For this year’s edition of the student competition Buildings with the Scent of Wood 2025, 50 entries from 54 students from Czech and Slovak universities were submitted. The expert jury therefore faced no easy task in selecting the winners – the quality, inventiveness, and diversity of the student designs were outstanding. Although not all entries made it to the list of awardees, heartfelt thanks go to all participants for the time, energy, and creativity they invested in their projects. Each design offered a unique perspective on working with wood – from traditional forms to bold, contemporary interpretations. It is precisely this diversity that gives the competition its true value.
The award ceremony for the competition winners took place on 12 November 2025 as part of the WOOD CAMP Live professional conference.
Results of the Buildings with the Scent of Wood 2025 competition
Jury Award:
Category Wooden buildings – small
1st place – Martin Šnobr, Střed Středokluk, CTU Prague, Faculty of Architecture
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2nd place – Hana Mihálková, Rodinné hospodárstvo súčasnosti v regióne Orava, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Faculty of Civil Engineering
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3rd place – Ema Bohdanecká, RD Hrádek – Místo návratu, CTU Prague, Faculty of Architecture
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Category Wooden buildings – large
1st place – Eliška Cibulková and Natálie Vedralová, Družstevní dům Podolí, CTU Prague, Faculty of Architecture
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2nd place – Karolína Šimonová, Conversion of Vozovna Košíře, CTU Prague, Faculty of Architecture
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3th place – Štěpán Macek, Place of Recovery – Samota Kluk, CTU Prague, Faculty of Architecture
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Special Jury Award
Štěpán Lucký, Sklubovna, CTU Prague, Faculty of Architecture
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People<’s Choice Award:
Category Wooden buildings – small
1st place – Martin Šnobr, Střed Středokluk, CTU Prague, Faculty of Architecture
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Category Wooden buildings – large
1st place – Lenka Bajerová and Vladislav Timofeev, Residential Quarter and Prototype Village, CTU Prague, Faculty of Civil Engineering
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Association of Prefabricated House Suppliers (ADMD) Award:
1st place – Michal Šourek, CLT street furniture, Academy of Arts, Architecture, and Design in Prague (UMPRUM)
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1st place – Kryštof Demel, HUB in Deštné, CTU Prague, Faculty of Architecture
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Acknowledgements to partners and patrons
The competition Buildings with the Scent of Wood 2025 was made possible thanks to the support of a wide range of partners, institutions, and professional organisations, to whom we extend our sincere thanks.
Main partners:
3AE s.r.o., AGROP NOVA a.s., Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic, Forests of the Czech Republic, State Enterprise, Association of Prefabricated House Suppliers (ADMD)
Partners:
Prodesi/Domesi, Mjölk Architects, Stora Enso, ARCHCON s.r.o., and other professional and media organisations that have long supported the development of timber construction.
The competition is held under the auspices of the professional faculties of Czech and Slovak universities, which share the idea of sustainable use of wood and support young architects and designers in their professional growth.
The organisers of the competition – the Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, CZU in Prague, and the company PRO VOBIS – would like to thank all participants, jurors, and partners who contributed to the successful revival of the competition after its takeover from the Wood Foundation.
Your work and enthusiasm are a great motivation for us, and we look forward to the next edition of Buildings with the Scent of Wood 2026, which we are already preparing.
More information and an overview of the winning projects can be found at: www.stavbysvunidreva.cz
