Call for applications 2025 for the 14th edition of the National Wood Construction Prize

The call for applications for the National Wood Construction Award is open. This national competition, organized with the 12 regional interprofessional organizations of the wood-forestry sector, rewards the most exemplary wood achievements each year. Candidates have until March 14 to apply online for free.

Since 2012, the benchmark competition for sustainable and low-carbon construction has highlighted the most remarkable wooden achievements, ranging from the most traditional to the most exceptional, spread across the whole of France.

Its objective? To highlight the players in the sector and show all the ecological, architectural and sustainable potential of the material that brings them together: wood.

Who can apply?

Architects, design offices, builders, project owners, individuals... All players in the timber construction sector in mainland France and overseas can apply online for free. Applicants can present a project completed since January 1, 2022.

How are applications selected?

The achievements are judged first by regional juries. The most exemplary projects from each region are then sent to the national jury.

What are the selection criteria?

The project selection criteria reflect the values upheld by the wood industry: consistency, ecological transition, renewable materials and respect for territories.

8 categories to cover all the know-how of the wood-forestry sector

LEARN, HAVE FUN: Teaching or education, leisure, culture, sport,...
WORK, WELCOME: Industry and commerce, institutional and public service, business premises, health, catering, holiday or leisure accommodation, worship, agriculture, etc.
LIVING TOGETHER: Collective housing, group housing
LIVING IN A HOUSE: Individual housing
REHABILITATE HOUSING: Individual, collective or group housing
REHABILITATE EQUIPMENT OR A TERTIARY BUILDING: Rehabilitation of an educational, leisure, industrial, public building.
FITTING OUT THE INTERIOR
PLANNING THE EXTERIOR