AISC announces IDEAS² Award winners

The Mori Hosseini Student Union, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, Fla. Photo by Brad Feinknopf

The American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) has announced the winners of its 2020 Innovative Design in Engineering and Architecture with Structural Steel (IDEAS²) Awards.

Judges weighed each project's use of structural steel from both an architectural and structural engineering perspective, with an emphasis on creative solutions to the project's program requirements; applications of innovative design approaches in areas such as connections, gravity systems, lateral load resisting systems, fire and/or blast protection; aesthetic and visual impact of the project; innovative use of architecturally exposed structural steel; technical or architectural advances in the use of the steel; and the use of innovative design and construction methods.

Winners were announced in several categories:

Less than $15 Million

• National – Hinterland, Green Bay, Wis.
• Merit – Marvin Gaye Recreation Center, Washington, D.C.

$15 Million to $75 Million

• National - Mori Hosseini Student Union - Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, Fla.
• Merit - Canyon View High School, Waddell, Ariz.

Greater than $200 Million

• National – Wilshire Grand Center, Los Angeles
• Merit - Sutter Health CPMC Van Ness Campus - Viscous Wall Dampers, San Francisco

Sculptures/Art Installations/Non-Building Structures

• National – Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport Modernization, Atlanta
• Merit - Belmont Gateway Canopy - Chicago Transit Authority, Chicago
• Merit - Little Charlotte Office Monumental Stair, Charlotte, N.C.