Mar 13 2007
Entries are now open for The Wood Awards 2007 – the premier award for wood in buildings and furniture. Now in its fifth year, these awards can bring true recognition to professionals working successfully with wood.
With permission from the owner of qualifying projects, anyone associated with a qualifying building or furniture project - from the timber supplier to the designer - can enter a project. With categories and special awards covering nearly every type and size of project in construction, joinery and furniture, the compact and bijou are as likely to win as the grand design.
The categories, as last year, are Commercial & Public Access, Private, Structural,
Conservation/Restoration and Furniture. Additional awards may also be made at the discretion of the judges for a Small Project, any Innovation, or the Best Use of British Timber – all of which are irrespective of category – as well as an Offsite Manufactured Project. See www.woodawards.com for Conditions of Entry.
Glenn Howells Architects, Gold Award winner in 2006 with The Savill Building, said “We were absolutely thrilled to receive the three awards for Commercial Category Winner and Gold Award Winner, Structural Category Winner and Best Use of British Timber Winner 2006. This is the first time a project at this event has won three awards in one night. In view of all the hard work that the whole team and client put into the project over 6 years, we always hoped that it would be well received, however this result has surpassed our expectations”.
And Simon Conder, architect for Pinions Barn, 2005’s Gold Award winner said: “For a small practice to win the Gold Award in the Wood Awards, up against the likes of Foster, Miralles, Rogers and Siza, was a huge surprise and fulfilled all our David and Goliath fantasies. It has definitely boosted both our own self confidence and our public and professional profile.”
The Wood Awards recognise excellence in the design, production, installation or commissioning of outstanding examples of joinery, wood structures and furniture, completed between May 2006 and May 2007. The shortlist will be announced and exhibited for the fourth year running at 100% Detail at Earls Court in September, and the award winners will be announced at The Wood Awards Party at Carpenters’ Hall in London in October.
Over twenty generic sponsors of the awards continue to be led by the American Hardwood Export Council, the Carpenters’ Company, the Forestry Commission, and wood. for good.