Ditchling Museum wins Wood Awards gold
19 November 2014Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft by Adam Richards Architects has won the Arnold Laver Gold Award in this year’s Wood Awards.
Described by the judges as "a gem", the museum comprises an 18th century cart lodge and Victorian school, linked by a new, cross-laminated timber building.
The other winners, announced at the Wood Awards ceremony at Carpenters' Hall in London last night were:
Commercial & Public Access
The Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
Highly commended: Living Planet Centre, WWF-UK headquarters
Private
House No 7, Tiree, Scotland
Highly commended: WoodBlock House
Structural
Alfriston School Swimming Pool, Buckinghamshire
Highly commended: Farnham Place
Existing Building
Ditchling Museum Art + Craft, East Sussex
St George's Chapel, Great Yarmouth
Small Project
Studio, Oxford
Ravenswood, London
Judges' Special Award
Endless Stair, London
Hard Carved Oak Gothic Doors, Yorkshire
Bespoke Furniture
Oak furniture for the Dickson Poon Centre, St Hugh's College, Oxford
Scorched Oak Rocking Chair, Hampshire
Production-made Furniture
Hat Tree, Brighton
For more on the Wood Awards see the December issue of TTJ.