Wood Awards 2021 shortlist announced
Wednesday 22nd September 2021
Nineteen structures and eleven product designs have been nominated for the Wood Awards 2021 shortlist – including a 1930's apartment, a unique room divider, and a former furniture warehouse.
The Wood Awards, which celebrates excellence in architecture and product design using wood in the UK, is a particularly rigorous competition; independent judging panels visit all the shortlisted projects across the two categories Buildings and Furniture & Product.
The buildings judging panel is led by Jim Greaves of Hopkins Architects and includes Andrew Lawrence, Arup; Kirsten Haggart, Waugh Thistleton Architects; Nathan Wheatley, engenuiti; David Morley, David Morley Architects; architectural journalist Ruth Slavid; and Andy Trotman, Timberwright. The furniture and product panel is led by design critic, curator and journalist Corinne Julius, and includes Oliver Stratford, editor of Disegno magazine; Rod Wales of Wales & Wales; and previous winners Yael Mer of Raw-Edges, Eleanor Lakelin, and Sebastian Cox.
On display
This year's shortlist will be on display at the Building Centre, London, from 25th October until 3rd December, as part of the exhibition World of Wood. This six-week celebration of global timber and global forests will demonstrate the benefits forest supply chains bring to the natural and urban environment. It seeks to build on the increased interest in climate change policy, highlight the vital role which forest supply chains play in reducing carbon emissions, and showcase the innovation and design potential of timber.
Buildings shortlist
16 Chart Street, London
Architect: Ian Chalk Architects
Structural engineer: Heyne Tillett Steel
© Edmund Sumner
The Alice Hawthorn, Nun Monkton, North Yorkshire
Architect: De Matos Ryan
Structural engineer: Price Myers
©HuftonCrow
Lockerbie Sawmill, Lockerbie, Scotland
Architect: Konishi Gaffney Architects
Structural engineer: Entuitive
Sands End Community and Arts Centre, London
Architect: Mæ
Structural engineer: Elliott Wood Partnership
The Welcome Building RHS Garden Bridgewater, Manchester
Architect: Hodder + Partners
Structural engineer: RoC Consulting
David Brownlow Theatre, Newbury, Berkshire
Architect: Jonathan Tuckey Design
Structural engineer: Webb Yates Engineers
©NickDearden
Guildford Crematorium, Guildford, Surrey
Architect: Haverstock
Structural engineer: Elliot Wood Partnership
Ibstock Place School Refectory, London
Architect: Maccreanor Lavington Architects
Structural engineer: engineersHRW
Kantor Centre of Excellence: The Anna Freud Centre & Pears Family School, London
Architect: Penoyre & Prasad
Structural engineer: Webb Yates Engineers
©TimothySoar
Magdalene College Library, Cambridge
Architect: Niall McLaughlin Architects
Structural engineer: Smith & Wallwork
Built: East Pavilion, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Architect: OGU Architects + Donald McCrory Architects
Structural engineer: O'Connor Sutton Cronin Consultant Engineers
Unfolding, Pavilion at London Design Biennale 2021
Architect: PLP Architecture
Client & engineer: CNMI at the University of Cambridge
1930's Apartment, London
Architect: Knox Bhavan Architects
Structural engineer: Price & Myers
©NathaliePriem
The Boathouse, Devon
Architect: Adams Collingwood Architects
Structural engineer: Paul Carpenter Associates
©JimStephenson
Concrete Plinth House, London
Architect: DGN Studio
Structural engineer: Built Engineers
©NickDearden
Leyton House, London
Architect: McMahon Architecture
Structural engineer: James Frith Limited
©FernandoManoso
SNUG Home, Bristol
Architect: SNUG Homes Limited
Structural engineer: Milners Associates
St John Street, London
Architect: Emil Eve Architects
Wooden Annex, London
Architect: Tsuruta Architects
Structural engineer: Karsten Weise
Bespoke Furniture shortlist
Bowater Chest of Drawers – Jan Hendzel Studio
Gayles Farm 5 – Wycliffe Stutchbury
Kingsland Dining Table – Gareth Neal
Mesamachine – Hayon Studio
Nordic Pioneer – Maria Bruun
Production Furniture shortlist
Allay Chair – Daniel Schofield
Corso Tables + Benches – Dylan Freeth
Cruz Del Sur – Matteo Fogale Ltd
Iso-Lounge Chair – Jasper Morrison
OVO Armchair – Foster + Partners
T01 Cross Chair for TAKT – Pearson Lloyd
