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Project of the Year
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PROJECT OF THE YEAR
Category: Project of the Year will highlight outstanding examples of UK construction that have integrated timber technology as a major component part of its success. The winner will have proved that they have used timber with skill and ingenuity to create a sustainable, low-carbon building showcasing the strengths of timber. The focus will be on projects delivering exceptional levels of design, detail and delivery. Particular note will be made of client satisfaction, proof of outstanding energy performance levels and low environmental impact, technical achievement, supply chain management and overall best practice. Sponsor: Xilonor is new to the mass timber industry with a state-of-the-art factory manufacturing premium quality CLT from local sustainable resources utilising Pinaster and Radiata Pine. Panel options from this high quality CLT manufacturer include sizing formats up to a maximum of 12x3 metres by up to 320mm thickness. Xilonor offers flexibility with size increments of 100mm available. 3, 5 or 7 ply with longitudinal or transversal exterior layers to maximise strength according to the panels orientation and double exterior layers.
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PROJECT OF THE YEAR SHORTLIST
ADDERSTONE DEVELOPMENTS: MEADOWCROFT MEWS
Where formerly stood a binstore now stands a beautiful one bed dwelling. Meadowcroft Mews was built in house by Adderstone Group, as opposed to going to tender. This was primarily due to the complex issues with it’s situation and size. Attention to detail was paramount. Timber saved the day! Getting us over loading hurdles, allowing us to create a striking pitched roof with an unsupported cantilever corner and enabled the build to progress during a pandemic.
B&K STRUCTURES & BINDERHOLZ: LEEDS SKELTON LAKE SERVICES
Leeds Skelton Lake Services is a ‘new concept’ for motorway services providing a healthy, light and airy environment for motorists to rest and recoup. The key design element of the scheme is the dynamic, undulating living-roof. Beneath this curvilinear roof form, whilst appearing to be separate from it, sit the Facilities Building complete with RSPB viewing platform and a 100-bedroom Ramada hotel. Internally, the clear span created by the hybrid roof structure results in a large, double height open plan central space, around which are arranged major branded food outlets.
MACCREANOR LAVINGTON ARCHITECTS: THE NEW REFECTORY, IBSTOCK PLACE
The new refectory at Ibstock Place, an independent, co-educational day-school for 1,200 pupils, is the result of a 2016 invited design competition. The school were enthralled by our vision for a reimagined grand timber hall with a lofty structure that would provide an uplifting space for the celebration of communal school life. The choice of a glued and cross laminated timber roof structure was instrumental in meeting the school’s aspiration to erect a celebratory and warm, yet functional and efficient space at the heart of the campus whilst keeping interference with its operations to a minimum.
SNUG HOMES: FOREST ROAD SNUG HOME
The Forest Road SNUG home is the first of its kind: an offsite, custom-build, net zero-carbon home, built with the community that challenges the idea of what a ‘house’ is. The SNUG is the first house type designed and built by SNUG Homes and is a two-storey 44m2 1 bedroom, 1 person home. It has a small footprint to fit neatly into back gardens or leftover plots within existing urban areas, providing new homes within communities, helping support and regenerate these in ways that traditional development models do not.
WIEHAG: INTERDISCIPLINARY BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH BUILDING (IBRB)
IBRB is a multi-million-pound, state-of-the-art research building for the University of Warwick that fully embraces offsite construction, with 50% of construction cost going to offsite systems. The 7,000m2 area, four-storey hybrid structure is a mixture of concrete frame and CLT and glulam timber, with WIEHAG’s package taking on detailed design, supply and installation of the structural timber package including the stairs.
