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Specialty Homes
While structural steel is considered the premier framing material for nonresidential projects, single-family homeowners and designers have also discovered the many benefits that structural steel can bring to specialty homes. Not only can steel address complex engineering challenges, but it can also accomplish unique architectural visions that might incorporate long cantilevers, an open aesthetic, transparency and artisanship, providing the owner with an attractive, long-lasting masterpiece.
Fishers Island Residence: Long Island, N.Y. – 2010 IDEAS2 Winner
Architect: Thomas Phifer& Partners Structural Engineer: Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill, LLP
VERTICAL HOUSE, DALLAS, Texas – 2016 IDEAS2 Winner
Photo by Juan Miro
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Steel Solutions Center
The Steel Solutions Center is for people who need technical assistance, innovative solutions, or tools to make structural steel design even easier.