Six steel structure designs take home top honors at the 2024 IDEAS² Awards

The results of this year’s Innovative Design in Engineering and Architecture with Structural Steel (IDEAS²) Awards have been shared by the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) as part of the competition’s 64th edition.Each year, the AISC’s judges choose superlative examples of the use of structural steel in construction projects in order to highlight its advantages to architectural designers. Their particular deployment in the accomplishment of the structure's program, expression of architectural intent, application of “innovative design approaches,” and ability to leverage productivity-enhancing construction methods in the delivery of each project helped each to stand out among the jury’s finalists. A total of six projects were honored by the 2024 edition. The AISC says all equally promote advances in safety, benefits to the local community, and environmental consciousness in addition to their innovations in terms of structural engineering. “In previous years, the jury has considered projects in budget-based categories, but innovation comes in projects of all scales and sizes,” AISC Senior Vice President Scott Melnick explains. “This year’s jury set out to find the projects that take full advantage of the specific benefits like sustainability, cost, speed, reliability, and resilience that make structural steel the best choice for designers — and they succeeded.”The winners will be featured in the May 2024 issue of Modern Steel Construction magazine. More information about each winning project can be viewed below.NVIDIA Phase II - Voyager in Santa Clara, CA (cover image)Architect: Gensler Structural engineer: IMEGDescription: "Complex geometry combines a lightweight canopy and transparent walls with an independent building to create an interior interstitial perimeter space that allows the glass walls to continue all the way down to the floor."Read the full post on Bustler