About the Timber Design AwardsThe NZ Wood Resene Timber Design Awards is a highly acclaimed, bi-annual awards event (run every 18 months) showcasing the innovative, structural and aesthetic use of timber by New Zealand architects and engineers. The entrants constantly provide projects of an exceptionally high standards, making the Gala Awards Dinner an evening stimulating and valuable event for everyone with an appreciation for timber and design.
This is New Zealand’s only Timber Design Award event that has been running for 45 years which allows engineers, architects, architectural designers and builders to showcase innovation using timber. Winning an NZ Wood Resene Timber Design Award provides a competitive edge that is compelling a marketplace that values expertise. The Awards cater to such expertise, and they help draw a line in the sand between mediocrity and brilliance. In these competitive economic times, what better way to do this than put your work forward to be judged alongside your peers. Wood as a construction material offers a level of versatility and texture that can be inherently challenging to today’s designers. Understanding the beneficial properties of wood (including its resilience in earthquakes, its acoustics, structural strength and sustainability) can be the domain of a new breed of professionals. Deciding to use native alternative species to create dramatic and warmly special and often carved impacts are another unique consideration that only comes with wood. This year the categories have been revised by the 2020 Judging Panel and have widened the scope of categories for entries. New categories include; “Public Design Award” and Sustainable Development Award”. Revised categories are: “Exterior Structure Design Award” and “Wood & Fibre & Technology Innovation Award”. 
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2020 WinnersResidential 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) |
Wood Processors & Manufacturers Association of New Zealand
