Western Red Cedar Architectural Design Awards Winners

Nov 2010

By Irina Vinnitskaya — Filed under: Building Technology and Materials ,Mixed Use ,Residential , Albert de Pineda Álvarez and Manuel Brullet Tenas, and Alfred Waugh Architect, B.C., Barcelona, Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, Bureau B+B, California, Chadboure + Doss Architects, Entreeheuis, Mark Cavagnero Associates, Mercer Island, Netherlands, New York, Ovid, Pleasanton, Spain, Victoria, Washington

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Courtesy of Bohlin Cywinski Jackson

The six winners of the Western Red Cedar Architectural Design Awards are presented here. The competition demonstrated the architects’ abilities to express innovative structural techniques and surfaces in new construction and in renovations using Western Red Cedar. Winners included Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, Mark Cavagnero Associates, Chadbourne + Doss Architects, Albert de Pineda Álvarez and Manuel Brullet Tenas, Bureau B+B, and Alfred Waugh Architects.

More images and information after the break.

Courtesy of Mark Cavagnero Associates

The projects were diverse and included community centers, medical facilities, university buildings, churches and private residences. Projects were judged by a three-member architect jury for their use of Western Red Cedar in consistent themes of interior and exterior elements: Katherine Chia of Desai/Chia Architecture, Martin Finio, a LEED AP founding partner of the award-winning New York residential and institutional firm Christoff:Finio Architecture; and Alfred Zollinger, a principal in Matter Practice. One of the jury members, Katherine Chia commented on the use of Western Red Cedar outside of its conventional use as cladding. In many of the projects it was used for structure, interior finishes and material details.

Courtesy of Chadbourne + Doss Architects

• Combs Point Residence, Ovid, N.Y. by Architects: Bohlin Cywinski Jackson

A center of activity and quiet retreat for a family that treasures life on the lake, Combs Point is a series of Western Red Cedar wood clad buildings that stretches through a forested glen leading to the head of a waterfall.

• Bernal Park Restroom Building, Pleasanton, Calif. by Architect: Mark Cavagnero Associates

Designed to fit seamlessly into a landscape setting, the building appears elegant and residential in scale while at the same time is durable and enduring. The building is wrapped in horizontal cedar siding boards covered with a semi-transparent stain and graffiti coating.

• Wood Block Residence, Mercer Island, Wash. by Chadbourne + Doss Architects

A major reconstruction of a 1962 residence, the redesign roots the house to its sloping wooded site and provides a protective shelter for family life. Western Red Cedar tongue-and-grove planks clad the existing painted Hemlock ceiling to bring appropriately natural warmth to an otherwise modern pallet of materials that includes aluminum, steel and plaster.

• Research Medical Complex of Barcelona by Architects: Albert de Pineda Álvarez and Manuel Brullet Tenas

This elliptical building on the promenade along Barcelona’s seafront features a double-skin façade that protects it from direct solar radiation while still allowing light to pass. More than 44,000 red cedar slats make up the outer protective skin and create its unique geometric appearance.

• Pilot Dwelling Het Entreeheuis, Netherlands by Architects: Bureau B+B

An entrance house located at the gateway of the Groote Scheere country estate built from sustainable and lightweight red cedar coated with a black oil color. The roof opens up to the landscape to become a private outdoor space. It is the first of 10 houses to be built at the estate.

• First People’s House, Victoria, B.C. by Architects: Alfred Waugh Architect

This multi-purpose education facility at the University of Victoria, B.C. is the only major wood building on campus. The post-and-beam structure inspired by the Coast Salish longhouse is clad in clear Western Red Cedar and houses a student union, Elders lounges, study areas, classrooms and ceremonial spaces. The registered LEED project targets gold.

Courtesy of Alfred Waugh Architect

Jack Draper, managing director of the Western Red Cedar Lumber Association, commented, “The talent of the architects and their builder partners combined with the authenticity and durability of wood really made for lasting work.”

: Courtesy of Bohlin Cywinski Jackson

: Courtesy of Mark Cavagnero Associates

: Courtesy of Chadbourne + Doss Architects

: Courtesy of Albert de Pineda Álvarez and Manuel Brullet Tenas

: Courtesy of Bureau B+B

: Courtesy of Alfred Waugh Architect

Cite:
Vinnitskaya , Irina . "Western Red Cedar Architectural Design Awards Winners" 24 Nov 2010. ArchDaily. Accessed 26 May 2012. <http://www.archdaily.com/91173>

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Holcim Awards says:

Beautiful use of wood. Architecture is about using incredible materials, making great details and keeping the form simple.

-Thomas
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# November 24, 2010 at 15:05

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