2007 Awards Program
2006 Awards Program
2005 Awards Program
2004 Awards Program
2003 Awards Program
2005 Awards Program
2005 Program info will be available shortly
2004 Awards Program
The following 12 projects were selected from a total of 189 U.S. and Canadian submissions on May 28, 2004. The Wood Design Awards encourages and awards excellence in architectural design in projects where wood is a significant element and plays a central role in the success of the design solution.
The Wood Design Awards thanks the jurors: Vincent James, AIA, VJAA Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota
Patricia Patkau, FRAIC, [Hon.] FAIA, Patkau Architects Inc. Vancouver, British Columbia,
and Mark Simon, FAIA, Centerbrook Architects and Planners, Centerbrook, Connecticut.
We also thank our sponsors who are listed at the left of this page. Their support is crucial to the success of the Program. To find out how your company or organization can become a sponsor, click here.
We also thank all who took the time and energy to prepare a submission. The Wood Design Awards is an annual event for U.S. and Canadian architects. Call for Entries are distributed in February, and submissions are due in mid-May. You can register on-line now to receive information on the 2005 Wood Design Awards.
The selected projects are published in the Fall 2004 issues, #29 and #47 respectively of Wood Design & Building and Wood Le Bois magazines, and in the 2004 Wood Design Awards book that provides much more detail on each project [available mid-November, 2004]. The annual awards book makes both a beautiful and valuable resource that design and construction professionals will want to collect every year. Click here to see information on our award-winning Wood Design Awards Book.
Honor Awards
Big Ten Burrito Restaurant
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Client: Big Ten Burrito Restaurant
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Architect: Ply Architecture
Ann Arbor, Michigan
General Contractor: Ply Architecture
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Photos: Howard Doughty
Bay Village, Ohio
Jury: This small project explores the possibilities of what wood can do. It is a marriage of common materials and digital machining technology that leads to creative results within a confined space.
Long Residence
Orcas Island, Washington
Architect: Cutler Anderson Architects
Bainbridge Island, Washington
Structural Engineer: Coffman Engineers
Spokane, Washington
General Contractor: Alford Homes
Poulsbo, Washington
Photos: Art Grice Photography
Bainbridge Island, Washington
Jury: An elegant house in which the clear heirarchy of the primary and secondary wood framing, and the transparency of the glazing prevents the structure from overpowering. The innovation of the tripod columns offers the nostalgia of a lean-to while providing a modern, simple connection to the roof, making it appear to float.
Solebury School
New Hope, Pennsylvania
Architect: Hillier Architecture
Princeton, New Jersey
Structural Engineer: Greenman-Pedersen, Inc.
Scranton, Pennsylvania
Site/Civil Engineer: Van Cleef Engineering Associates
Doylestown, Pennsylvania
Construction Manager: E. Allen Reeves, Inc.
Abington, Pennsylvania
Site Work: Drum Construction Company, Inc.
Telford, Pennsylvania
Photos: Albert Vecerka, Esto Photographics Inc.
Mamaroneck, New York
Jury: A current expression in style and function of the familiar and random arrangement of farm buildings carefully and intimately scaled. The project’s craftsmanship and humanity are exposed by fresh, rhythmic patterns of wood siding and fenestration.
Cognito Films
Culver City, California
Client: Cognito Films
Culver City, California
Architect: Randall Stout Architects, Inc.
Los Angeles, California
Structural Engineer: John A. Martin & Associates
Los Angeles, California
General Contractor: Crommie Construction Corporation
Los Angeles, California
Photos: Joshua White
Culver City, California
Jury: A seemingly primitive building technology, as in the building of a fort, but sophisticated in its creation of artful simplicity and space that celebrates the tectonic quality of timber. The arrangement and connections are so simple that one can imagine the stacked timbers re-use at some time in the future.
Merit Awards
Modular 1 House
Kansas City, Kansas
Client: City Vision Ministries
Kansas City, Kansas
Architect: Studio 804, Inc./ Dan Rockhill
Lawrence, Kansas
Structural Engineer: Norton & Schmidt Consulting Engineers
Kansas City, Kansas
General Contractor: Studio 804, Inc./ Dan Rockhill
Lawrence, Kansas
Photos: Dan Rockhill
Lawrence, Kansas
Jury: The project demonstrates the clever use of factory-built, mass production technology to lower costs while creating living space of exceptional value. Students learned the process of integrating factory manufacturing with on-site construction, and the selection of materials for aesthetics, durability, renewability, and economy.
Yin Yu Tang House
Salem, Massachusetts
Client: Peabody-Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts/ Brookfield Arts Foundation, Boston, Massachusetts
Architect: John G. Waite Associates, Architects
Albany, New York
Structural Engineer: ARUP
Cambridge, Massachusetts
General Contractor: Liberty Street Restoration Company
Albany, New York
Jury: An astonishing reassembly of a venerable, historic building where new and old wood components combine to make an educational and cultural tour de force. The building craft of the past demonstrates to a new generation that noble wood structures be saved and re-used.
