5-528: The Wood Awards (until 2003 the Carpenters' Award ) is a British award for working with wood. The award, which was launched in 1971, is bestowed on winners of several categories within buildings and furniture. Awards are presented in The Carpenters Hall following the decision of the architects, engineers, furniture designers / makers, timber specialists and architectural journalists who judge
10-523: Is a livery company of the City of London . The Carpenters were traditionally different from a fellow wood-crafting company, the Worshipful Company of Joiners and Ceilers , in that carpenters utilised nails while joiners used adhesives to attach wood . The organisation existed in 1271; it received a Royal Charter of incorporation in 1477. As is the case with most of the other livery companies,
15-516: The Carpenter's Institute had become a day school for boys. The school closed in 1905 when the local authority opened its own school. The Company ranks twenty-sixth in the order of precedence of livery companies. The Company's motto is "Honour God". Its guild church is All Hallows-on-the-Wall , where the Company has held its annual elections for over 600 years. The livery hall , Carpenters Hall,
20-482: The Company no longer has a role as a trade association of tradesmen and craftsmen. Instead, it acts as a charitable institution and supports education in wood-related fields. In 1767 the Company purchased an estate at Stratford, London . In 1886 it opened an evening institute on the Carpenters Estate there, offering classes in carpentry, joinery, plumbing, geometry, mechanical drawing and cookery. In 1891,
25-524: The competition. The Awards are sponsored by several commercial organisations and the Worshipful Company of Carpenters . Each year there is one winner and one "Highly Commended" project in seven categories, and a "Gold Award" for the best of the seven category winners. A list of winners and highly commended projects, 2008-, is available online. This award -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Worshipful Company of Carpenters The Worshipful Company of Carpenters
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