The Grand Award winner in the 2021 Metal Construction News Project Excellence Awards and the New Metal Roofs category winner is the New York City-based Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library Rooftop Terrace.
Photo: John Bartelstone, courtesy of New York Public Library
The project is noteworthy for its wizard’s hat-shaped roof that gracefully disguises the rooftop mechanical equipment above the public terrace. In a strong group of projects covering diverse applications, the judges selected it calling it a “brilliant solution for urban design building detail,” citing its roof that was “not typically expected on a historic building.” The other category winners in the MCN Project Excellence Awards are:
• Metal Walls-New Construction: Buddy Holly Hall of Performing Arts & Sciences
• Metal Walls-Retrofit: Pennsylvania State Police Department Headquarters
• Metal Building Systems Buildings: Mesa Rim
• Metal Craftsmanship: Mississippi County Courthouse Dome
• Metal Roofing-Retrofit: Museum of Science and Curiosity
• Judges Award: Facebook Building
• Judges Award: Milestone Residence
• Judges Award: 4141 Fairbanks
Grand Award Winner and New Metal Roofs
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library Rooftop Terrace
New York City
Metal Walls-New Construction
Buddy Holly Hall of Performing Arts & Sciences
Lubbock, Texas
Metal Walls-Retrofit
Pennsylvania State Police Department Headquarters
Harrisburg, Pa.
Metal Building Systems Buildings: Mesa Rim
Mesa Rim Climbing Center
San Marcos, Calif.
Metal Craftsmanship
Mississippi County Courthouse Dome
Osceola, Miss.
Retrofit Metal Roofs
Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) Museum of Science and Curiousity
Sacramento, Calif.
Photos courtesy of Benjamin Benschneider
Judges Award
Facebook Building
Bellevue, Wash.
Photo courtesy of Bates Masi + Architects
Judges Award
Milestone Residence
East Hampton, N.Y.
Photos courtesy of Mark Youngers, John Clark, Tom Ruzicka, Dan Doty
Judges Award
4141 Fairbanks Building
Kansas City, Kan.
Judges
William S. Duff Jr., AIA, LEED AP, founder and managing principal, William Duff Architects, San Francisco
Duff founded William Duff Architects in 1998—an innovative, award-winning practice that is nationally recognized for responsive, sustainable architecture that lives well. His work is known for its elegant simplicity both in plan and detail, and for a sophisticated use of space, light and materials. Duff received his Bachelor of Architecture from Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., and his Master’s in Construction Management from Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colo.
Matthew S. Kruntorád, AIA, LEED AP, principal architect and partner with MSR Design, Minneapolis
Kruntorád has been with MSR Design since 2003 and has worked on a wide variety of project types with a focus on cultural institutions. In addition to his professional practice, Kruntorád was adjunct assistant professor at the University of Minnesota College of Design, Minneapolis, from 2003-2010 and assistant professor at the Oklahoma State University School of Architecture, Stillwater, Okla., from 2000 to 2003. Kruntorád holds a Master of Architecture and Bachelor of Science in Architectural Studies from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Neb.
Steve Dumez, FAIA, principal and director of design of New Orleans-based EskewDumezRipple
Dumez’s design leadership has helped EskewDumezRipple received numerous prestigious awards for design excellence, including more than 50 national awards and over 100 additional awards at the local, state and regional levels. In recognition of the firm’s significant contributions to the profession, EskewDumezRipple was recognized with the 2014 Architecture Firm Award, the highest honor bestowed on a practice by the American Institute of Architects. Dumez has been a frequent lecturer, guest critic and speaker. He has served as president of both AIA Louisiana and AIA New Orleans. Dumez received a Master of Architecture degree from Yale University, New Haven, Conn., in 1989 and a Bachelor of Architecture from Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, La., in 1982.
