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espite the knocks that timber has received – somewhat unfairly – since Grenfell, at the more award-winning end of architecture at least the material remains a very potent force in driving excellent, sustainable design.


Cambridge University has ‘done the double’ this year with Homerton College Dining Hall by Fielden Fowles picking up the Gold Award in the 2022 Wood Awards, after Níall McLaughlin’s practice won the Stirling Prize – for Magdalene College’s library. Both projects expose and celebrate structural timber in their interior, with Homerton in particular going all-out with a column-free dining space constructed of butterfl y trusses connected to side columns, all in sweet chestnut; and a ‘buttery’ lined in ash.


What the Wood Awards judges said was a “bright, airy, and effi cient setting by day” transforms into a dramatic area for events. The roof deck is also made from engineered timber. The space has echoes of traditional collegiate halls and the building in general respects its counterparts nearby, but embodies a clean, structural rigour which feels modern.


This follows the heartening success of Níall McLaughlin’s practice in the Stirling Prize – at the fourth time of asking – with Magdalene College’s spectacular new brick-clad library. The interior is a warm combination of timber and brick, using the material to beautifully add a calm comfort to the study spaces. The CLT structure is complemented by hardwood shelves and tables, and the whole composition (roofl ights and windows, columns, shelves, baffl es, desks and balustrades) comes together in a wonderful unison of materiality enhanced by practical amounts of daylight.


And fi nally, Fosters is bucking the slightly timber-agnostic trend we have seen recently in major UK buildings, with their exciting announcement of The William, a net zero, 90,000 ft2 CLT offi ce which will be one of London’s largest “timber buildings” when completed in 2026, says the practice. At six storeys, it looks to be something of a timber counterpart to the practice’s show-stopping Bloomberg HQ, with an open, curved stair connecting fl oors, and high quality inside and out.


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Adjacent to Whiteleys shopping centre and part of the wider Queensway development which Fosters is undertaking, the scheme also contains 21,000 ft2 of retail, and 32 homes (11 affordable). Planted terraces will provide highly visible biodiversity. While this scheme might be the icing on the cake of what is possible in the UK at the moment, it’s to be cheered, particularly as it fl ies in the face of some persistent assumptions on timber.


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HKS adds to the rejuvenation of a business park in Atlanta’s suburbs with an orthopaedic centre of excellence inspired by human anatomy


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ON THE COVER... A former executive offi ce park which was purchased by Emory Healthcare has been redeveloped into a medical offi ce campus. The entire $1bn project is anticipated to take 15 years, with the Musculoskeletal Institute the second building to fi nish on site. Cover Image © Tom Harris For the full report on this project, go to page 33


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