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The People’s Choice: Australian Timber Design Awards Now Open!

Votes for the Australian Timber Design Awards People's Choice are now open!


Thu 22 Aug 24

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Boola Katatjin is one of the world’s great buildings. Not only is it the Southern Hemisphere’s largest mass timber building, but Perth’s first timber building has also received a raft of awards, including the Engineers Australia Project of the Year, the Australian Institute of Architects Daryl Jackson Award for Educational Architecture, and the National Award for Sustainable Architecture.

But beyond the sum of its parts — the $135 million building designed by Carey Lyons from Aspect Studios and supported by Perth-based Trent Woods, Officer Woods – and local design firms Fulcrum Agency and Silver Thomas Hanley — gives the 50-year-old campus a new heart.

The building’s structural system incorporates nearly 1800 pieces of mass timber, with Chris Palandri, the Multiplex Regional Director responsible for the project, claiming that 2,143 tonnes of timber was used on the project.

“It’s a bit like a giant Meccano set or puzzle, with glue-laminated pieces of timber of all different lengths and shapes manufactured offsite before being fitted into place on site,” Mr Palandri said last year. “Some of the glue-laminated timber beams used within the Northern Plaza are the largest ever installed in Australia by volume – at 7,282 kilograms each, extending 26 metres in length.”

Given the type (and volume) of timber used in the project, Boola Katitjin was also a runaway winner at last year’s Australian Timber Design Awards, besting the competition’s most competitive field to secure the  “Excellence in Engineered Wood Prize” and the “People’s Choice Award.”

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Last year, over 200 people packed into the Cargo Hall in South Wharf, Melbourne, and were entertained by Tim Ross, the Australian comedian, presenter, and self-proclaimed architecture geek.

“Boola Katatjin, along with the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall – crowned the overall winner of the Australian Timber Design Awards – were two of the standouts from last year,” according to Andrew Dunn, who will run the awards for the 25th year in succession this year.

Judging for the 2024 Australian Timber Design Peoples Choice Award is now open. There are more than 60 different projects to choose from.

About the People’s Choice Awards

The People’s Choice Award competition is intended to raise the profile of the Australian Timber Design Awards participants within the general public and the built environment industry.

It is intended for participants, friends, family, and industry affiliates to cheer the Australian Timber Design Awards participants on and show their support for our Awards!

Supported by Pentarch Forestry, the People’s Choice Award has been held every year since 2000 and is open yearly once the blind judging for the Australian Timber Design Awards (ATDA) is completed.

Book now for the Australian Timber Design Awards

Tickets are now on sale for the Australian Timber Design Awards awards ceremony, which will be hosted at Sydney’s Walsh’s Bay, Pier 2, on Wednesday, October 16.

“Come to the official gala dinner on Wednesday, 16 October and enjoy a three-course meal and drinks with your colleagues and friends while watching the winners being announced,” Mr Dunn said.

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  • Jason Ross

    Jason Ross, publisher, is a 15-year professional in building and construction, connecting with more than 400 specifiers. A Gottstein Fellowship recipient, he is passionate about growing the market for wood-based information. Jason is Wood Central's in-house emcee and is available for corporate host and MC services.

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