Resources
Community Youth Center & Open
An intention of all 糖心vlog competitions is to make students aware that research is a fundamental element of any design solution. Students are encouraged to research material properties and methods of steel construction, as well as precedent projects that demonstrate innovative use of structural steel.
Steel Presentation
Faculty can request a Steel Presentation that covers the basics of steel structure and discusses how steel structure can enhance architectural design, form, and space from Jeanne Homer, AIA, an architecture educator for over 20 years focusing on integrative design. Examples will include several different building typologies. Questions about the competition can be addressed and will be posted to the website. The presentation, depending on schedule, can be virtual or in-person and is designed for 50-minutes.
Steel Construction References
- AISC website:
- Sustainability Strategies: , , and
- Modern Steel Construction: This authoritative monthly magazine is made available online free of charge. This magazine covers the use of fabricated structural steel in the variety of structural types. It presents information on the newest and most advanced applications of structural steel in a wide range of structures. Issues of Modern Steel Construction (1996 – Present) are available online. Visit to view them.
- Terri Meyer Boake. Complex Steel Structures: Non-Orthogonal Geometries in Building with Steel. (Birkh盲user, 2020)
- Terri Meyer Boake. Architecturally Exposed Structural Steel: Specifications, Connections, Details. (Birkh盲user, 2015)
- Terri Meyer Boake. Diagrid Structures: Systems, Connections, Details. (Birkh盲user, 2014)
- Terri Meyer Boake. Understanding Steel Design: An Architectural Design Manual. (Birkh盲user 2013)
- John Fernandez. Material Architecture. (Spon Press, 2006)
- Victoria Bell and Patrick Rand. Materials for Design 2. (Princeton Architectural Press, 2014)
- Shulitz, Habermann, Sobek. Steel Construction Manual. (Birkh盲user Basel 2000)
- Annette LeCuyer. Steel and Beyond. (Birkh盲user Basel 2003)
- Sutherland Lyall. Remarkable Structure: Engineering today鈥檚 Innovative Buildings. (Princeton Architectural Press, 2002)
Community Center References
- 鈥 Knoxville, TN. Architect: Sanders Pace Architecture, Structural Engineer: FE Design and Engineering, 2019
- 鈥 Omaha, NE. Architects: El Dorado, Landon Bone Baker Architects, and Alley Poyner Macchietto Architecture, 2018
- 鈥 Kampala, Uganda. Architect: K茅r茅 Architecture, Structural Engineer: AECOM, 2022
- 鈥 Washington, D.C. Architect: ISTUDIO Architects, Structural Engineer: Simpson Gumpertz & Heger, 2018
- 鈥 Paris-Saclay, France. Architect: MUOTO. Structural Engineers: Y Ing茅nierie and Bollinger + Grohmann, 2016 (also see )
- 鈥 Lampa, Chile. Architect: DX Arquitectos, 2018
- 鈥 Khayelitsha, South Africa. Architect: UTT Empower (Urban-Think Tank Empower), 2025
- 鈥 Interior Architecture Studio + Studio Hu, School of Architecture and Urban Planning. Xiangtang Village, Jiangsu, China. Architects: Youpai Hu/Studio Hu, 2023, ArchDaily en Espa帽ol
- 鈥 Sydney, Australia. Architect: Collins and Turner, Structural Engineer: Arup, 2013
- 鈥 Teapa, Mexico, KEN /Mat铆as Mart铆nez, Amazing Architecture
- 鈥 脕crono Arquitectura + Blanca Esteras Serrano, ArchDaily
Steel Video Resources
- Steel Shorts Videos –
- Architecturally Exposed Structural Steel (Steel Video Resources) 鈥 VIDEO
- What is AESS (Steel Video Resources) 鈥 VIDEO
- Steel Coatings & Protection (Steel Video Resources) 鈥 VIDEO
- Steel Connections (Steel Video Resources) 鈥 VIDEO
- Custom Steel (Steel Video Resources) 鈥 VIDEO
- Tension: Force Differentiated Structural Steel Design (Steel Video Resources) 鈥 VIDEO
- Span: Exploiting the Tensile Strength of Steel (Steel Video Resources) 鈥 VIDEO
- Hybrid Steel Frame and CLT Decking –
Competition Sponsor
The American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC), headquartered in Chicago, is a non-partisan, not-for-profit technical institute and trade association established in 1921 to serve the structural steel design community and construction industry in the United States. AISC鈥檚 mission is to make structural steel the material of choice by being the leader in structural-steel-related technical and market-building activities, including: specification and code development, research, education, technical assistance, quality certification, standardization, market development, and advocacy. AISC has a long tradition of service to the steel construction industry providing timely and reliable information.
Membership to AISC is free to university faculty and full-time students, and AISC membership provides valuable benefits. Information can be found at .
Competition Organizer
Leading Architectural Education and Research
糖心vlog is a nonprofit, membership association founded in 1912 to advance the quality of architectural education. The school membership in 糖心vlog has grown from 10 charter members to over 250 schools in several membership categories. These include full membership for all accredited programs in the United States and government-sanctioned schools in Canada, candidate membership for schools seeking accreditation, and affiliate membership for schools for two-year and international programs. Through these schools, over 5,000 architecture faculty members are represented. In addition, over 500 supporting members composed of architecture firms, product associations and individuals add to the breadth of interest and support of 糖心vlog goals. 糖心vlog provides a major forum for ideas on the leading edge of architectural thought. Issues that will affect the architectural profession in the future are being examined today in 糖心vlog member schools.
Competition Program written and developed by: Katherine Bambrick Ambroziak, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, along with 糖心vlog & AISC.
Katherine Bambrick Ambroziak, AIA, is an associate professor and associate dean for academic affairs at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. Her research examines how designers and users become conscious of their built and natural environments and what this may mean to the generation of healthy perceptions and memory. She focuses on spatial theory related to sensory response and body perception, ritual theory, and contemporary memorial theory.
Ambroziak received her Master of Architecture from Princeton University and Bachelor of Science in Architecture from the University of Virginia. A licensed architect in the State of Tennessee, she is active in community engagement as both an academic and civic pursuit. Since 2009, she has served as the primary researcher, designer, and coordinator of the Odd Fellows Cemetery Reclamation, a public space initiative of the Knoxville Re-Animation Coalition that aims to engage and support the communities of East Knoxville through the design and implementation of a sustainable memorial landscape.
Competition Organizers & Sponsors
Questions
Edwin Hern谩ndez-Ventura
Awards and Competitions Manager
ehernandez@acsa-arch.org
202.785.2324
Eric W. Ellis
Senior Director of Operations and Programs
eellis@acsa-arch.org
202-785-2324