The 2026 Structural Timber Awards shortlist is now LIVE!
Celebrating excellence in timber construction across the UK, projects and teams have been recognised for innovation, sustainability, and outstanding design, highlighting the growing impact of timber technology in modern construction. The winners will be revealed at the awards ceremony on 07 October 2026 at the National Conference Centre in Birmingham.
SOCIAL HOUSING PROJECT OF THE YEAR
- Lowfield Timber Frames & SJ Roberts Construction– Piercefield Lane, Aberystwyth
- Pellings – Caishowe Road
- Pendragon (Design and Build) – Manchester Place, Hirwaun
- Vistry Works – Newsam Rise, Skelton Gate, Pontefract
- Walker Timber Engineering – Foxdenton
PRIVATE HOUSING PROJECT OF THE YEAR
- Engenuiti, Tigg Coll, Buckland Timber, Stella Rossa – Float House
- Giraffe Engineering – House in a Barn
- Glosford SIPS and BoBen Construction– Inwoods Park, Rugby, Warwickshire
- Studio Bark– Orchard House
- Treet – Brockly Residential House
CUSTOM & SELF-BUILD PROJECT OF THE YEAR
- Baker Chatterton Structural Design – Tooting bec House
- Engenuiti, Tigg Coll, Buckland Timber, Stella Rossa – Float House
- ClaireBandy.Architect – Hidden Studio
- Richmond Bell Architects – Anne’s Art House
- SIP Build UK – Beamish House, Garage and Gym
EDUCATION PROJECT OF THE YEAR
- Arup – Winchester College Swimming Pool
- B&K Hybrid Solutions – Fife College, Dunfermline Learning Campus
- Constructional Timber Manufacturers – Liverpool University: School of Architecture
- HLM Architects – Ysgol Cynefin
- Hopkins Architects – Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, University of Oxford
- Lowfield Timber Frames – St Keyna and passivehaus Primary School
- MAP Architecture – Alleyn’s Entrance Pavilion
- STREIF UK with Hampshire County Council – The Three Schools Project
- University of Staffordshire, Willmott Dixon Construction, C W Architects, Ramboll, WIEHAG – SUSV Village Hub
- Walters and Cohen Architects – NLCS Ideas Hub and Main Entrance
HEALTHCARE PROJECT OF THE YEAR
- Cullinan Studio – Maggie’s, Newcastle Annexe
- WB Timber Innovations – The Rob Burrow MND Centre
COMMERICAL/ INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT OF THE YEAR
- B&K Hybrid Solutions, General Projects, HTS, AHMM & Stora Enso – Metropolis
- Engenuiti, AR18 Limited, Fraser Architects, Buckland Timber, Hasslacher and Boxmoor – AR18 Eco Factory
- Engenuiti, Constructional Timber, Watermans, CBRE Investment Management and Mace – 10 Gresham Street Rooftop Pavilion
- Engenuiti, Xylotek and Fletcher Priest Architects – Oxford North Cycle Pavilion
- Heyne Tillett Steel – 4 Arbour Street
- Heyne Tillett Steel and Hybrid Structures – The Big Shed
- Snug Architects – Bartlett Arboretum
- Treet – The Beeches
- Webb Yates, Tonkin Liu, Buckland Timber – Technology Hub, York Minster Centre of Excellence
RETAIL & LEISURE PROJECT OF THE YEAR
- B&K Hybrid Solutions – Tesco Low Carbon Concept Store
- Calldene Structural Timber Solutions – North Walls Cricket Pavilion
- Engenuiti, KLH UK, LRA Retinue, Haworth McCall, Morgan Sindall – Heathfield Youth Club
- KAST Architects – The Big Shed
- Momentum Structural Engineers, Haworth Tompkins and Buckland Timber– Backstage at the Old Vic
- Reed Watts Architects – Ightham Mote Visitor Reception and Shop
- SIPS ECO PANELS – Kingston Bus Station Redevelopment
- Treet – Olympia Theatre
- Webb Yates, Hayatsu Architects – The Catford House
- Xylotek – Carbon Garden Pavilion, Kew Gardens
PIONEER AWARD
- MAKAR -Paradigm Prototype Home
- OFR Consultants -Pioneering fire-safe timber through evidence, engineering and policy leadership.
