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The Wood Awards announced the 2022 shortlist, revealing a stunning, innovative array of British architecture and product design using wood, all now in the running to receive the highest architecture and design accolade of the UK timber industry. Source: Timberbiz
From more than 200 projects entered, a shortlist of 32 entries has been created which unveils the diverse, creative, and high-quality buildings and furniture being made using the world’s only truly sustainable and renewable material – wood.
The Awards are split into two main categories, Furniture & Product and Buildings. Buildings are split by: Commercial & Leisure, Education & Public, Interior, Private and Small Project. Within Furniture & Product, there are three subcategories: Bespoke, Production Made and Student Designer.
Shortlisted projects from the Buildings category are:
- Sport’s Pavilion, Master’s Field, Balliol College, London
- March House, Cookham, (Knox Bhavan Architects).
- Buggy Store at The Farmyard at The Newt, Bruton, (Richard Parr Associates).
- Abba Arena, London, (Stufish, Stage One, Xylotek).
- Equal Access Project – Inner Portico, London, (Caroe Architecture).
- Mews House, London, (Russell Jones Limited).
- The Studio, Aldeburgh, (Sanei Hopkins Architects Ltd).
- Wintringham Primary Academy, Cambridgeshire, (dRMM).
- Greyfriars Charteris Centre, Edinburgh, (Konishi Gaffney Architects).
- The Green House, London, (Hayhurst and Co).
- Homerton College Dining Hall, Cambridge, (Feilden Fowles).
- The Gramophone Works, London, (Studio RHE).
- Clifford’s Tower, York, (Hugh Broughton Architects).
- The Chapel Roof at Radley College, Abingdon, (Purcell).
- Douglas Fir House, London, (Christian Brailey Architects).
- The Threshing Barn, Willesborough, (RJP Architects).
- Brent Cross Pavilion, London, (Moxon).
- Old Four Row, Lincoln, (Daykin Marshall Studio).
- UK Hardwoods Storage Building, South Molton, (Buckland Timber).
- The Water Tower, Castle Acre, (Tonkin Liu).
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Shortlisted projects from the Furniture and Product category are:
- Alder Hey Foraging Collection, Liverpool (H Miller Bros).
- Wave Bench, Liverpool (Chris Miller Design).
- Fenland Black Oak CIO, Ely (Mauro Dell’Orco).
- Furniture For 2 Bessborough Street, London, (Mentsen).
- MIgo, Kintbury (Pascal Hien).
- RoundOak Chairs, Newhaven (Fowler & Co).
- IO Collection, (Lars Beller Fjetland).
- Reprise Chair, Princes Risborough, (Norm Architects).
- Pebble Table, Mark Thomas, (City and Guilds University).
- Oak Desk with Upstand, Holly Timmis, (Building Crafts College).
- Veneer Stool, Henry Johnson (Nottingham Trent University).
- Chord Chair, Sam Whyman (Waters and Acland Furniture School).
You can find out more information about the shortlist at www.woodawards2022.online
