San Francisco, CA (PRBuzz.com) November 13, 2012 -- The 12th annual Ontario Wood WORKS! celebration awarded a group of the provinces architects, engineers, and project teams with a Wood Design Awards.
The award recognizes those in the organization who provide design excellence, advocacy, and innovation in the field of wood-based construction and designs.
"These are exciting times for wood design," said Marianne Berube, executive director of the Ontario Wood WORKS! project.
"Ongoing technical advancement in the forest product and construction industries, alongside creative design thinking, is giving rise to an incredible new generation of wood buildings.
He continued: "Design and construction solutions that incorporate sustainably sourced wood products support forest industry employment in the province, significantly lower the carbon footprint of any building, reduce our dependence on non-renewable materials and fossil fuels, and provide warm, beautiful, human-centered environments."
Twelve awards were handed out overall. The winners were:
-Inovo Center, Heart (Ontario Wood Award). The award recognized Genivar and PBK Architects for significant contributions that the forestry sector makes to the Ontario economy by honoring projects that use Ontario-Sourced wood products.
-Vale Living with Lakes Center, Laurentian University, Sanbury. (Green Building Wood Design Award). The awarded JL Richards * Associates Ltd. in association with Perkins & Will. JL Richards & Assoc. were also the engineers. The 2,600-square meter center was 70% more energy efficient than conventional buildings of the same size.
- Metropolitan Pharmacy, Toronto won for Interior Wood Design. JET Architecture claimed the prize.
-+House, Mulmur won for Residential Wood Design. Architect was superkul with a four-season house in rural Ontario that minimized environmental impact and integrated into the surrounding environment.
- 360 Lofts condominium, Ottawa won for Multi-Unit Wood Design. Architect Farrow Dreessen Architect Inc and Engineer AAR created a 2,072-square meter in-fill building.
- Kingston Park Revitalization, Catham won for Institutional-Commercial Wood Design Award, project valued under $10,000. Brown and Story Architects collaborated with Y.C. Liu Engineering Ltd in creating a washroom pavilion along with picnic pavilions .
Other winners were: Water Garden Pavilion by Brook McIlroy and Blackwell Bowich Partnership Ltd; Thunder Bay Social Services Administration Board Office by FORM Architecture Engineering; The Gathering Circle at the Spring Garden by Brook McIlroy and Ryan Gorrie, in collaboration with Blackwell Bowich Partnership Ltd.
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