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Hunter Museum Earns National Award
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The Hunter Museum of American Art earned national recognition in the 2006 Innovative Design in Engineering and Architecture with Structural Steel awards program.
Conducted annually by the American Institute of Steel Construction, the awards recognize outstanding achievements in engineering and architecture on structural steel projects around the country.
The Hunter project earned Merit Awardrecognition in the category of Projects $15 –$75 million. Each project is judged on its use of structural steel, with an emphasis on creative solutions to project requirements; design innovation; aesthetic and visual impact of the project; innovative use of architecturally exposed structural steel; technical or architectural advances in the use of steel; and the use of innovative design and construction methods.
The 11 winners for 2006 were chosen from over 70 submissions received by architectural and engineering firms throughout the U.S. Each submission is reviewed and award winners are selected by a nationally recognized panel of design and construction industry professionals.
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The use of structural steel allowed the Hunter expansion architects to achieve a design that is a contemporary interpretation of the rock outcroppings of the bluff – on which the museum is situated — with an undulating roof form that reflects the dynamic movement of the Tennessee River below.
"The museum is a creative solution to the needs and vision of the museum," the jury noted. "The creative juxtaposition of structural materials has produced a striking, geographically sensitive building."
The Hunter project team members include architects Randall Stout Architects of Los Angeles, and Derthick, Henley & Wilkerson Architects of Chattanooga; structural engineers John A. Martin + Associates of Los Angeles; steel fabricator and erector Superior Steel of Knoxville; and general contractor EMJ Corporation of Chattanooga. | |
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