The 2013 Wood Awards shortlist is revealed

The shortlist for the 2013 Wood Awards spans different scales and typologies, and seven key categories. Nominations for the 'commercial & public access' category include the Colyer-Fergusson Building in Canterbury, designed by Tim Ronalds Architects

(Image credit: Tim Ronalds Architects)

By Ellie Stathaki

last updated 11 October 2022

in News

We've always been partial to the humble building material of timber, whether it is applied with traditional, craft-based techniques or emphatically modern innovations, and the UK's annual Wood Awards is an excellent showcase of the practices putting it to best use.

The shortlist, announced this week, spans different scales and typologies, and seven key categories: Bespoke Furniture, Commercial & Public Access, Private, Production-made Furniture, Repair & Adaptive Reuse, Small Project and Structural.

Nominations range from well-known new public buildings - such as the Mary Rose Museum by Wilkinson Eyre and the Bishop Edward King Chapel by Niall McLaughlin (also on the shortlist for the RIBA Stirling Prize) - to smaller projects, such as the RoominaRoom in London by Atmos Studio, and private, bespoke commissions such as the Tay Bench by Angus Ross. The 30-strong list encompasses everything from architecture to product design, and from traditional design to the cutting edge.

The awards are sponsored by a consortium of brands, including the American Hardwood Export Council, Canada Wood, Carpenters' Company, TRADA, Wood for Good, American Softwoods, BRE and the Forestry Commission. The winners, which will be picked for their design excellence and quality in the use of wood by a jury led by Michael Morrison of Purcell UK and Sean Sutcliffe of Benchmark Furniture, will be announced on the 19 November in a ceremony held at the Worshipful Company of Carpenters in London.

The Colyer-Fergusson Building features Canadian Douglas Fir and engineered oak flooring

**Commercial & public access:** The Mary Rose Museum in Portsmouth was designed by Wilkinson Eyre architects and showcases striking Canadian Red Cedar

**Commercial & public access:** Abbotsford Visitor Reception Building, designed by LDN Architects, is located in Melrose

**Commercial & public access:** Tower of Love festival hall was designed by dRMM architects

**Private project:** The Dune House in Thorpeness is a project by Mole Architects

The Dune House in Thorpeness interior — Spruce, ash and stained Scandinavian whitewood can all be found in the Dune House

**Private project:** Church Walk is situated in Hackney, London and was designed by previous Wood Award winner David Mikhail

**Private project:** Crowbrook house, by Know Bhavan Architects, features Siberian Larch and African hardwood

**Private project:** Rigg Beck house in Cumbria was also designed by Knox Bhavan Architects

**Production-made furniture:** The Holland Park Chair, made of European Beech, is produced by Ercol Furniture

**Production-made furniture:** Other X The National Trust is a project by Cornwall-based Otter Surfboards

2013 Wood Awards shortlist — **Production-made furniture:** The Storyboard, also by Otter Surfboards, is made out of sustainably sourced Western Red Cedar

**Production-made furniture:** The Joyce cabinet was designed by Russell Pinch and is available in cherry, oak or walnut veneered MDF

**Production-made furniture:** Pinch also created the Clyde Side Table. It can be made in solid white ash, white oak, black stained ash, solid black American walnut and a combination route of black American walnut base, with an oak top

**Production-made furniture:** The Theo chair by Pengellydesign features oak and beech sourced locally in Hungary

**Bespoke furniture:** The Ripples chest of drawers was created by EJ Bespoke Furniture using ash, walnut and cedar of Lebanon

**Repair & adaptive reuse:** The Bells Farm in Birmingham, designed by Nick Joyce Architects, uses European oak

**Repair & adaptive reuse:** Matthew Lloyd Architects oversaw the refurbishment of the Royal Society of Arts in London

**Repair & adaptive reuse:** The Magheralin Parish Church was designed by Waddington-McClure Architects

**Small project:** The unusual Exbury Egg was designed by PAD Studio

**Small project:** The Alex Monroe Studio in London, designed by DSDHA, features Austrian Spruce cross laminated timber

**Structural:** The Bishop Edward King Chapel by Niall McLaughlin Architects is situated in Oxford

Trewarren house — **Structural:** Trewarren by John Pardy Architects is a house in Newport, Pembrokeshire

**Structural:** The Abraham Darby Sports and Learning Community in Shropshire was designed by BDP

Ellie Stathaki is the Architecture & Environment Director at Wallpaper*. She trained as an architect at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece and studied architectural history at the Bartlett in London. Now an established journalist, she has been a member of the Wallpaper* team since 2006, visiting buildings across the globe and interviewing leading architects such as Tadao Ando and Rem Koolhaas. Ellie has also taken part in judging panels, moderated events, curated shows and contributed in books, such as The Contemporary House (Thames & Hudson, 2018), Glenn Sestig Architecture Diary (2020) and House London (2022).

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