Five projects were honored in Chicago recently as part of the 2023 Mass Timber Competition: Building to Net-Zero Carbon, hosted by the Softwood Lumber Board (SLB) and USDA Forest Service (USDA).
A total of $2.2 million in funding was given out to winners of this year’s contest. Technical evaluations were carried out by the competition’s nonprofit partner WoodWorks, with a jury comprised of LEVER Principal Chandra Robinson and eight others choosing the winners.
Each architectural team will share the design and construction insights of their projects for the greater benefit of the industry. The competition’s organizers said each “exemplified new ways to design and construct mass timber buildings in the U.S. at higher scale.”
“As wildfires become more prevalent across the United States, a stronger supply chain for lumber and mass timber improves forest health and supports the construction of low carbon buildings — both effective ways to mitigate the impacts of climate change,” John Crockett, the USDA Forest Service’s Associate Deputy Chief of State, said in a statement.
This year’s winners are:
CODA Detroit
Building Type: Mixed-Use Residential
Project Team: OOMBRA Architects, Brush Park Properties / IN Development Partners, JDH Engineering, Britt Peters and Associates, and AM Higley
Up@310 Lofts
Project Type: Vertical Addition
Project Team: Lignin Group, Tim
Olson, Banwell Architects, 310 Marlboro St., and Entuitive
The Village SF Wellness Center
Building Type: Mixed Use
Project Team: PYATOK architecture + urban design, The Friendship House Association of American Indians, DCI Engineers, and Cahill Contractors
Via/NWA IC Program
Building Type: Affordable Multifamily Housing
Project
Team: A226, Blue Crane, Modus Studio, Tatum-Smith-Welcher, Aspect Structural
Engineers, and Arco Construction
Woolsey Gardens
Building Type: Mid-Rise Multifamily
Project Team: Solomon
Cordwell Buenz, Northern California Land Trust, Tipping Structural Engineers, Swinerton
Builders, and Timberlab
The Olympic Roof Reuse
Register by Fri, May 31, 2024
Submit by Tue, Jun 11, 2024
Helsinki's New Museum of Architecture and Design
Register/Submit by Thu, Aug 29, 2024
The Home of Shadows / Edition #2
Register by Thu, May 2, 2024
Submit by Tue, Jun 4, 2024
International Competition for Implementation-Oriented Urban Design of the Core Area of Hangzhou Linping Digital & Smart City
Register by Wed, May 22, 2024
Submit by Tue, May 28, 2024
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