Citation Awards
Sauna Pavilion
Whidbey Island, Washington
Architect: Webster Wilson
Seattle, Washington
General Contractor: Webster Wilson
Seattle, Washington
Photos: Mark Wilson
West Cornwall, Connecticut
Jury: A modest building delicately sited in the trees, the student project shows great care in the means and methods of wood construction. Every board, its size and location, has been considered.
Jackson Meadow
Marine on St. Croix, Minnesota
Client: Harold Teasdale/ Robert Durfey
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Architect: Salmela Architect and Coen + Stumpf
Duluth, Minnesota
Structural Engineer: Carroll Franck & Associates
St. Paul, Minnesota
General Contractor: Cates Construction
Stillwater, Minnesota
Landscape Architect: Coen + Stumpf + Associates
Minneapolis, MN
Photos: Peter Bastianelli-Kerze
Eveleth, Minnesota
Jury: Drawn from the Scandinavian roots of northern Minnesota, the housing development is assembled as a village with conversation between houses, and serves as a model for other developers. Houses are set directly on the prairie, rather than merging with it, so that the two co-habit in a delicate balance. Details such as asymmetric gable roofs, and cut-outs in facades, are playful and inventive.
Kate & Laurence Eustis Chapel
New Orleans, Louisiana
Client: Ochsner Clinic Foundation
New Orleans, Louisiana
Architect: Eskew+Dumez+Ripple
New Orleans, Louisiana
General Contractor: Construction South
New Orleans, Louisiana
Photos: Timothy Hursley
Little Rock, Arkansas
Jury: An imaginative detailing of wood seemingly woven as a textile that transforms the hospital environment into a quiet retreat. Light penetrating the wooden shroud has an ethereal effect, providing an intimately enclosed space that does not confine the meditator.
Canopy Colonnade – The Village [at Avon]
Avon, Colorado
Client: Traer Creek, LLC
Avon, Colorado
Architect: Arthur Erickson Architectural Group/ Nick Milkovich Architects
Vancouver, British Columbia
Structural Engineer: CASCO [Engineer Home Depot], St. Louis, Missouri; BSW Architects [Engineer Wal-Mart], Tulsa, Oklahoma
Photos: Cameron Owen, Design Workshop
Aspen, Colorado
Jury: Wood makes a welcoming transition for people moving from the parking lot to the impersonal big box store, thus making the project a civic place in ‘nowheres-ville’. The wood canopy reflects light and projects warmth, an effect enhanced at night with up-lighting.
Garden Pavilion
Toronto, Ontario
Client: Susan Brown
Toronto, Ontario
Architect: Paul Raff Studio Inc.
Toronto, Ontario
Design Engineer: Sasquatch
Toronto, Ontario
General Contractor: Sasquatch
Toronto, Ontario
Photos: Steven Evans
Toronto, Ontario
Jury: The project achieves maximum effect with minimal means through the use of economy-grade knotty cedar carefully placed and connected to serve both structurally and ornamentally. The structure is appropriately delicate as a place for outdoor social gatherings.
Minton Hill House
North Hatley, Quebec
Client: Steve Marien
North Hatley, Quebec
Architect: Affleck + delaRiva Architects
Montreal, Quebec
Structural Engineer: Comtois, Blouin and Associates Consulting Structural Engineers
Montreal, Quebec
General Contractor: RG Construction
North Hatley, Quebec
Photos: Marc Cramer Photographer
Montreal, Quebec
Jury: A simple, beautifully proportioned house in which wood does not overpower. The contrast with green stone and glass makes the wood feel warmer. Floating on slender steel columns above the open interior, the planar wood ceiling warms the space below with simple grace.
2003 Awards Program
The following 13 projects were selected from a total of 217 submissions on May 30, 2002. The Wood Design Awards encourages and awards excellence in architectural design in projects where wood is a significant element and plays a central role in the success of the design solution.
The Wood Design Awards thanks the jurors:
Peter Bohlin, FAIA,
Raymond Moriyama, FRAIC, Hon. FAIA,
and Laura Hartman.
We also thank our sponsors who are listed at the left of this page. Their support is crucial to the success of the Program. To find out how your company or organization can become a sponsor, click here.
We also thank all who took the time and energy to prepare a submission. Your enthusiastic response bodes well for the future of the Program. The Wood Design Awards is an annual event for U.S. and Canadian architects. Call for Entries are distributed in February, and submissions are due in mid-May. You can register on-line now to receive information on the 2004 Wood Design Awards.
The selected projects were published in the Fall 2003 issues, #25 and #43 respectively of Wood Design & Building and Wood Le Bois magazines, and in the 2003 Wood Design Awards book that provides much more detail on each project. The annual awards book makes both a beautiful and valuable resource that design and construction professionals will want to collect every year. Click here to see information on our award-winning 2003 Wood Design Awards Book.
