About the Timber Design Awards

2023 Entries Opening Soon

​We’re thrilled to announce that the newly formed Timber Design Centre are the new hosts of the NZ Timber Design Awards for 2023. After a COVID-forced hiatus, the awards are back and will be celebrated in November 2023 with Stage One entries for the awards opening in March 2023. We are so proud to be hosting this prestigious competition for its 48th year —recognising and celebrating the engineers, architects, architectural designers and builders who push boundaries and continue to champion nature’s greatest renewable building material, timber.

Celebrating timber excellence for 48 years

Professionals worldwide continue to use timber in new and imaginative ways and New Zealand projects are designing buildings to compete with world leaders. The NZ Timber Design Awards highlight the latest advances in New Zealand’s timber construction capability, proving that the degree of creativity and innovation in wood-based design is accelerating at pace.

The NZ Timber Design Awards also celebrate the fact that we are using our country’s renewable natural resource base and manufacturing ingenuity, to deliver timber construction materials with the lowest carbon profile possible.

Award winners show an understanding of timber’s resilience and strength, acoustics, sustainability, beauty and design versatility.

Further information will be released in early 2023, including award categories, with Stage One applications opening March 2023. Visit www.timberdesigncentre.co.nz for the most up-to-date information.

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2020 Winners

​Residential Design Award
Winner - TOA Architects (Tuarangi Outaspace)
Highly Commended - Jasmax (Arvida Living Well Park Lane)

Commercial Design Award
Winner - Woodhams Meikle Zhan Architects & Blueprint Consulting Engineers (Botany Toyota)
Highly Commended - Ignite Architects (Auckland Zoo Administration Building)

Public Design Award
Winner - WSP Opus (St Patricks Church)
Highly Commended - Kirk Roberts Consulting (Star Mountain Plaza)

Interior Design Award
Winner - Warren & Mahoney (National Library Auditorium Wellington)
Highly Commended - Box Build Limited Lara Lane)

Exterior Structure Design Award
Winner - JTB Architects (Saltwater Creek Cycleway Bridge)
Highly Commended - Andrew Barrie Lab Heyuan Lu & Matt Liggins Studio (Supernormal Play Structure)

Student Design Award
Winner - Adam Clark, Victoria University of Wellington
Highly Commended -Dorien Viliamu, University of Auckland

NZ Specialty Timber Award
Winner - Warren and Mahoney (CSO Centre, Christchurch Town Hall - Ron Ball Studio)
Highly Commended - Timbers of New Zealand (Christchurch Town Hall - James Hay Theatre Timber Floor)

Sustainable Development Award
Winner - Christchurch City Council (Boat Shed - Lyttelton)
Highly Commended - Jasmax (Arvida Living Well Park Lane)

Engineering Innovation Award
Winner - Architecture Workshop (Lindis Lodge)
Highly Commended - Holmes Consulting (Waihinga Martinborough Community Centre)

Wood & Fibre Products and Technology Innovation Award
Winner - POTIUS Building Systems Ltd (Smith House Roof)
Highly Commended - Scion Research (Ultra Strong Transparent Flexible Wood)

Engineered Wood Products Innovation Award
​Winner - Concision (Concision House)
Highly Commended - PTL Consultants (Farmers Corner Pavilion)

Resene Overall Supreme Award 2020
​Winner - TOA Architects (Tuarangi - Outaspace)
Highly Commended - Architecture Workshop (Lindis Lodge)