Third Annual Appalachian State University NCMCA Sigmon Memorial Design Competition
Ethan Young of Jefferson and Austin Marshall of Raleigh named the winners
By Lynn Nash
Seniors Ethan Young of Jefferson and Austin Marshall of Raleigh are the winners of the Third Annual Appalachian State University NCMCA Sigmon Memorial Design Competition held in Boone in March. Young and Marshall will share a semester's tuition as their prize.
Seven teams of two participated in the competition to design and model a hypothetical masonry in-fill building section as a graded assignment in the ASU Architectural Design Studio IV class. Pictured above from left to right, Lindsey Rhoden, Adjunct Instructor, ASU Building Science Program; David Jason Miller, ASU Assistant Professor of Building Science; Young; Past NCMCA President Doug Burton, Chairman of the Sigmon Design Competition, who served as judge for the completion; Marshall; and Miles Smith, ASU Department of Technology and Environmental Design adjunct faculty, who also served as a competition judge.
The Sigmon Memorial Scholarship Design Competition, now at ASU and at NC State University, is named in memory of brothers Dwyane and David Sigmon, and Dwayne’s son Randy.
About the Author
A Cary, North Carolina businessman is the new president of the North Carolina Masonry Contractors Association (NCMCA.) In April, Danks Burton, general manager and president of Pinnacle Masonry, Inc., was elected to head the 145 member firm professional trade association.
