Excellence & Inspiration
Outstanding building projects from across the country are recognized by the Metal Construction Association (MCA) each year. Selected by a panel of architects, the Chairman’s Awards are given to the year’s most exceptional building projects involving MCA member companies. Awards are based on overall appearance, significance of metal in the project, innovative use of metal, and the role of metal in achieving project objectives. Announced at the MCA’s Winter Meeting, the MCA Chairman’s Awards are given in overall excellence; residential; metal roofing; education - colleges and universities; education - primary and secondary; institutional; municipal; and commercial/industrial. The 2019 Award Winners are below. See the 2018 Award Winners >
2019 Chairman's Award Recipients
Overall Excellence and Commercial/Industrial:
GREAT NORTHERN WAY PAVILION, VANCOUVER, BC
Building Owner: PCIDevelopments / Lowtide
MCA Member Manufacturer: 3A Composites, Inc.
Architect: Perkins & Will
Education - Colleges & Universities:
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS ENGINEERING & COMPUTER SCIENCE WEST, RICHARDSON, TX
Building Owner: University of Texas at Dallas
MCA Member Manufacturer: Petersen Aluminum
Other Manufacturers: Kovach Building Enclosures, Ohio Gratings
Metal Installer: Kovach Building Enclosures
Architect: Smith Group
Contractor: The Beck Group
Metal Installer: Kovach Building Enclosures
Institutional:
MENIL DRAWING INSTITUTE, HOUSTON, TX
Building Owner: The Menil Foundation
Architect: Johnston Marklee
Contractor: Gilbane Building Company
MCA Member: PPG Industries Inc.
Municipal:
NEW CALGARY CENTRAL LIBRARY, CALGARY, AB
Building Owner: Calgary Public Library
MCA Member Manufacturer: PPG
Other Manufacturers: APEL Extrusions Limited, Hydro Portland
Architect: Snoheta/DIALOG
Contractors: Stuart Olson
Metal Installers: Ferguson Corp.
Roofing:
STEEPLE SQUARE, DUBUQUE, IA
Building Owner: Steeple Square
MCA Member Manufacturer: Chicago Metal Supply
Architect: Jeffrey Morton Associates
Contractor: Gronen Restoration
Metal Installers: Durable Restoration
Recipients for these awards are selected each year from projects submitted by MCA members to Metal Architecture Magazine’s annual Design Awards Program. The honorees were chosen by a panel of professional architects, which included James Theimer, Principal Architect, Trilogy Architecture; Mark Roddy, Lecturer in the Department of Design, California State University, Sacramento; and Erik Mehlman, Partner and Design Lead at BuildSense | Architecture + Construction.