Roofscape Design Awards return to showcase the very best trussed rafter designs

The Trussed Rafter Association’s (TRA) Roofscape Design Awards is back to showcase and celebrate the ingenuity and technical skills of designers in the trussed rafter sector.

Following a successful launch in 2023, the awards are back for its second year. The awards will recognise projects that showcase the highest design, innovation, and sustainability standards in using timber-trussed rafter roofs.

The Roofscape Design Awards will recognise excellence in three categories: Commercial Project of the Year (for all non-domestic projects), Conversion and Refurbishment Project of the Year (for existing housing projects), and Residential Project of the Year (for newbuild dwellings).

Last year’s winners included Harry Peate (Truss Form (Midlands) Ltd), who designed the roof for a Grade II listed structure built over 180 years ago; Gemma Weston (DWB Anglia) who created an open habitable roof space without vertical posts or large steel structures; and Sue Darbyshire’s (Donaldson Timber Engineering) complex design which facilitated the installation of a mechanical and electrical component while allowing the external roof envelope to be covered..

Nick Boulton, chief executive of the TRA says:

“Trussed rafters are a widely used modern method of roof construction made from the use of nature’s most sustainable building material, timber.

“Although it is estimated that there are about 60 million trussed rafters in service in the UK today, the design skills involved in their construction often remain underappreciated within the construction industry.

“The Roofscape Design Awards will shine a spotlight on the roof truss designers’ problem-solving skills while showing the timber engineering design as an attractive career for the next generation.”

“The 2023 entries were spectacular and inspiring, and we will be celebrating the beautifully completed projects of 2023.”

To read the rest of the press release or to find out more about the Trussed Rafter Association's Roofscape Design Awards, visit www.tra.org.uk

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--Trussed Rafter Association

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