Architecture Awards Celebrate Innovative & Resilient Wood Design
WoodWorks Announces 2025 Wood in Architecture Award Winners
WASHINGTON, DC / ACCESS Newswire / June 5, 2025 / WoodWorks - Wood Products Council has announced its 2025 Wood in Architecture award winners, celebrating excellence and innovation in mass timber, heavy timber, light-frame, and hybrid building design. The annual award program recognizes developers and design teams using wood in innovative ways that positively impact the environment, occupants, and communities throughout the U.S.
"At WoodWorks, we have the privilege of supporting the designers, developers, and construction teams who make exceptional wood projects a reality," said Jennifer Cover, PE, WoodWorks President & CEO. "Our annual Wood in Architecture awards offer a moment to pause and celebrate the creativity, collaboration, and technical excellence that define this work."
An independent jury of design professionals reviewed, deliberated, and selected the winning projects based on four criteria: design excellence, innovative use of wood, sustainability & resilience, and market impact. The 2025 jury includes:
Monte French, Founder, Monte French Design Studio Leejung Hong, LEED AP, Principal, Winstanley Architects & Planners Lauren Piepho, PE, Structural Engineer, HGA Robert A. Smith, AIA, RIBA, RIAS, DBIA, Principal, LMN Architects
"This year's winners exemplify the versatility and impact of modern wood construction," shared Cover. "In addition to being high-performing structures, they underscore the power of design to connect people, jobs, and communities."
Winning projects showcase wood in a range of project types and regions across the U.S., from a multi-family Passive House development with a mass timber / light-frame hybrid building system in Massachusetts to a specialized learning environment at Washington's only American Sign Language (ASL)-English bilingual school.
"Each project tells a story about innovation, and a shared commitment to excellence," remarked Cover. "Whether for work, research, learning, or home, these buildings showcase wood as a resilient and nimble material in applications that designers can repeat and build upon."
2025 Winning Projects
Winning projects can be viewed in an online gallery here. Photography, credits, and write-ups of each project for media use can be viewed and downloaded here.
154 BroadwaySomerville, Massachusetts Architect: Utile, Inc. Structural Engineer: RSE Associates General Contractor: Haycon, Inc. Developer/Owner: Construction Managers & Developers, LLC
Adimab Laboratory BuildingLebanon, New Hampshire Architect: Sylvia Richards Practice for Architecture; Christopher Smith Structural Engineer: WSP USA Building Structures General Contractor: ReArch Company Developer/Owner: Adimab LLC
The Blake School Early Learning CenterHopkins, Minnesota Architect: HGA Structural Engineer: HGA General Contractor: Mortenson Developer/Owner: The Blake School
California College of the Arts ExpansionSan Francisco, CA Architect: Studio Gang Structural Engineer: Arup General Contractor: Hathaway Dinwiddie Developer/Owner: California College of the Arts
Kaiser Borsari HallBellingham, WA Architect: Perkins&Will Structural Engineer: Coughlin Porter Lundeen General Contractor: Mortenson Developer/Owner: Western Washington University
Kresge College Expansion at the University of California, Santa CruzSanta Cruz, California Architect: Studio Gang Structural Engineer: Magnusson Klemencic Associates; MME Civil + Structural Engineering General Contractor: Swinerton Builders Developer/Owner: University of California, Santa Cruz
T3 RiNoDenver, Colorado Architects: Pickard Chilton (Design Architect); DLR Group (Architect of Record) Structural Engineer: Magnusson Klemencic Associates General Contractor: Whiting-Turner Developer/Owners: Hines / Ivanhoé Cambridge / McCaffery Interests
Trinity University Dicke Hall + Business and Humanities DistrictSan Antonio, Texas Architect: Lake Flato Architects Structural Engineer: Datum Engineers General Contractor: Turner Construction Developer/Owner: Trinity University
Washington School for the Deaf Divine Academic and Hunter GymnasiumVancouver, Washington Architect: Mithun Structural Engineer: PCS Structural Solutions General Contractor: Skanska Developer/Owner: Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Youth
About WoodWorks (Contact: media@woodworks.org):
WoodWorks - Wood Products Council is a non-profit organization providing education and free technical support related to the design, engineering, and construction of commercial and multi-family wood buildings in the U.S. Staffed by engineers, architects, and construction experts, WoodWorks helps project teams identify and successfully realize the most appropriate wood solutions for their projects. Major funding comes from the Softwood Lumber Board (SLB) and the USDA Forest Service. For assistance with a project, visit www.woodworks.org/project-assistance or email help@woodworks.org.
SOURCE: WoodWorks - Wood Products Council
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