The Cutaway at Barangaroo received two awards at the 27th Australian Timber Design Awards, presented on Wednesday 21 October in the Harbourside Room at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney: the People’s Choice Award and the award for Fitout, Commercial and Public.
People’s Choice
The People’s Choice was the only award of the night chosen by the public rather than the judging panel, with all 57 entered projects in the running. More than 2,000 people voted, the most in the award’s history, according to Wood Central, which sponsored the award. Thank you to everyone who voted.
Fitout, Commercial and Public
The judges selected The Cutaway from a shortlist that also included 500 Bourke St, Aesop Canberra Centre and Bunjil Wellbeing Place. The Cutaway and the Grand Prix winner, betti und knut architecture’s Hoskins Building, were the only projects to receive two awards on the night.
Thirteen timber trees
Thirteen timber trees rise up to 17 metres around the existing concrete columns beneath Barangaroo Reserve. No two are the same, and each is assembled from between 115 and more than 120 timber and connection parts. The lower trunks are MASSLAM Tasmanian oak glulam from ASH’s Heyfield mill in Gippsland, placing Australian timber within reach, with European spruce glulam, cross-laminated timber and Kerto LVL above. The trees also carry building services and acoustic systems.
Codesigned with Bangawarra, led by D’harawal Knowledge Keeper Dr Shannon Foster, and artist Jake Nash, the design references saltwater Country, rock shelters and the Damun, the Port Jackson fig, turning the space from a concrete bunker into a civic interior.
Congratulations to all the winners and finalists, and thank you to the Timber Development Association for producing the awards.
