2020 Timber Design Awards: Finalists announced
Finalist: Residential Design Award – Blueskin Bay Retreat by Mason and Wales Architects.
Finalist: Public Design Award – St Patricks Church by WSP Opus.
Finalist: Commercial Design Award – Arrivals Complex, Plantation Island Resort by Architects Pacific.
Finalist: Interior Design Award – National Library Auditorium Wellington by Warren and Mahoney.
Finalist: Exterior Structure Design Award – Saltwater Creek Cycleway Bridge by Jerram Tocker Barron Architects.
The annual NZ Wood Resene Timber Design Awards programme has revealed 48 finalists that embody excellence in construction with timber. The shortlist includes projects across 10 categories from residential to interior design and including engineering and sustainability awards.
The finalists will now submit more detailed entries and a second round of judging will take place on 10 December 2019. Winners will be announced at a gala function on 26 March 2020.
The jury for this year’s programme includes New Zealand Institute of Architects president Tim Melville, New Zealand Timber Design Society president David Carradine, sustainable architect at Scion Andrea Stocchero and NZ Wood Design Guides manager Andy van Houtte.
Judges commended all of this year’s entries saying, “Once again, the quality of entries is exceptional. More and more novel, innovative applications of timber are submitted every year. The quality, design, materials and build philosophies employed demonstrate the evolving and imaginative use of timber in New Zealand and indeed, around the world.”
Awards organisers note that this year’s entries showed an uptick in usage of prefabrication techniques and panelised designs as well as a growing concern for using environmentally friendly products.
“These technologies are opening up new opportunities for designers,” explains NZ Wood promotions manager Debbie Fergie.. “Timber buildings are once again coming into their own.”
See the full list of finalists at nzwood.co.nz.
