This award supports the work of graduate students, who study the possibilities of steel in civil and architectural engineering. And/or push the use of steel as a building material to its limits.
Student Steel Award 2025
Students having graduated from the beginning of 2024 until now are invited to participate in the studentenSTAALprijs 2025 (student STEEL award).
Projects that may be eligible are: architectural or civil design, research, product development and/or a combination of these in which steel plays a key role. The professional jury has an eye for architectural and/or civil aspects as well as for the sustainability of the design or research.
Fill in the registration form (download underneath) and send it, including your graduation project, at the latest 1 September 2025 to Bouwen met Staal.
Yearly award
The studentenSTAALprijs is organized by the association Bouwen met Staal and aims for students who graduate in architecture or civil engineering at bachelor or master level at a Dutch educational institute. This award supports the work of graduate students, who study the possibilities of steel in civil and architectural engineering. And/or push the use of steel as a building material to its limits.
Categories, prizes, exposure
The studentenSTAALprijs is divided in the categories: Bachelor and Master. In order to encourage architecture students to participate, starting in 2017 an extra category is added: Master Architecture.
In each category a first and a second prize can be awarded. First prize winners will be rewarded with 500,- Euro, second prize winners will be rewarded with 250,- Euro.
All nominees will be presented at the Staalbouwdag (Steel Construction Day) in October. The winners wil be announced and called on stage. All entries will be published in the journal of Bouwen met Staal (a steel construction related journal for professionals).
Van Bentum award
Beside the regular prizes, the jury can grant an additional prize: the Van Bentum Prijs (special award for steel strip). Winners of the additional prize will be rewarded with 350,- Euro and a diploma. The Van Bentum Prijs is sponsored by the Van Bentum foundation.
(The Prepainted Metal Trophy (a special award for prepainted metal, enabled by the European Coil Coating Association ECCA) is no longer awarded.)
Award winning ceremony
The award ceremony of the studentenSTAALprijs will take place during the Steel Construction Day on 9 October 2025 at the AFAS Theatre in Leusden. All nominated projects will be presented by means of powerpoint.
Categories
Bacholor Student Steel Award:
• Research, product development, civil and/or architectural design executed at a dutch institute such as: University of Applied Sciences, Technical University (Architecture or Civil engineering) or Steel Engineer BSEng.
Master Student Steel Award:
• Research, product development and civil design executed at a dutch institute such as: University (Architecture or Civil Engineering) or Steel Engineer MsEng.
Master Student Architecture Steel Award:
• Architectural design executed at a dutch institute such as: University (Architecture) or Academie van Bouwkunst.
Jury criteria
All submitted projects will be evaluated by the jury on:
• relevance of the design or research
• concept in goals, creativity and ingenuity
• context of design and research
• performance in sustainability, reduction of environmental load, reduction of maintenance
• how (smart) steel is applied in the project
• originality and aesthetics
• ambition
• thoroughness of the design or research
Jury
(subject to changes in composition)
ir. M. Hermens, Royal Haskoning DHV, chairman
ir. S. van Eerden, Van Eerden Constructieadvies
ir. F. Maatje, Bouwen met Staal
ir. P. Sieuwerts, cepezed
L. Thijssen M.Sc., NOAHH
ir. W.M. Visser, Iv-Consult
F. Zekveld MArch, DP6 architectuurstudio
What to submit
From each project the following should be submitted. Preferably through e-mail in digital form, but by normal mail is also possible.
Registration form
With all the required information about the graduate and the graduation supervisors.
Text
• A brief description of the complete project including an explanation why steel is used (approximately 300 words).
Report (entry is a research)
• At least one research report.
Drawings (entry is a design)
• At least one overall drawing including floor plans and sections, two detailed drawings which show the application of steel. Drawings should be suitable for publication in the journal of Bouwen met Staal. Digital in JPEG- or TIFF-format with a minimal resolution of minimal 300 dpi.
Send the entry to: Bouwen met Staal, t.a.v. StudentenSTAALprijs, Louis Braillelaan 80, 2719 EK Zoetermeer, e-mail: studentenstaalprijs@bouwenmetstaal.nl
Regulations
More detailed information for submission can be found in the Regulations.
