Refurb Projects - November 2018

WOOD AWARDS 2018
STRUCTURAL AWARD
This year’s Structural Award winner is The Macallan Distillery & Visitor
Experience, chosen from all the shortlisted buildings. Judge Nathan Wheatley
comments, “This unique roof unites architecture and engineering to create one
of the UK’s largest timber structures in the UK, and is the crowning glory of
the new distillery.”
Location:
Charlestown of Aberlour, Scotland
Architect:
Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners
Client/Owner:
Edrington
Structural Engineer:
Arup
Main Contractor:
Robertson
Installation:
L&S Baucon GmbH
Joinery/Wood Supplier:
Wiehag
Wood Species:
Norway spruce
JUDGES’ SPECIAL AWARD
The Judges’ Special Award is discretionary. Woodland Classrooms, Belvue
School stood out on the strength of its achievement for the schoolchildren
who have been rewarded with an unforgettable, life-changing learning
environment.
Location:
Northolt
Architect:
Studio Weave
Client/Owner:
Belvue School
Structural Engineer: T
imberwright
Main Contractor:
IMS Building Solutions
M&E Consultant:
Arup
Project Managers:
Jackson Coles
Roofing Sub-contractor:
VMZinc
Wood Supplier:
T. Brewer
Wood Species:
Western red cedar (Canada)
BESPOKE
CLEFT is a series of cabinets made from different Japanese tree species.
Corinne Julius, head of the furniture & product judging panel, comments, “We
were enchanted by Cleft’s doors: they make you want to examine the material
and touch it.”
Designer: Peter
Marigold/Tadanori Tozawa
Maker:
Hinoki Kougei
Represented by:
Sarah Myerscough Gallery
Wood Species:
Smoked oak, oak, cherry, jindai sugi,
ash, kenponashi, conker, kihada, sen
(all Japanese)
PRODUCTION
The judges felt that Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby’s Ballot Chair represented
a masterclass in what an exercise in simplicity should look like.
Designer:
Barber & Osgerby
Manufacturer:
Isokon Plus
Wood Supplier: Timber
Link International
Photography:
Rory Gardiner
Wood Species:
European oak (Germany)
STUDENT DESIGNER
Objekt Bord is an assembly of two components – an upright curve and a circle.
The judges felt that Ellen Svenningsen has designed something that, with
some development, could go into production. Svenningsen has been awarded
a £1,000 cash prize as winner of this category.
Designer:
Ellen Svenningsen
College:
Building Crafts College
Wood Supplier:
Slecuk
Wood Species:
British birch ply
STUDENT DESIGNER PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD
Super Desk, inspired by Gio Ponti’s SuperLeggera chair, is designed to create a
sense of space and openness in small domestic settings. Ben Smith has
received £500 for winning the Student Designer People’s Choice Award. Voting
took place at London Design Fair.
Designer:
Ben Smith
College:
Building Crafts College
Wood Supplier:
Tyler Hardwoods
Wood Species:
British olive ash
JUDGES: This year’s buildings judging panel was led by three-time Gold Award winner Stephen Corbett of Green Oak Carpentry. The panel includes Andrew Lawrence,
Arup; Adam Richards, Adam Richards Architects; Kirsten Haggart, Waugh Thistleton Architects; Nathan Wheatley, engenuiti; David Morley, David Morley Architects;
Jim Greaves, Hopkins; and architectural journalist Ruth Slavid. The furniture and product panel was led by design critic, curator and journalist Corinne Julius. The panel
includes Oliver Stratford, editor of Disegno magazine; Russell Pinch of Pinch Design; Eleanor Lakelin, maker and winner of the 2017 Bespoke category; Katie Walker
of Katie Walker Furniture; and Rod Wales of Wales & Wales.
SPONSORS: As a not-for-profit competition, the Wood Awards can only happen with collaborative industry sponsorship. Mears Group sponsors the Mears Group Gold
Award which is the project that the judges deem to be the best of all the winners. Major Sponsors are American Hardwood Export Council, Carpenters’ Company and
TRADA. Other Sponsors include American Softwoods, Arnold Laver, Forestry Commission, Timber Trade Federation, Wood for Good, Furniture Makers’ Company and
London Design Fair.
Email: info@woodwards.com Web: www.woodwards.com
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