Pictured: Common Room by Daniel Schofield Studio © Thom Atkinson
The Wood Awards has announced the 34-strong shortlist for 2026, showcasing the UK’s most ambitious and innovative work in wood across architecture, furniture and product design.
Selected from more than 200 entries, the shortlist comprises 20 buildings and 14 furniture and object projects. Together, they demonstrate the creativity, environmental responsibility and technical ingenuity of designers and fabricators working with wood today.
The shortlisted projects span the UK, from London and the South East to Yorkshire, the Midlands, Wales and Scotland, reflecting the range of work being undertaken with wood across the country.
Each shortlisted project will be reviewed in person by the Wood Awards judging panels, making the awards a uniquely rigorous competition.
The Wood Awards buildings jury is led by architect Jim Greaves, and includes fellow architects Kirsten Haggart, Jonas Lencer, Sasha Bhavan and David Morley, structural engineers Andrew Lawrence, Nathan Wheatley and Andrew Trotman, architectural journalist Ruth Slavid and sustainability expert Neil Smith.
Jim Greaves, head of the Buildings judging panel, says: “The quality and diversity of this year’s entries made for a rewarding and rigorous selection process. From a strong field of projects, we have selected 20 building schemes, with each demonstrating a considered use of wood, alongside a high level of design ambition and technical skill.
“This year we have again been impressed by the inventive ways project teams are working with timber in response to the increasingly complex demands of contemporary construction.”
“Together, these projects represent some of the most accomplished examples of timber design and construction in the UK today, and I look forward to seeing them in person as the final judging process continues.”
All shortlisted projects are listed below, each with a link to a dedicated page on the Wood Awards website, where images and more information can be found about the projects.
Pictured: Oxford North Cycle Pavilion, Oxford, by Fletcher Priest Architects ©Xylotek, Martin Phe
Buildings:
Camber Sands Welcome Centre, Camber, by DK-CM
Backstage at The Old Vic, London, by Haworth Tompkins
Heritage Quad: York Minster Centre of Excellence, York, by Tonkin Liu
Liverpool University, School of Architecture, Liverpool, by O’Donnell + Tuomey
Rammed Earth House, Wiltshire, by Tuckey Design Studio
Winchester College Swimming Pool Roof, Winchester, by Design Engine Architects
Hemp House, London, by Sanchez Benton Architects
Metropolis, London, by AHMM
Bronwen’s Sanctuary, Cardiff, by Studio Propolis
The Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, University of Oxford, Oxford, by Hopkins Architects
Tesco Low-Carbon Concept Store, Harrogate, by S+SA Architects
The House of Quiet Light Staircase, London, by Robert Hirschfield Architects
The Yard OmVed Gardens, London, by Smerin Architects
Sheep Field Barn, Henry Moore Studios & Gardens, Hertfordshire, by DSDHA
Pebble Ceiling, by Matthew Burt
Home Farm Evenlode, Gloucestershire, by Charlie Luxton Design
Building from Forests, London, by dRMM
House in the Surrey Hills, Surrey, by Sanchez Benton Architects
Robotics Living Lab, Work in Progress Pavilion, Manchester, by Bennetts Associates
Oxford North Cycle Pavilion, Oxford, by Fletcher Priest Architects
Pictured: Kontur Series by Anna Maria Øfstedal Eng © Thom Atkins
Furniture & Objects:
Portal of Seedlings by Filippo Muzi Falconi
BespOak by Students and Staff of the Design + Make Course, Architectural Association
Kontur Series by Anna Maria Øfstedal Eng
Wattle Mirror by Jacob Marks
Patchwork Pina Lamp by Jacob Marks
Black House Stools by Ashen Co
Common Room by Daniel Schofield Studio
Afterlife by Zeller & Moye / Katie Paterson
Hollow Bodies by Max Bainbridge
A Drop in Time by Olly Fathers
Dagwood Bench by Lewis Duckworth
Butterfly Shelf by Jack Allfrey
The Ocean Screen by Eleanor Pickin
Our Grandchildren’s World by Henry Chantler