Honor Awards
Minneapolis Rowing Club Boathouse
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Client: Dave Sheppard, RMA
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Architect: Vincent James Associates
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Structural Engineer: Bruno Franck,
Carroll + Franck Associates
St. Paul, Minnesota
General Contractor: Flannery Construction
St. Paul, Minnesota
Photos: Mary Ludington
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Maison Goulet
Ste-Marguerite du Lac Masson, Quebec
Client: Marlène Goulet
Montreal, Quebec
Architect: Mario Saia, Saia Barbarese
Topouzanov architectes
Montreal, Quebec
Structural Engineer: Jean Saia,
Saia Deslauriers Kadanof et associés inc.
Montreal, Quebec
General Contractor: Michel Riopel
Construction et Rénovation
Entrelacs, Quebec
Photos: Frédéric Saia and Marc Cramer
Montreal, Quebec
Merit Awards
Riddell Residence
Wilson, Wyoming
Client: The Riddells
Wilson, Wyoming
Architect: Will Bruder Architects, Ltd.
Structural Engineer: Rudow & Berry
Scottsdale, Arizona
General Contractor: Deon F. Heiner,
Continental Construction
Alpine, Wyoming
Photos: Bill Timmermann
Phoenix, Arizona
Messenger House II
Upper Kingsburg, Nova Scotia
Client: The Messengers
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Architect: Brian MacKay-Lyons Architecture Urban Design
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Structural Engineer: Campbell Comeau Engineering Ltd.
Halifax, Nova Scotia
General Contractor: Gordon MacLean
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Photos: James Steeves, Atlantic Stock Images
Tantallon, Nova Scotia
Milanville House
Milanville, Pennsylvania
Client: J. Cyphers and J. Levine
Brooklyn, NY
Architect: Joe Levine, Bone/Levine Architects
New York, New York
Structural Engineer: Edy Zingher, ETNA Consulting
New York, New York
General Contractor: Larry Braverman
Beach Lake, Pennsylvania
Photos: Jacek M. Kucy
New York, New York
Emerson Sauna
Duluth, Minnesota
Client: The Emersons
Duluth, Minnesota
Architect: Salmela Architect
Duluth, Minnesota
Structural Engineer: Carroll Franck & Associates
St. Paul, Minnesota
General Contractor: Rod & Sons Carpentry
Gilbert, Minnesota
Landscape Architect: Coen + Partners
Minneapolis, MN
Photos: Peter Bastianelli-Kerze
Eveleth, Minnesota
Outdoor Classrooms at Eib’s Pond Park
Staten Island and Roy Wilkins Park
Southern Queens, New York
Client: New Yorkers for Parks
New York, New York
Architect: Marpillero Pollak Architects
New York, New York
General Contractor: AmeriCorps Volunteers
New York, New York
Landscape Architect: Marpillero Pollak Architects
New York, New York
Photos: Mark LaRocca
New York, New York
Citation Awards
Onominese Retreat
Leelanau Peninsula, Michigan
Client: Witheld
Architect: Betsy Williams with Cornelius Alig
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Structural Engineer: SDI
Ann Arbor, Michigan
General Contractor: David Webster Construction Inc.
Traverse City, Michigan
Photos: Peter Tata Architectural Photography
Austin, Texas
Bunch Residence
Napa, California
Client: M. Caldwell and C. Bunch
Architect: Turnbull Griffin Haesloop
Berkeley, California
Structural Engineer: The Hartwell Company
Sebastopol, California
General Contractor: Sawyer Construction
Sebastopol, California
Landscape Architect: Lutsko Associates
San Francisco, California
Photos: Matthew Millman Photography
El Cerrito, California
Home Observatory
Ghent, New York
Client: Dr. J. Ravetch
New York, New York
Architect: Wendy Evans Joseph Architecture
New York, New York
General Contractor: Jim Romanchuk
Stuyvesant, New York
Photos: Wendy Evans Joseph Architecture
New York, New York
Bird Studies Canada Headquarters
Port Rowan, Ontario
Client: Bird Studies Canada
Port Rowan, Ontario
Architect: Montgomery Sisam Architects Inc.
Toronto, Ontario
Structural Engineer: Blackwell Engineering
Toronto, Ontario
General Contractor: Southside Construction
London, ON
Photos: Steven Evans
Toronto, Ontario
Ocean Education Center
Dana Point, California
Client: Ocean Institute
Dana Point, California
Architect: Bauer and Wiley Architects
Newport Beach, California
Structural Engineer: Johnson & Nielsen Associates
Irvine, California
General Contractor: MATT Construction
Santa Fe Springs, California
Landscape Architect: Spurlock Poirier
Landscape Architects
San Diego, California
Photos: Tom Bonner Photography and RMA Photography
Venice and Tustin, California
Think Small
San Diego, California
Client: Steven Lombardi
San Diego, California
Architect: Steven Lombardi, Architect
San Diego, California
Structural Engineer: John Nicita
Spring Valley, California
General Contractor: Steven Lombardi, Architect
San Diego, California
Photos: Steven Lombardi, Architect
San Diego, California