As an architect, you need high-performance building materials with the aesthetics, performance, value and flexibility to bring your most creative ideas to life. Metal enables you to transform your designs into reality while staying on budget and delivering a finished, sustainable and recyclable project that endures.
There’s no better partner for your creativity than the versatility of metals
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Whether you are creating a vintage-inspired boutique hotel or an ultra-modern office space, metal is available in a wide range of colors and finishes to achieve every design objective. If you can imagine it, metal can fulfill it.
The Performance and Longevity Your Clients Demand
Your clients are hiring you to create a finished product that lasts. Whether you’re concerned about the elements, safety, durability or all the above, metal is a proven performer.
Not only is metal less expensive to install than most other materials, but it requires less maintenance throughout the structure’s lifetime. That’s a win for your firm, your construction contractor, and of course, your client.
Inspiration Abounds at the Architect’s Experience at METALCON
The Architect’s Experience, taking place during METALCON 2022 in Indianapolis this Oct. 12-14, is a “show-within-a-show” for architects, designers, specifiers and engineers ready to shake up their perceptions of what’s possible in design, breathe new life into projects and solve a wide variety of architectural, structural, environmental and performance challenges—all through the use of metal.
Two hundred-plus exhibitors include finishing experts who can bring your most ambitious ideas to life and insulated metal panel manufacturers who will show you how to achieve your clients’ energy efficiency objectives without compromising your design’s integrity. You’ll also learn how metal combines durability, sustainability and versatility in ways no other building material can match.
Attendees can also meet new potential partners in-person, have meaningful conversations to feel confident in their capabilities, and maintain long-term relationships that will benefit your career for years. In addition to unlimited access to the who’s who of the metal construction industry, The Architect’s Experience offers an extensive array of education sessions exclusively for architects presenting an opportunity to earn up to 12 AIA LU’s and 12 HSW’s.
There is even special education center dedicated to helping attendees address this year’s most critical topic: sustainability. All education features respected thought leaders, award-winning architects and industry experts who are excited to share knowledge you can use to minimize risk, maximize profits and win more business.
This curated experience also includes:
- A special keynote presentation by Joseph Lstiburek, B.A.Sc., M.Eng., Ph.D., P.Eng., principal of Building Science Corp. and an ASHRAE Fellow titled, There’s No Such Thing as a Free Thermodynamic Lunch–How Changing Energy Flow Changes Everything.
- A special architects-only guided floor tour, including a stop at the IMP Pavilion, and the Metal Building Marketplace, a hub for metal building system solutions.
- The Architect’s Experience Pavilion on the METALCON show floor, where you can recharge, refresh and meet with peers, education session presenters and potential partners.
Judy Geller is the vice president of METALCON. Established in 1991, METALCON is the only international trade show and conference devoted exclusively to the application of metal in design and construction. METALCON is produced by PSMJ Resources Inc., in partnership with the Metal Construction Association. For more information, visit www.metalcon.com/architects or call (800) 537-7765.