Marrickville Library
The Marrickville Library project has won this year’s overall 2020 Timber Design Award. The project, produced by architects BVN and engineers TTW, also collected the Public Buildings Award. Source: Timberbiz
The awards were presented on Wednesday night at a virtual ceremony hosted by Julian Brenchley, from Brenchley Architects.
The Marrickville library and community centre is located on the site of the former Marrickville Hospital site which closed in 1990.
It is crafted inside and out with more than 10km of timber, which is used for its columns, façade, screening, internal walls, window/door frames, tiered seating, joinery, ceilings and furniture.
The use of the timber creates a space which is welcoming, warm and homely, creating a building that the community enjoys and wants to occupy.
As BVN explained in their entry, the use of timber also references the history of the site which was once used to source timber for construction. It was important to the community that their library was ‘kind to the planet’. As a result, timber was also used for its sustainable properties, with all either recycled or certified as coming from sustainable sources.
Timber products used in the Library include Glulam columns, mullions and transoms, plywood, Sculptform blackbutt acoustic baffling, Supawood Tasmanian oak acoustic panel ceilings, batten balustrading and screens. Species used were jarrah, red and white mahogany, spruce, tallow wood, hoop and radiata pine and New Guinea rosewood, all from certified sources.
The library has also earned BVN the Sir Zelman Cowen Award for Public Architecture as well as the David Oppenheim Award for Sustainable Architecture at the Australian Institute of Architects’ National Architecture Awards.
“We want to extend gratitude to our panel of judges, sponsors and to those who entered projects,” Timber Development Association’s long-time chief executive Andrew Dunn said.
“We owe the success of the 2020 Australian Timber Design Awards – Australasia’s foremost timber design and architectural awards – to you.”
The vision of the Australian Timber Design Awards is to highlight, advertise, advocate, and develop a timber design ethos through the encouragement and showcasing of superlative timber design in a variety of applications. A broad range of entry categories demonstrates the diversity of timber and permits recognition of achievement in a variety of areas.
THE WINNERS
Award winner: • Overall Winner – Marrickville Library by BVN and TTW.
Merits
- People’s Choice – Macquarie University Clinical Education Building by Architectus + Buildcorp + Arup.
- Sustainability – Balgowlah CLT Passivehouse by Betti & Knut Architecture.
- Rising Star – Bo Chu for Coppin Street Studio from Pitch Architecture + Design.
- Small Budget – ANZAC Walk by Pelle Architects.
Excellence in Timber Applications:
- Residential Class 1 – New Building – Scotland Island House II by Sam Crawford Architects.
- Residential Class 1 – Alteration or Addition – CLT House by FMD Architects.
- Multi-Residential – La Trobe University Bundoora Student Accommodation Stage 1 by JCB Architects, Multiplex Constructions and TTW.
- Public Buildings – Marrickville Library by BVN and TTW.
- Commercial Buildings – Damaru House, Barangaroo by TZANNES and Lendlease.
- Interior Fitout – Residential – Breezeway House by David Boyle Architect.
- Interior Fitout – Commercial – Phoenix Central Park – Performance Space by Durbach Block Jaggers Architects.
- Landscape – Olivine, Gumnut Park by MDG Landscape Architects.
- Furniture and Joinery – The Magic Box by Liminal Objects + Van Tuil.
- Stand Alone Structure – Chadstone Link by Make Architects.
- Australian Designed International Projects – Kutubu Convention Centre by Grimshaw.
Excellence in Timber Products
- Australian Certified Timber – Wildlife Retreat at Taronga by Cox Architecture, TTW and Taylor.
- Recycled Timber – Mon Repos Turtle Centre by Richard Kirk Architect.
- Sliced Timber and Prefinished Veneers – State Library Victoria Children’s Castle by Architectus + Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects.
- Timber Veneers – Springvale Library by Lyons Architects.
- Tasmanian Timber – Y House by Andrew Simpson Architects.
