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Maggie’ s Centre at the Robert Parfett Building by Foster + Partners won the Arnold Laver Gold Award at the 2016 Wood Awards.
Wood Awards 2016 showcase the best of the best
Maggie ' s Centre at the Robert Parfett Building by Foster + Partners has taken the top prize at this year ' s prestigious Wood Awards, winning the Arnold Laver Gold Award ahead of a host of other strong contenders.
The voting for Maggie’ s to receive the Gold Award was unanimous with the judges commenting that the remarkable structure“ has brought together the best in engineering, fabrication and architecture”.
The winners of the 45th annual Wood Awards, cosponsored by the Timber Research and Development Association( TRADA), were announced at a ceremony held on 22 November last year at Carpenters’ Hall in London.
The Gold Award was chosen from all of the buildings shortlisted in each category. Maggie’ s at the Robert Parfett Building was also awarded the Structural Award as it demonstrates that a simple, coherent structural diagram, when beautifully and carefully developed and detailed, can result in a solution of considerable merit.
Other winners on the night included the Stihl Treetop Walkway as the Commercial and Leisure winner, which judges said“ has the ability to inspire all generations to learn more about wood”.
The judges selected Stanbrook Abbey as the Education and Public Sector category winner as it is“ spiritually uplifting and sculptural within the landscape. The detailing on the furniture pieces in the church is superb”. And the Portledge Rear Staircase took the spoils in the Interiors category with the judges describing it as“ a faultless piece of work, a surprising intervention in the historic context that works extremely well”.
12 FEB / MARCH 2017 //