WOOD CHAMPION Peter Busby Perkins + Will, Vancouver, BC “I personally know of no other architect in BC that has done as much to promote the use of wood and successfully implement it in projects as Peter has.” – comment on nomi- nator’s submission. Peter Busby has championed and pioneered the cause of wood in many public buildings including: • Brentwood and Gilmore Skytrain Stations - first use of wood in station design in many years • City of Vancouver Asphalt Test Facility - first extensive use of recycled wood • Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability - First four storey institutional building on the UBC campus using all timber solution • Earth Sciences Building - outstanding exampling of composite wood-concrete panels to create timber struc- ture on UBC campus • Kingsway Pedestrian Bridge - Hybrid timber steel bridge with striking architectural expression, use of wood sel- dom seen in large scale pedestrian bridges • Brighouse Elementary School - great example of use of wood to create striking architecture in an educational fa- cility • VanDusen Botanical Garden - rarely has such a complex, organically shaped form been constructed with wood Peter was the driving force behind the implementation of wood in all these projects. WOOD INNOVATION Gord Macdonald, Macdonald & Lawrence Timber Framing WildPlay, Kelowna, BC WildPlay Kelowna features a Monkido® high ropes ad- venture course, ten DragonFLY ziplines, five suspension bridges, and a large Primal Swing for a thrilling pendulum ride above a canyon. Working with project partners ISL En- gineering on this design-build project, Macdonald & Lawrence provided design and build services from conceptual planning and design through to construction and administra- tion. The adventure park was designed to fit into the natural set- ting, making use of existing site trees, and using timber as the main construction material. The longest zipline is 195 m, and the longest canopy bridge is 36 m and up to 15 m off the ground. The swing is one of the largest timber swings in the world with a 30 m swing line and a 37 m long timber struc- ture. The Canadian Design and Construction Report — Spring 2014 – 55