2024 Wood in Architecture Awards
Jun 6, 2024 WoodWorks
For more than a decade, WoodWorks has celebrated design teams using wood in innovative ways that positively impact the environment, occupants, and communities throughout the U.S. The Wood in Architecture Awards recognize excellence in mass timber, light-frame wood, and hybrid building design.
From coast to coast, this year’s winners point to wood as a fixture in sustainable and flexible design, while showcasing qualities that make buildings timeless, resilient, and desirable for tenants.
In California, an office building represents its namesake’s commitment to health and sustainability while utilizing a nearly all-mass timber frame in a high-seismic area. In Washington, DC, designers took advantage of wood’s reuse potential with a temporary outdoor structure that signifies environmental justice. Educational buildings in Washington, Oregon, and Maine, see wood used as a high-performance and multi-functional material ideal for learning environments. A seven-story multi-family project charts the path for tall wood in an emerging mass timber housing market in Massachusetts, and in Iowa, a museum with locally-sourced wood serves as a model for institutional projects in the region.
“In schools, offices, and community gathering spaces, this year’s winning projects exemplify wood’s undeniably positive influence in modern design. To the designers whose ingenuity and dedication make innovative wood projects happen—thank you for inspiring others to consider wood solutions, across building types and at any scale. Congratulations!”
– Jennifer Cover, PE President & CEO WoodWorks – Wood Products Council
What makes a wood project impactful? An independent jury of design and building professionals reviewed, deliberated, and selected the winning projects based on four criteria: design excellence, innovative use of wood, sustainability and resilience, and market impact.
Meet the 2024 Jury
Thank you to our 2024 jurors for volunteering their time and for their thoughtful consideration of the nominated projects.
Mike Duffy, AIA, NCARB
Associate Principal, RSP Architects
Jennifer Hardy, AIA, LEED AP BD+C
Principal, Goody Clancy
KT Lamb
Anecdote Architectural Experiences
Anne Monnier, PE, SE
Principal, KPFF
2024 Winning Projects
11 E Lenox
Boston, Massachusetts
Architect: Monte French Design Studio
Structural Engineer: H+O Structural Engineering
General Contractor: Haycon, Inc.
Developer: Boston Real Estate Collaborative, LLC
Barry Mills Hall and the John and Lile Gibbons Center for Arctic Studies, Bowdoin College
Brunswick, Maine
Architect: HGA
Structural Engineer: HGA
General Contractor: Consigli Construction Co., Inc.
Owner: Bowdoin College
Founders Hall, Foster School of Business, University of Washington
Seattle, Washington
Architect: LMN Architects
Structural Engineer: Magnusson Klemencic Associates; Carla Keel Group PLLC; Autoscan
General Contractor: Hoffman Construction Company
Owner: Foster School of Business, University of Washington
Google Borregas
Sunnyvale, California
Architect: MGA | Michael Green Architecture (Project Designer); SERA Architects (Architect of Record)
Structural Engineer: Equilibrium Consulting
General Contractor: XL Construction
Owner: Google
Lakeridge Middle School
Lake Oswego, Oregon
Architect: Mahlum Architects
Structural Engineer: KPFF
General Contractor: Skanska
Owner: Lake Oswego School District
Learn more about Lakeridge Middle School and view the photo gallery
Retail Village at Sycamore & Oak
Washington, DC
Architect: Adjaye Associates (Design Architect); Winstanley Architects & Planners (Architect of Record)
Structural Engineer: StructureCraft
General Contractor: Banneker Ventures
Owner: STE15 LLC, a joint venture of the Emerson Collective and Redbrick LMD
Learn more about Retail Village at Sycamore & Oak and view the photo gallery
Vesterheim Commons
Decorah, Iowa
Architect: Snøhetta (Design Architect); BNIM (Architect of Record)
Structural Engineer: Fast + Epp; MBJ Engineers
General Contractor: McGough Construction
Owner: Vesterheim
Learn more about Vesterheim Commons and view the photo gallery
See all 2024 Winners in the Award Gallery
The call for nominations for the 2025 Wood in Architecture Awards will open in December of 2024. Learn more about the program.
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