WOOD AWARDS CROWNS KINGS PLACE AS 2009 GOLD AWARD WINNER

摘要

The Wood Awards were recently presented at The Carpenters' Hall in London in front of over 200 leading lights in the industry. Britain's premier architecture and furniture competition recognises innovative design in wood and this year the judges were more impressed than ever with the high standard of entries. The coveted Gold Award went to London's Kings Place Concert Hall which also picked up the Commercial and Public Access Award. Holding 420 people, Kings Place Concert Hall possesses state-of-the-art acoustics and boasts an elegant interior. The concert hall amplifies the sense of intimacy, yet it is large enough to accommodate a small orchestra which has seen the Hall regularly being used for live radio broadcasts. The design, a collaboration between architect Dixon Clones Ltd and Arup Acoustics, ticked all the right boxes for the independent judging panel who commented that this is a truly outstanding project which is a tour de force of precision joinery, balancing acoustic performance with the pure rational geometry sought out by the architect.