Designing Timber issue 10 for online - Flipbook - Page 27
———— WOOD AWARDS WINNERS ————
HIGHLY COMMENDED:
RESTORATION & REUSE
Upminster Tithe
Barn
Architect: Purcell
Main Contractor: Lexden
Contracts
Structural Engineer:
Conisbee
Client: London Borough of
Havering
Wood Supplier/Joinery:
Essex Oak Frame
HIGHLY COMMENDED:
SMALL PROJECT
Farmer's Arms Cold
Food Store
Architect: Hayatsu
Architects
Main Contractor/Client:
Grizedale Arts
Structural Engineer: Price
& Myers
INSPIRATION
Wood Supplier: Graythwite
Sawmill, Witherslack
HIGHLY COMMENDED:
EDUCATION & PUBLIC
Young's Court
Development at
Emmanuel College
Architect: Stanton Williams
Main Contractor: Gilbert
Ash
Structural Engineer: Smith
& Wallwark
Joinery: Constructional
Timber
Client: Emmanuel College
Wood Supplier:
Constructional Timber,
PiveteauBois
House – winner of both
the Commercial & Leisure
and Sustainability Awards
– transforms an existing
industrial building with a
beautifully detailed vertical
timber extension. Designed by
Thomas Mc-Brien Architects
together with New Wave
London, the project features a
carefully coordinated timber
structure paired with expansive
glazing that 昀氀oods the interior
spaces with daylight. Much
of the material palette was
salvaged or reused from
previous projects, including
insulated roof panels. The
result is a calm, coherent
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workspace that demonstrates
how circular design can
enhance commercial value and
environmental performance.
In Feix&Merlin’s Walworth
Town Hall, highly commended
in the Sustainability category,
mass timber has played
a key role in rescuing and
reimagining a 昀椀re-damaged
civic landmark. Working
closely with the local
authority, the project team
balanced heritage sensitivity
with contemporary use,
demonstrating how structural
timber can enable a昀昀ordable
and meaningful renewal.
The Restoration & Reuse
