44 | Feature: Wood Awards 2025
Below and centre: New Wave House won both the Sustainability award and the Commercial award PHOTO STALE ERIKSEN
Bottom left and right: Pine Heath, a modernist terraced house in north London, won the Interior Design category PHOTO FELIX SPELLER
Hopkins, CEO of Timber Development UK (lead organisers of the Wood Awards). “It is a project that brings our natural heritage – sustainable forestry, healthy woodlands and exceptional craftsmanship – into the heart of our national heritage in an outstanding public and educational setting.” Douglas fir also features prominently in the double award winner – New Wave House – this time in the form of glulam.
Overlooking the city from a North London hillside, New Wave House, winner of both the Commercial Award and Sustainability Award – showcases how timber construction paired with circularity can create outstanding commercial architecture with minimal environmental impacts, setting a new benchmark for urban development. Expanding the overall floor space by 40%, this low-carbon extension has prioritised resource efficiency and adaptive reuse at every turn. At the heart of the scheme is a lightweight, demountable Douglas fir glulam structure, designed to rest on top of the existing building with minimal structural interventions.
From the timber frame through to freestanding furniture, each part of the extension was fabricated onsite in the contractor and client’s joinery workshop, reducing transport emissions and wastage. Insulated roof panels from the existing building were repurposed in the new envelope, while additional timber, lime render, insulation and fixtures were salvaged from previous projects. All the components have been thoughtfully composed to create a calm working environment benefitting from generous daylight and natural ventilation. New Wave House was designed by Thomas McBrien Architects and built by and for New Wave London, with wood supplied by PiveteauBois. The structural engineers were LIM Engineering Ltd.
“This well detailed rooftop extension is a good example of a simple but elegant solution,” said Jim Greaves.
Other Building category winners were Pine Heath; Chowdhury Walk; Paradise; The Armadillo; and The Cowshed.
Using a finely tuned palette of restored and contemporary timbers, Pine Heath – a modernist terraced house in north London – won the Interior Design category. Studio Hagen Hall has sensitively revived and reconfigured the home for a growing family, balancing the character of the original
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