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2Life's Corporate HQ Wins AISC IDEAS² Award!

March 2022
2Life Communities Administrative Offices win AISC IDEAS² Award

2Life is proud to announce that our corporate administrative offices in Brighton, MA just won an American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) IDEAS² Award -- the steel industry's top design honor!

Sponsored by the American Institute of Steel Construction, the Innovative Design in Engineering and Architecture with Structural Steel (IDEAS²) Award program recognizes projects that illustrate the exciting possibilities of building with structural steel. The IDEAS² awards showcase the innovative use of structural steel in:

  • the accomplishment of the structure's program
  • the expression of architectural intent
  • the application of innovative design approaches to the structural system
  • leveraging productivity-enhancing construction methods

To learn more about the incredible engineering that went into our corporate HQ, visit our award page on the American Institute of Steel Construction's website here.

To learn more about the IDEAS² Award and view the other winners in other categories, click here. 

 

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