Celebrating exceptional metal construction

by nithya_caleb | February 5, 2018 8:33 am

Medicine Crow Middle School in Montana won a Metal Construction Association Chairman’s Award in the category of Primary and Secondary Schools.
*Photo © Lara Swimmer*

Last week, the Metal Construction Association[2] (MCA) announced the winners of its annual Chairman’s Awards at its winter meeting in San Diego, California. Selected by a panel of architects, eight projects involving MCA member companies were recognized for outstanding use of metal in buildings.

Submissions were evaluated based on:

overall appearance;
significance of metal used;
innovative use of metal; and
the role of metal in achieving project objectives.

The Chairman’s Award winners in each category are as follows:

Overall Excellence

University of Iowa Visual Arts Building (architect: Steven Holl Associates[3]; MCA member: Rheinzink America[4]).

Residential

Residence at 877 Beacon—Boston (architect: Touloukian Touloukian[5]; MCA members: Englert[6] and PPG Industries).

Metal Roofing

Mooseheart School—Illinois (architect: Hestrup and Associates; MCA members: Petersen Aluminum and Valspar).

Education (Primary and Secondary Schools)

Medicine Crow Middle School—Billings, Montana (architect: Integrus[7] and A&E; MCA members: Metal Sales Manufacturing and Valspar).

Education (Colleges and Universities)

Whitcomb Art Center, Knox College—Galesburg, Illinois (architect: Lake-Flato; MCA member: MBCI[8]).

Institutional

Speed Art Museum—Louisville, Kentucky (architect: K. Norman Berry Associates[9] and wHY Architects[10]; MCA member: CENTRIA[11]).

Municipal

Nassau Veteran’s Memorial Coliseum—Uniondale, New York (architect: SHoP Architects[12] and Gensler[13]; MCA member: 3A Composites USA[14], Sobotec[15], and PPG Industries[16]).

Commercial/Industrial

Deli Loop—Baja California, Mexico (architect: Michael Folonis Architects[17] and Studio F68; MCA member: MBCI).

To read more about the winning projects, click here[18].

Endnotes:

[Image]: https://www.constructionspecifier.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Medicine-Crow-Photo-Credit-Lara-Swimmer.jpg
Metal Construction Association: http://www.metalconstruction.org/
Steven Holl Associates: http://www.stevenholl.com/
Rheinzink America: https://www.rheinzink.us/
Touloukian Touloukian: http://www.ttarch.com/
Englert: https://www.englertinc.com/
Integrus: http://www.integrusarch.com/
MBCI: http://www.mbci.com/
K. Norman Berry Associates: http://knbarch.com/
wHY Architects: http://why-site.com/
CENTRIA: http://www.centria.com/Pages/default.aspx
SHoP Architects: http://www.shoparc.com/
Gensler: https://www.gensler.com/
3A Composites USA: https://www.3acompositesusa.com/
Sobotec: http://www.sobotec.com/
PPG Industries: http://corporate.ppg.com/Home.aspx
Michael Folonis Architects: http://www.folonisarchitects.com/
here: http://www.metalconstruction.org/index.php/about/2017-chairman-award-winners?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=subscriber_id:922764&utm_campaign=MCA%20Newsletter%20-%202018-01

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