American hardwoods feature strongly in Wood Awards entries

Five of 43 shortlisted projects for this year’s Wood Awards feature American hardwoods.

American black walnut features in staircase detailing at a private house in south London, shortlisted in the awards’ Private category, while American white oak was used in Cardiff’s Hoddinott Hall – the new home for the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, which is in contention for the Commercial and Public Access prize.

The Furniture category shortlist includes Credenza, a storage and display piece in bird’s eye maple and American black walnut.

Tulipwood features in two other shortlisted projects – the Sclera pavilion built for the 2008 London Design Festival (Best Small Project), and Philip Koomen’s Wave and Splash bench featuring in the Hay Festival (Furniture category).