May – June 2015 Infrastructure SHOWCASE
The American Institute of Steel Construction holds an annual IDEAS2 award program to recognize excellence in steel-frame building design. These 12 IDEAS2 winners for 2015 were chosen from nearly 100 submissions received from architectural, engineering and construction firms throughout the United States.
Projects Less Than $15 Million
- National Award: Denver Union Station, Denver; Credit: Ryan Dravitz Photography
- Merit Award: Circuit of the Americas Observation Tower and Austin 360 Amphitheater, Austin, Texas; Credit: Paul Finkel
- Merit Award: Landscape Evolution Observatory at Biosphere 2, Oracle, Ariz.; Credit: Erik Hinote
- Merit Award: Minnesota Fallen Firefighters Memorial, St. Paul, Minn.
- Merit Award: Hilton Columbus Downtown High Street Bridge, Columbus, Ohio; Credit: Macbeth Photo
Projects $15 Million to $75 Million
- National Award: Florida Polytechnic University Innovation Science and Technology Building, Lakeland, Fla.; Credit: Macbeth Photo
- Merit Award: University of Oregon Hatfield-Dowlin Football Performance Center, Eugene, Ore.; Credit: Jeremy Bittermann
- Merit Award: Pomona College, Studio Art Hall, Claremont, Calif.; Credit: Iwan Baan
- Merit Award: Central Arizona College, Maricopa Campus, Maricopa, Ariz.; Credit: Bill Timmerman
Projects Greater than $75 Million
- National Award: The Vegas High Roller, Las Vegas; Credit: Arup
- National Award: Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center, Anaheim, Calif.; Credit: Thornton Tomasetti
Presidential Award of Excellence in Engineering
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, Credit: Eduard Hueber Photography
More details about these projects, including the firms involved, can be found in an online gallery on the Informed Infrastructure Website. Submit an application for the 2016 IDEAS2 Awards by August 2015 at https://www.aisc.org/content.aspx?id=536.
The American Institute of Steel Construction, with headquarters in Chicago, is a nonprofit technical institute and trade association that provides structural steel specification and code development, research, education, technical assistance, quality certification, standardization and market development.
