Wood Awards 2012

The UK's annual Wood Awards have just been announced at the Carpenters’ Hall in the City of London. Presented in the suitably wood-clad spectacle that is the main banqueting hall, the Awards' big winners were David Morley Architects, whose Hurlingham Club Outdoor Pool (pictured) scooped both first place in its individual category, 'Structural', and the hotly contested overall Gold Award 2012. Winners in other categories include David Mikhail Architects’ East London House ('Private' category), the Stowe Gardens Visitor Centre by Cowper Griffith Architects ('Commercial & Public Access') and the Extended Oak Table by Rupert McBain ('Bespoke Furniture'), while AL_A’s spectacular Timber Wave from last year’s London Design Festival won the Judges’ Special Commendation of the evening. Here’s a tour of this years’ winning designs.

By Ellie Stathaki

Gold Award 2012 and Structural Award winner
The Hurlingham Club Outdoor Pool, London, by David Morley Architects
Materials: Spruce ply, birch plywood, Siberian larch weatherboards, OSB3

Gold Award 2012 and Structural Award winner
The Hurlingham Club Outdoor Pool, London, by David Morley Architects
Materials: Spruce ply, birch plywood, Siberian larch weatherboards, OSB3

Structural Award: highly commended
University of Exeter Forum, Exeter, by Wilkinson Eyre Architects
Materials: English and Welsh oak, German spruce glulam

Structural Award: highly commended
University of Exeter Forum, Exeter, by Wilkinson Eyre Architects
Materials: English and Welsh oak, German spruce glulam

Structural Award: highly commended
University of Exeter Forum, Exeter, by Wilkinson Eyre Architects
Materials: English and Welsh oak, German spruce glulam

Structural Award: highly commended
University of Exeter Forum, Exeter, by Wilkinson Eyre Architects
Materials: English and Welsh oak, German spruce glulam

Private project award: winner
East London House, London, by David Mikhail Architects
Materials: Larch - glulam and Siberian cladding

Private project award: winner
East London House, London, by David Mikhail Architects
Materials: Larch - glulam and Siberian cladding

Private project award: winner
East London House, London, by David Mikhail Architects
Materials: Larch - glulam and Siberian cladding

Private project award: winner
East London House, London, by David Mikhail Architects
Materials: Larch - glulam and Siberian cladding

Private project award: highly commended
Old Bearhurst, East Sussex, by Duggan Morris Architects Ltd
Materials: Plato Wood Fraké
Take an interactive tour of the house

Private project award: highly commended
Old Bearhurst, East Sussex, by Duggan Morris Architects Ltd
Materials: Plato Wood Fraké

Private project award: highly commended
Old Bearhurst, East Sussex, by Duggan Morris Architects Ltd
Materials: Plato Wood Fraké
Take an interactive tour of the house

Commercial and Public Access Award: winner
Stowe Gardens Visitor Centre, Buckinghamshire, by Cowper Griffith Architects
Materials: English larch, European oak, Southern Yellow Pine

Commercial and Public Access Award: winner
Stowe Gardens Visitor Centre, Buckinghamshire, by Cowper Griffith Architects
Materials: English larch, European oak, Southern Yellow Pine

Bespoke Furniture Award: winner
Extending Oak Table, North Yorkshire, by Rubert McBain Furniture
Materials: French oak

Bespoke Furniture Award: winner
Extending Oak Table, North Yorkshire, by Rubert McBain Furniture
Materials: French oak

Production Made Furniture Award: winner
Wu Bench, Edinburgh, by Namon Gaston Design
Materials: European prime grade oak

Judges' Special Commendation
Timber Wave, London, by AL_A
Materials: American red oak

Judges' Special Commendation
Timber Wave, London, by AL_A
Materials: American red oak

Repair and Adaptive Reuse Award: winner
Feering Bury Farm Barn, Essex, by Hudson Architects
Materials: English oak

Repair and Adaptive Reuse Award: winner
Feering Bury Farm Barn, Essex, by Hudson Architects
Materials: English oak

Small Project Award: winner
Anne Bolelyn's Gateway, Surrey, by McCurdy & Co. Ltd
Materials: English oak

Small Project Award: winner
Anne Bolelyn's Gateway, Surrey, by McCurdy & Co. Ltd
Materials: English oak

Small Project Award: winner
Anne Bolelyn's Gateway, Surrey, by McCurdy & Co. Ltd
Materials: English oak