The Wood Awards recognise, encourage and promote outstanding design, craftsmanship and installation using wood throughout the UK and was sponsored for the first time by PEFC UK in partnership with the Malaysian Timber Council.
From a shortlist of 30 projects, selected from a record entry of over 300 British architecture and furniture entries, the Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft in East Sussex won the Existing Building category, before being crowned the 'winner of winners' with the Arnold Laver Gold Award, in front of more than 200 leading industry and architectural figures.
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Chairman of the judges and founder of the Wood Awards, Michael Buckley said: "The Wood Awards go from strength to strength. This year there were several possible category winners from the outset but the final debate among the judges was not easy. Part of the strength of these national awards is that the panel of independent judges spent 116 judge-days during the summer personally inspecting the shortlist in order to ensure we are truly celebrating the exceptional."
Over 70 of the 2014 entries used PEFC-certified wood as their choice of material for a diverse and cosmopolitan range of products and projects, which also saw a marked increase in the use of cross laminated timber (CLT) in the building categories.
Winners for 2014 included: The Sam Wanamaker Playhouse at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London by McCurdy & Co for the Commercial & Public Access Award, House No. 7 in Tiree, Scotland by Denizen Works for the Private Award, Alfriston School Swimming Pool in Beaconsfield by Duggan Morris Architect for the Structural Award and the Studio in Oxford by James Wyman Architects for the Small Project Award.
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