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"These 16 Innovative Buildings Might Just Prove That Wood Is the Way of the Future\nThe WoodWorks design awards honor new buildings around the world \nWoodWorks, an initiative of the Wood Products Council, has announced the winners of the 2016 Wood Design Awards, which \u201Ccelebrate projects and design teams that showcase the innovative use of wood as both a structural and finish material,\u201D said Jennifer Cover, the council\u2019s executive director in a statement. \u201CRanging from mass timber to traditional wood-frame, this year\u2019s winning projects exemplify wood\u2019s many attributes, from structural performance and design versatility to sustainability and cost-effectiveness.\u201D Of the 16 honorees, 14 were built on American soil, while two were built abroad with U.S. design teams. Read on for a look at the winners.\\n\\nShown: Multistory Wood Design: The Radiator, Portland, Oregon\\nPATH Architecture\\nIn this five-story office, interior and exterior beams and columns create a forestlike effect. The Radiator is leading a surge of mid-rise mass timber projects in the U.S.\nWorks Partnership Architecture\\nWood facets at the entry and bold, beveled window frames are merely a prelude to an impactful timber-frame interior at this new Portland building.\nUltramoderne\\nA lakeside kiosk and viewing platform, Chicago Horizon features two-way slab roof, the first of its kind.\nHennebery Eddy Architects\\nCertainly up to fire-code standards, this fire station is inviting and personal with its wood finishes.\nHennebery Eddy Architects\\nThis tiny chapel\u2019s modest use of design elements pays off. Inspiration, here, is helped by the simplest of shapes and materials.\nStudio Link-Arc/Tsinghua University\\nA floating, wavelike wood roof covered the China Pavilion at the Milan Expo 2015. The limits of wood construction are pushed to their most curvaceous and articulated extremes.\nHGA Architects and Engineers\\nEscape city life in these new cantilevered camper cabins in Minnesota, which hang off a hillside like little slices of a grand lodge.\nDesigner: University of California, Berkeley, College of Environmental Design;\\nArchitect of Record: Kengo Kuma Architects &amp;amp; Assoc.\\nThis sustainably built community space truly brings the outdoors in.\nHacker\\nThis spiritual space in Oregon screams \u201CPacific Northwest\u201D with its abundance of wood surfaces and openings for natural light.\nDwell Design Studio\\nA painted finish on this Jacksonville apartment complex makes for a certain subtropical charm.\nEnvironmental Dynamics\\nAt once earthy and utilitarian, this school space uses light wood finishes to create a bright, cheerful space.\nThe Lukmire Partnership\\nThe stately redesign of this Maryland library branch balances elements of glass, brick, and timber to create an interesting indoor-outdoor dynamic.\nTaylor and Miller Architecture and Design\\nThis New York office could serve as a haven for the ultra-organized. Plywood cubbies and boxes lend a sort of chaos to the space, yet in a very orderly, warm fashion.\nShigeru Ban Architects\\nWoven in wood, Shigeru Ban\u2019s Aspen Art Museum is stunningly intricate, providing for moments of mystery and play.\nHaizlip Studio\\nLike a massive modernist lodge, this museum features a tall timber ceiling that swoops steeply.\nASK Studio\\nThis simple boathouse relies on wood and stone to create a pared-down Prairie structure."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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