
Very cool to hear that Punangairi – the Visitor Centre in Punakaiki, designed by Sheppard and Rout Architects, is a winner in the international BLT Built Design Awards. Great to have a project from Aotearoa recognised on the international stage alongside some of the professions best Architects and some amazing projects from around the world.
The awards ceremony is to be held in Switzerland on the 21st November.
Photograph by Jason Mann
WoodWorks Issue – 28 Oct 2025
Welcome
Greetings from your WoodWorks team. Very cool to hear that Punangairi – the Visitor Centre in Punakaiki, designed by Sheppard and Rout Architects, is a winner in the international BLT Built Design Awards.  We’re only a week away from our next event, WoodWorks Conference, 4-5 November in Rotorua. There are still a few places left but you’ll need to get in quick.
- Paradise, is a six-storey, office building developed by Bywater, and is London’s largest mass timber office built with CLT floors and glulam beams on a hybrid frame.
- A new resource in the form of an online carbon tool was launched last month – a great resource for architects, engineers and construction managers.
- 80-metre beautiful glulam arches – spanning the full width of the new Smith Athletic Park facility in the Township of Langley.


Punangairi Wins Big at International Awards

A Timber Office Paradise

New Carbon Tool for Architects

Smith Athletic Park Facility