- OSKOP Alliance – The new OSKOP Platform: Details, Testing, Auditing for the IDCC Framework
- Rotho Blaas UK– Premature Failure in Timber Screws: Insights into Hydrogen Embrittlement and Stress-Driven Risk
- Vistry Works – Trainee Timber Frame Installer Apprenticeship Programme
INSTALLER OF THE YEAR
- B&K Hybrid Solutions – Univ North, University College Oxford
- D&S Baucon Ireland – SUSV Village Hub
- How to Cut – Rose House
- Steve Coleman (Timber Erectors) – Winchester College Swimming Pool
- Vistry Works – Vistry Works Warrington Direct Deployment Team
PROJECT OR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER OF THE YEAR
- Steven Brunt (Vistry Works) – Newsam Rise, Skelton Gate, Pontefract
- Nick Preedy (Willmott Dixon Construction) – SUSV Village Hub
- Phill Vella (Stonebond) – Foxdenton
- Steve Holland (Laing O’Rourke) – Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, University of Oxford
- Stewart MacPhail (Balfour Beatty) – Fife College, Dumfermline Learning Campus
LOW ENERGY PROJECT OF THE YEAR
- B&K Hybrid Solutions– Fife College, Dumfermline Learning Campus
- KAST Architects, Warverna Construction -The Big Shed
- Simple Works – Padnall Hall
- STREIF UK with Hampshire County Council– Hounsome Fields Primary School
- Webb Yates, DSDHA– Sheep Field Barn, Henry Moore Studios & Garden
ENGINEER OF THE YEAR
- Arup– Winchester College Swimming Pool
- Civic -3 Barrington Road
- Engenuiti, Citu, Stora Enso and Hasslacher – The Place Fire Remediation
- Simple Works – Natural Building Systems, MMC Ecohomes, Arch Barn, Scale Rule projects, Tate Institute
- Webb Yates Engineers – York Minster Centre of Excellence
ARCHITECT OF THE YEAR
- Artel31 – House in a Barn
- Design Engine Architects – Winchester College Swimming Pool
- Fletcher Priest – Oxford North Cycle Pavilion
- HLM Architects – Ysgol Cynefin
- Hopkins Architects – Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, University of Oxford
- KAST Architects – The Big Shed
- Nick Hardy, TSH Architects – A new single story timber framed Gatehouse for St. Edward’s School, Oxford
- Snug Architects – Bartlett Arboretum
- Stride Treglown – Stride Treglown
- Tonkin Liu – York Minster Centre of Excellence
CLIENT OF THE YEAR
- Antony Cockerell, AR18 Limited – AR18 Eco Factory
- Maggie’s Cancer Centre – Maggie’s, Newcastle Annexe
- Pendragon (Design and Build)– Manchester Place, Hirwaun
- The Chapter of York
- University of Oxford – Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, University of Oxford
CONTRACTOR OF THE YEAR
- Balfour Beatty – Fife Collge, Dumfermline Learning Campus
- Bowmer and Kirkland – GenZero Classroom Pods
- Laing O’Rourke– Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, University of Oxford
- Morgan Sindall – Heathfield Youth Club
- Pendragon (Design and Build)– Manchester Place, Hirwaun
- RISE Contracts – Backstage at the Old Vic
- Rooff – Sheep Field Barn, Henry Moore Studios & Garden
- Walker Timber Engineering – Foxdenton
- Warvena Construction – Community Roots
- Willmott Dixon Construction – SUSV Village Hub
PROJECT/ SYSTEM INNOVATION AWARD
- Architype – Safe Schools for the Future
- BlokBuild – BlokBuild digitally manufactured timber construction system
- Bowmer and Kirkland– GenZero Classroom Pods
- Donaldson Timber Engineering – UK’s first Timber Engineering company to become CCPI accredited
- E.u.r.o.Tec G.m.b.H– Structus X
- Ecological Building Systems – EcoCocon: Engineered Straw Timber Wall System
- Hormigon International– Watling Academy
- OSKOP Alliance – The new OSKOP Platform: Details, Testing, Auditing and Governance Framework
- Postsaver Europe – Postsaver Rot Protectors: Ground-Line Protection System for Long-Life Timber Structures
- Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) – The PEFC Project Sourcing Certification Standard
- Rotho Blaas Uk – VGS Plate – Lifting and handling reusable screw
- SIMPSON STRONG-TIE– Quik Drive Solutions
- STREIF UK with Hampshire County Council– The Three Schools Project
- TALO – Advanced offsite timber technology to eradicate fuel poverty
- Vistry Group – Vistry Innovation and Vircular Economy (VIC-E)
PROJECT OF THE YEAR
- Arup – Winchester College Swimming Pool
- Bauer Media Outdoor UK – Milestone: the next-generation sustainable bus shelter
- Buckland Timber, with Marina Tabassum Architects, Stage One & AECOM– Serpentine Pavilion
- McLean Quinlan – Virginia Water House
- Momentum Structural Engineers, Haworth Tompkins and Buckland Timber– Backstage at the Old Vic
- Snug Architects – Bartlett Arboretum
- The University of Liverpool, Starr Architects– The Liverpool School of Architecture
- Webb Yates, DSDHA – Sheep Field Barn, Henry Moore Studios & Gardens
- Webb Yates, Tonkin Liu, Buckland Timber – Technology Hub, York Minster Centre of Excellence
MANUFACTURER OF THE YEAR
- BlokBuild
- Buckland Timber, in partnership with Tonkin Liu, Webb Yates & Simpson
- Constructional Timber Manufacturers
- Deeside Timberframe
- Donaldson Timber Engineering
- Ecologic SIPs
- Glosford SIPs
- Lowfield Timber Frames
- MAKAR
- Walker Timber Engineering