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MCA Award Programs
Design President's Student Design Swaney
Design Award Competition
Every year, Metal Architecture Magazine sponsors a competition for architects that recognize excellence in the use of metal in construction projects. Seven categories of achievement are acknowledged:
- Interiors
- Metal Roofing
- Pre-Engineered Metal Buildings
- Renovations and Retrofits
- Ribbed Metal Wall Panels
- Smooth Metal Wall Panels
- Best Overall Design
The winning architectural firm in each category receives a cash prize, courtesy of Metal Architecture. Each of these architectural companies is also recognized by the Metal Construction Association.
Please visit www.MetalArchitecture.com
to obtain a Design Award entry form and for information about deadlines, competition
requirements, and judging criteria.
View photographs
of past Design Award winners.
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President's Awards
The Metal Construction Association's President's Awards Program gives special recognition to its member companies for outstanding metal construction projects. These projects are selected from among the entries submitted to the Design Award Competition. A jury comprised of the MCA Awards Committee and members of the MCA Board of Directors selects these awards. The categories for recognition include:
- Commercial/Industrial
- Institutional/Municipal
- Metal Roofing
- Residential
- Overall Excellence
View photographs of past President's Award winners.
Alcan Composites USA Inc presented a plaque for the 2006 President's
Award for the US Xpress Headquarters project on February 21, 2007 at the John W. McDougall Company
headquarters in Nashville, TN. The project won in the Commercial/Industrial category.
John W. McDougall Company was the Installer.
From left to right: Larry Farris, John W McDougall Company, Architectural Sales;
Tom Newhouse, John W McDougall Company, Chief Financial Officer;
Tim Howell, John W McDougall Company, Vice President & General Manager;
Herb Larsen, Alcan Composites USA Inc, Vice President Sales & Marketing;
Rick Fromm, Alcan Composites USA Inc, Southern Region Sales Manager;
Mike Dell'Olio, Alcan Composites USA Inc, Eastern Region Sales Manager. |
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Student Design Competition
The Student Design Competition provides an opportunity for students of architecture to submit designs utilizing metal construction products. Each year a different project theme is developed by the MCA Awards Committee in collaboration with an architectural firm, or governmental planning department, with extensive design experience in specifying metal in construction. These projects are developed to increase student awareness of metal products and to promote an understanding of the benefits of using metal in construction. Students are challenged to address issues of creativity, environmental concern, and functional need. A panel of respected architects juries entries to the competition.
The project prospectus and submission forms are sent to schools of architecture for posting during the Fall semester. For additional information, please contact MCA.
Click here for past design challenges
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Larry A. Swaney Award
The Larry A. Swaney Award was originated in 2002. This award is presented to a person who has worked unselfishly for the success of the Metal Construction Association and the betterment of the metal construction industry. The recipient is recognized for reflecting the spirit of Larry Swaney, one of the original founders of the association and its founding president, and is an individual committed to promoting communication, cooperation, sharing and unity, as well as to fostering growth and enhancing the betterment of metal construction.
The winner is announced at the Awards Banquet at the MCA Annual Meeting.
Larry A. Swaney Biography (pdf)
View list of past winners.
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