Wood Awards Ireland 2024 Winners Announced
Celebrating their 10th anniversary in 2024, Wood Awards Ireland (WAI) recognise and award excellence in wood construction and design. Common to all awarded projects is that wood is the inherent sustainable medium.
The RIAI has been a founding partner of the Wood Awards Ireland, which are organised by Forest Industries Ireland (FII) and Rotary Ireland with support from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and Enterprise Ireland.
Speaking on the 10-year partnership, RIAI President Sean Mahon FRIAI said:
“Over the last 10 years, we have seen an evolution in how Architects are using wood as an inherent material in the design of buildings, including in a structural capacity in form of Cross Laminated Timber (CLT). Architects have developed great knowledge and skills in designing, detailing and delivering timber buildings, and these awards are a great platform to share this expertise.”
The jury for the WAI 2024 were: Ciaran O'Connor FRIAI, State Architect (Chair); Dr. Sandra O'Connell, RIAI; Simon O'Driscoll, O’Driscoll Furniture; Ruth O'Herlihy MRIAI, McCullough Mulvin Architects; Des O'Toole, FII; and John Winslow MRIAI, Donnelly Turpin Architects.
The judges sought innovation in design and excellence in execution, and proof that the wood used has been sourced in sustainably managed forests.
The winning and shortlisted projects explore the intrinsic physical properties of wood, while also developing the inherent relationship between form, technology.
At a ceremony held on 3 December at Farmleigh House, Kinsale Library was announced as the overall winner of the Wood Awards Ireland 2024. This year’s award recipients are:
Overall Winner of the Wood Awards Ireland 2024
Kinsale Library
Cork County Council Architects
Category Winner: Large-Scale Public Buildings
Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications Headquarters
OPW Architects
Highly Commended: Shorcontrol Safety LTD. Naas
Magee Creedon Architects
Highly Commended: Strength And Conditioning Gym, UCC Mardyke Arena
O’Connell Mahon Architects
Category Winner: Small-Scale Buildings
Teach Sprúis
Eden Architects
Highly Commended
Rathmines Studio
O’Donnell + Tuomey
High Street Balbriggan
Robert Bourke Architects
Commended
Charred House
Simply Architecture
Category Winner: International
Toronto and Region Conservation Authority Headquarters
Bucholz McEvoy Architects and ZAS Architects
Category Winner: Restoration, Conservation and Re-use
Kinsale Library
Cork County Council Architects
Commended
Glanmore Hall
DMOD Architects
Furniture, Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications Headquarters
OPW Architects
Ballast Floor Lamp
Copperfish
Category Winner: Innovation and Research
Junction 20
van Dijk Architects / Cathal Fearon with Glenfort Timber Engineering
Highly Commended
EV Charging Hubs
Clarman Architects
Commended
Mass Timber Modular Frames
Glenfort Timber
Category Winner: Furniture
BÄR Modular Shelving System
Klimmek Furniture and Bear Creations
Highly Commended
Dearcán Vessels
Alan Meredith Studio
Unfurl Paper Chair
Mike McMahon Studio
Commended
The Swan Neck Chair – A Wicklow Windsor
Chaïm Factor
Rotary Ireland Third Level Student Wood Awards
Winner: Tom Cullen, School of Agriculture and Food Science, UCD
Highly Commended
Isabel Robinson, Eoin Dalton
Melissa Shiel, Ciarán Gell
Atlantic Technological University, Connemara
Pauline Ascon, Yanika Farrugia,
Ross McCann, Niamh Whelan
University College Dublin
Sean Auden, Marianne Velasco
Technological University Dublin
Commended
David Monson
Munster Technological University
Kerry Liam Connolly
South East Technological University
James Kennedy
University of Limerick
