Here are the winners of the 2026 AISC/ACSA Steel Design Student Competition

Check out the winning entries of the 2026 AISC/ACSA Steel Design Student Competition, which were just released. 

The challenge tasked undergraduate and graduate students from schools in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico with exploring "a variety of design issues related to the use of steel in design and construction." The competition split the brief into two categories: a Community Dance Center designed as part of the civic fabric, and an open-ended category allowing students to choose their own site and building program.

CATEGORY I: COMMUNITY DANCE CENTER

First Place: Balancing Act
Student: Aiden Henning
Faculty: Timothy Gray
Ball State University