A Danish architects practice has served up the winning entry in Södra’s public architecture competition to design a new building concept for a timber tennis centre.
The competition, which was run in conjunction with Välle Broar, CBBT (Centre for Timber Construction and Housing), the Swedish Association of Architects and Martinsons, generated significant interest with a total of 193 proposals being received from 23 countries.
“We are extremely pleased with the strong response we received and the many well-prepared entries that came in from so many countries. It shows there is a great deal of interest in timber architecture,” said Leif Brodén, CEO of Södra.
The winning concept and first prize of SKr200,000 went to the entry Tennis + trä, submitted by Kent Pedersen, Marie Preisler-Berthelin and Jakob Suhr Lundh, from Kent Pedersen Arkitektfirma ApS, Hellerup, Denmark.
“The entry has, in a tangible manner, highlighted new opportunities and con-tributes to raising timber construction to a higher level,” said Peter Nilsson, president of Södra Timber.
The second prize of SKr100,000 was awarded to the entry Greencup, submit-ted by Mikko Hormia and Carola Lindh-Hormia, Helsinki, Finland.
