Peter Logan Architecture + Design/PLAD, New York Owner: Comstock Realty Partners, Los AngelesĪrchitects: Marcy Wong Donn Logan Architects, Berkeley, Calif.
They reused old timbers and the trusses for the compression element in the top where you need something stocky but took advantage of steel for the tension bottomed portions of the trusses-a thin, sleek design, something you could only have done in steel that completely lets your eye pass to the historic pieces of the building that remain.” -Jim Foreman, PE, SE, senior project engineer, Martin/Martin Consulting Engineers They added a new CLT diaphragm to the floor. So they put it in moment frames that don't hide anything. It's 100 years old unreinforced, but it wouldn’t have been a very good lateral system for this building nowadays, especially in San Francisco. “What stood out to me on this project is how successful they were at highlighting the existing structure. MacLac Building D (Rebirth of a Historic Paint Factory)Īiry steel trusses and a new mid-height structural mezzanine add state-of-the-art seismic resistance to an unreinforced brick factory from 1906-preparing it for another century of service. Here are the top 10 structural steel building projects for 2023 (project descriptions and jury comments courtesy AISC):Ĭategory: Less than $15 Million NATIONAL AWARD Helen Torres, SE, PE, President and Founder at Helen Torres & Associates Structural Engineers.Anders Lasater, AIA, CEO, Principal Architect at Anders Lasater Architects.Mark Trimble, PE, Senior Vice President at AISC.Jim Foreman, PE, SE, Senior Project Engineer at Martin/Martin Consulting Engineers.David Horowitz, Executive Vice President at Tishman Construction.The winning projects will be featured at NASCC: The Steel Conference, April 12-14 in Charlotte, N.C. structural steel building projects as the 2023 winners of the Innovative Design in Engineering and Architecture with Structural Steel (IDEAS²) Awards, hosted by the American Institute of Steel Construction. The annual awards program honors projects that "illustrate the exciting possibilities of building with structural steel and highlight the many ways steel can help express architectural intent while harnessing its unique advantages for both simple and complex structural systems," according to AISC. A jury of five architecture, structural engineering, and construction experts has selected 10 U.S.
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