are privileged to honour wood design leaders through the awards program, “says Martin Richard, VP communications and marketing at CWC. “The quality, quantity, and diversity of the project nominations we received this year is inspiring. It also signals a growing architectural interest in renewable biomaterials and the expanded use of wood as a versatile, sustainable, high-performance construction element that offers better outcomes for people and the planet.”

HONOR

• Churchill Meadows Community Centre and Mattamy Sports Park, Mississauga, Ontario, MJMA Architecture & Design
• Neil Campbell Rowing Centre, St. Catharines, Ontario, MJMA + RAAI
• Lake Muskoka Boathouse, Port Carling, Ontario, Turkel Design
• TUM Campus in the Olympic Park, Munich, Germany, Dietrich | Untertrifaller
• HAUT Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Team V Architectuur
• Pavilion of Floating Lights, Jinju-si, Korea, JK-AR

MERIT

• Prince George Fire Hall, Prince George, British Columbia, HCMA
• MacLac Building D – Rebirth of An Historic Paint Factory, San Francisco, California, Marcy Wong Donn Logan Architects with PLAD Peter Logan Architecture and Design
• Historians’ library and residence, Cambridge, Ontario, Dowling Architects
• Ombú, Madrid, Spain, Foster + Partners
• Wooden Annex, London, United Kingdom, Tsuruta Architects
• SuperHub Meerstad, Meerstad, the Netherlands, De Zwarte Hond

CITATION

• Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, New York, Diamond Schmitt Architects
• Angle of Repose , Algonquin Highlands, Ontario, Reasonable Projects
• Rouyn-Noranda Air Terminal, Rouyn-Noranda, Québec, EVOQ+ARTCAD architects
• Our-Shelves-Houses, Madrid, Spain, SUMA architecture+ Madergia
• Doune Castle: Ardoch Burn Crossing, Stirlingshire, Scotland, UK, Historic Environment Scotland
• Revitalization of the school building Ceskobrodska in Prague into a Smart, Secure, Sustainable, Operation Energy and Carbon Negative Building, Prague, Czech Republic, ECOTEN