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DogTrot achieves a double win at the Wood Design and Building Awards

The Canadian Wood Council (CWC) has announced 38 award-winning projects in the 41st annual Wood Design & Building Awards, celebrating architectural excellence in wood design from Canada and around the world. The awards were presented on September 23, 2025, during the Woodrise Conference in Vancouver. DogTrot Magnetawan won both a Merit Award and a WoodWorks Ontario Distinction.

This year’s program received 140 entries. Of those, 18 were selected by a national jury for Honor, Merit, or Citation status, while 14 additional projects were recognized through the regional WoodWorks Awards categories for Ontario, BC, and the Prairie provinces.

“The diversity and creativity in this year’s winning projects demonstrate how wood can connect people with nature,” said Martin Richard, Vice President of Communications and Market Development at the CWC. “These designs not only showcase wood’s versatility, but also create spaces that enrich daily life and support community well-being.”

Honor Award winners include:

  • The Spirit Garden (Toronto, ON) by Gow Hastings Architects with Two Row Architects
  • Fraser Mills Presentation Centre (Coquitlam, BC) by Patkau Architects
  • Pacific Northwest Residence (Washington State) by Cutler Anderson Architects
  • Google Borregas (Sunnyvale, CA) by MGA | Michael Green Architecture and SERA Architects
  • TRUMPF Education Center (Ditzingen, Germany) by Barkow Leibinger
  • Jiuceng Art Gallery (Zhejiang Province, China) by Atelier Lu+Architects

Merit Award highlights include DogTrot Magnetawan (ON) by Williamson Williamson and Vesterheim Commons (IA, USA) by Snøhetta.

Ontario projects performed strongly across multiple categories:

  • Toronto and Region Conservation Authority Headquarters received both a Citation and a WoodWorks Ontario award.
  • Upper Canada College – Lindsay Boathouse earned similar dual recognition.
  • DogTrot Magnetawan was awarded both Merit and a WoodWorks Ontario distinction.

Juries for the national and regional programs included prominent architects such as Omar Ghandi (Omar Ghandi Architects), Jane Abbott (Abbott Brown Architects), and Eric Karsh (Equilibrium). A full list of winners and a video compilation is available on the CWC’s website at cwc.ca/WoodDesignandBuildingAwards2025.