Awards Showcase Innovation and Trends in Wood Building Design

WASHINGTON, February 25, 2021 (Newswire.com) - WoodWorks - Wood Products Council has announced the winners of its 2021 Wood Design Awards, which celebrate excellence in wood building design and spotlight its continued rise in popularity across the U.S. Awards, are an opportunity to recognize building designers for their skill and ingenuity, and to showcase projects that demonstrate the attributes of wood that make it so appealing.

"This year's award winners epitomize the innovation, resilience, and flexibility required for projects to flourish in a changing world. We're excited to see design and development teams approaching projects holistically, with buildings that respond uniquely to their communities. From one of the most environmentally advanced education buildings in the southeast to a historic winery in Napa, CA, wood continues to demonstrate its value as a nimble and modern building material, ushering in new precedents and challenging the public's perception of its role in the built world," said WoodWorks President and CEO, Jennifer Cover. "A few of this year's winning projects were completed in 2020 despite obstacles caused by the global pandemic. Through this lens, we are more inspired than ever by the achievements in wood design—from the quality of building systems to the expressiveness of the structures."

Nominations from across the country were evaluated by an independent jury that included:  

• Clare Archer, Vice President/Senior Director, Gilbane Building Company, Washington, DC
• Kate Diamond, FAIA, LEED AP, Civic Design Director, HDR, Los Angeles, CA
• Julie Hiromoto, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, WELL AP, Director of Integration, Principal, HKS Inc., Dallas, TX
• John Mitchell, Associate Partner, Hartshorne Plunkard Architecture, Chicago, IL

National award categories include:

Multi-Family Wood Design: Timber Lofts | Milwaukee, WI

DEVELOPER/OWNER: 234 West Florida Street
ARCHITECT: Engberg Anderson Architects 
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER: Pierce Engineers
CONTRACTOR: Catalyst Construction

Wood in Schools: Oregon State University Forest Science Complex | Corvallis, OR

DEVELOPER/OWNER: Oregon State University
ARCHITECT: MGA | Michael Green Architecture   
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER: Equilibrium, a Katerra Company
CONTRACTOR: Andersen Construction

Commercial Wood Design - Low-Rise: Cakebread Cellars Expansion | Rutherford, CA

DEVELOPER/OWNER: Cakebread Cellars
ARCHITECT: BCV Architecture + Interiors
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER: Kenneth Campbell, P.E.
CONTRACTOR: Wright Contracting

Commercial Wood Design - Mid-Rise: Outpost | Hood River, OR

DEVELOPER/OWNER: Key Development
ARCHITECT: Skylab Architecture
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER: Valar Consulting Engineering
CONTRACTOR: Key Development

Institutional Wood Design: The Discovery Center | Philadelphia, PA

DEVELOPER/OWNER: East Park Leadership and Conservation Center
ARCHITECT: DIGSAU
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER: CVM
CONTRACTOR: INTECH Construction

Durable & Adaptable Wood Structures: Trefethen Historic Winery | Napa, CA

DEVELOPER/OWNER: Trefethen Family Vineyards
ARCHITECT: Taylor Lombardo Architects with Preservation Architecture
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER: ZFA Structural Engineers
CONTRACTOR: Facility Development Company

Green Building with Wood: The Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design | Atlanta, GA

DEVELOPER/OWNER: Georgia Institute of Technology
ARCHITECT: The Miller Hull Partnership, in collaboration with Lord Aeck Sargent, a Katerra Company
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER: Uzun + Case
CONTRACTOR: Skanska USA

Beauty of Wood: Karsh Alumni and Visitors Center Duke University | Durham, NC

DEVELOPER/OWNER: Duke University
ARCHITECT: Centerbrook Architects and Planners
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER: LHC Structural Engineers
CONTRACTOR: LeChase Construction

Wood in Government Buildings: Jones Beach Energy and Nature Center | Wantagh, NY

DEVELOPER/OWNER: NYS Department of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation
ARCHITECT: nARCHITECTS
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER: Silman Structural Engineering
CONTRACTOR: Scalamandre Construction

Jury's Choice: Freedom House Expansion | Green Bay, WI

DEVELOPER/OWNER: Freedom House Ministries Green Bay
ARCHITECT: Berners Schober
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER: raSmith
CONTRACTOR: Immel Construction

1040 W Fulton | Chicago, IL

DEVELOPER/OWNER: Summit Design + Build, LLC
ARCHITECT: Hartshorne Plunkhard Architecture
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER: IMEG Corporation
CONTRACTOR: Summit Design + Build

Andy Quattlebaum Outdoor Education Center at Clemson University | Seneca, SC

DEVELOPER/OWNER: Clemson University
ARCHITECT: Cooper Carry
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER: Britt, Peters and Associates Inc.
CONTRACTOR: Sherman Construction

Biosmass Boiler Building | Quincy, CA

DEVELOPER/OWNER: High Sierra Community Energy Development Corporation
ARCHITECT: AMLGM
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER: Holmes Structures
CONTRACTOR: Houston Construction

Cedar Speedster | Seattle, WA

DEVELOPER/OWNER: Revelution LLC
ARCHITECT: Weber Thompson
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER: DCI Engineers
CONTRACTOR: Turner

Church of the Incarnation Addition | Dallas, TX

DEVELOPER/OWNER: Church of the Incarnation
ARCHITECT: HH Architects
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER: Datum Engineers
CONTRACTOR: Lee Lewis Construction

Platte Fifteen | Denver, CO

DEVELOPER/OWNER: Crescent Real Estate, LLC
ARCHITECT: OZ Architecture
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER: KL&A Engineers & Builders
CONTRACTOR: Adolfson & Peterson Construction

Princeton University Laboratory for Embodied Computation | Princeton, NJ

DEVELOPER/OWNER: Princeton University
ARCHITECT: The Living (Design Architect), NK Architects (AOR)
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER: Buro Happold
CONTRACTOR: Epic Construction

Tennis Pavilion | Kansas City, MO

DEVELOPER/OWNER: Carriage Club
ARCHITECT: Generator Studio
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER: SMA Engineering
CONTRACTOR: Centric Projects

UCLA Margo Leavin Graduate Art Studios | Culver City, CA

DEVELOPER/OWNER: The Regents of the University of California
ARCHITECT: Johnston Marklee
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER: Simpson Gumpertz & Heger
CONTRACTOR: Abbott Construction

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Image: The Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design. Photo credit: The Miller Hull Partnership in collaboration with Lord Aeck Sargent, a Katerra Company, Uzun + Case, photo Jonathan Hillyer.

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Source: WoodWorks - Wood Products Council