Best Use of Timber
01 Mar 2013 – 14 Apr
Sust. Gallery - Level 2
As part of the annual RIAS Awards scheme, Forestry Commission Scotland and Wood for Good have combined to sponsor a new award aimed at encouraging innovative and creative use of timber in new buildings in Scotland. The exhibition sets out the winner of the award – the ‘Model D House’, and the five shortlisted entries.
The award seeks to stimulate greater appreciation of home grown timber and its potential for use in construction, with added consideration given to thoughtful and appropriate use of different species. Technical competence is of course paramount and the design and detail of how the timber is used was as much a part of the assessment criteria as imagination and overall architectural excellence. There is no restriction on building type or scale of project – from small to large and from domestic to commercial, the challenge is to show how suited the use of timber is to the development of new architecture in Scotland.
The judging panel, led by RIAS President Sholto Humphries, included Dr Anne Lorne Gillies, Scottish singer, songwriter, broadcaster, author and academic, Robert Dye of Robert Dye Associates, London and Peter Wilson, Director of the Wood Studio at Edinburgh Napier University.
Image Model D House: Stuart Johnstone Photography