Mass Timber Competition awards $2.2 million in funding to five winning designs

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