Established in 1997 Cygnum is one of Ireland’s leading timber frame processing companies, it spans almost 20 years of making timber frames for houses, homes (both one-off and in volume), hotels, apartment blocks, care homes, schools and other public buildings.
The Cygnum Award is worth €1,000 for each winner. The award is based on academic excellence in a timber construction-related project or dissertation.
The awards programme is open to the below disciplines:
- Sustainable Timber Technology
- Architectural Technology
- Structural Engineering
Previous winners include: Laura O'Toole, Zhizheng He, Nigel Smyth, Szymon Grabowski, and Kate Ballance.
Pictured L-R at the 2023 Awards Ceremony: Joseph Little, Head of Construction and Building Performance, TU Dublin, John Desmond, Managing Director, Cygnum, Structural Engineering winner Kate Ballance, Heber McMahon, Cygnum, and Stephen Harper from the School of Transport and Civil Engineering, TU Dublin.