The Canadian Wood Council has announced the winning projects of the 40th annual Wood Design & Building Awards program, which recognizes and celebrates the work of architectural professionals from around the world who achieve excellence in wood design and construction.
“We’re proud to recognize leading innovators in wood design through our awards program,” said Martin Richard, vice president of communications and market development at the Canadian Wood Council. “This year’s submissions were remarkable in their scope, quality, and variety. They reflect a rising interest in biomaterials and highlight the importance of wood as a versatile, low-carbon, high-performance material, driving the next generation of sustainable buildings.”
The jurors for the Wood Design & Building Awards included Marlon Blackwell, principal at Marlon Blackwell Architects, Veronica Madonna, director and principal at Studio VMA, and Alfred Waugh, principal at Formline Architecture + Urbanism.
This year, the regional WoodWorks program awards from Ontario, British Columbia, and Alberta were integrated with the Wood Design & Building Awards.
The jurors for the WoodWorks awards included Duncan Bourke, vice president of development at Cityflats, Melissa Higgs, principal at hcma and Steve Oosterhof, partner and structural engineer at Dialog.Fifteen winning projects were selected, with five from each regional program.
In total, 33 award winners from around the world including 25 Canadians were celebrated for excellence in wood design at the Wood Design and Building Awards celebration hosted at the WoodWorks Summit on October 22, 2024.
The following is a complete list of the award-winning projects.
Honor
Arbour House (Victoria, BC) | Patkau Architects
Hilltop Cottage (NB) | MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects
Mohegan Trail (Block Island, RI, USA) | Bates Masi + Architects
The Nest (Bayfield County, WI, USA) | SALA Architects, Inc.
Wisdome Stockholm (Stockholm, Sweden) | Elding Oscarson Architects
Merit
Covered ice rink in Saint-Apollinaire (Saint-Apollinaire, QC) | ABCP architecture et urbanisme
Cheko’nien House (Victoria, BC) | Perkins&Will
House In A Garden (Coconut Grove, FL, USA) | Atelier Mey Architects
Quantum Institute (Sherbrooke, QC) | Saucier + Perrotte
Citation
Cunard Street Live / Work / Grow (Halifax, NS) | FBM
LP Hotel with a View (Lodeynoe Pole, Russian Federation) | RHIZOME
Sansin Sponsored Awards
Galien River Retreat (New Buffalo, MI, USA) | Wheeler Kearns Architects
Arbour House (Victoria, BC) | Patkau Architects
Sustainable Forestry Initiative Sponsored Award
619 Ponce (Atlanta, GA) | Handel Architects
Western Red Cedar Sponsored Award
Bunkie on the Hill (Muskoka, ON) | Dubbeldam Architecture + Design
Wood Preservation Canada Sponsored Award
#Ferndale_Flightdeck (Ottawa, ON) | 25:8 Architecture + Urban Design
WoodWorks Ontario Category
Bunkie on the Hill (Muskoka, ON | Dubbeldam Architecture + Design
New Tecumseth Municipal Offices Adaptive Re-Use (Alliston, ON) | +VG Architects
Queen’s University Indigenous Gathering Space (Kingston, ON) | Smoke Architecture
Science Collaboration Centre at Chalk River (Chalk River, ON) | HDR
WoodWorks BC Category
Arbour House (Victoria, BC) | Patkau Architects
Nuxalk Mask, song and dance (Bella Coola, BC) | Mackin Architects Ltd.
Pyrrha (Vancouver, BC) | Birmingham & Wood Architects Planners LLP
Rosemary Brown Recreation Centre (Burnaby, BC) | hcma architecture + design
Aquatic and Community Centre (New Westminster, BC) | hcma architecture + design
WoodWorks Alberta, Prairie Category
Canopy (Edmonton, AB) | Jonathan Monfries
Olds College, Werklund Agriculture and Technology Centre (Olds, AB) | GGA-Architecture
Saddle Lake Onchaminahos Elementary School (Saddle Lake Cree Nation, AB) | Reimagine Architects
The Station at Cochrane Crossing (Cochrane, AB) | GEC Architecture
V Residence (Winnipeg, MB) | 1×1 architecture inc.
