AIA St. Louis Presents 2025 Design Awards

Date Posted: October 21, 2025

Posted In: Discussion, Featured, Organizations,

The AIA St. Louis 2025 Design Awards were presented Oct. 16th at the Center Contemporary Arts (COCA). The awards recognize projects that demonstrate design excellence across architecture, interiors, unbuilt work, small projects, drawings, and craft.

Jury chairs for this year’s awards included Maija Kreishman, FAIA, principal with Michael Hsu Office of Architecture, Architecture and Unbuilt Jury Chair; Timothy Trotter, president of TROCOFAB, Craft Jury Chair; and Perry Kulper, professor at the University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture & Urban Planning, Drawing Jury Chair.

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ARCHITECTURE CATEGORY

Distinguished Award – Social Progress
DOORWAYS Housing & Administration
Awarded To: Trivers
Client: DOORWAYS
General Contractor: BSI Constructors
MEP Engineer: G&W Engineering
Structural Engineer: KPFF Consulting Engineers
Civil Engineer: Civil Design, Inc.
Landscape Architect: Arbolope Studio
Photography: Sam Fentress; Serhii Chrucky / ESTO

Distinguished Award – Adaptive Reuse
Russ Burns Building – Clayco Home Office
Awarded To: LJC
Client: Clayco, Inc.
General Contractor: Clayco, Inc.
Structural Engineer: Uzun + Case
Civil Engineer: Stock + Associates
Plumbing Engineer: G&W Engineering
Signage and Artwork: KO & Company
Custom Millwork: Martin Goebel
3D Print Artwork: Printerior
Interior Plantings (Lobby): Ambius
Photography: LJC and Eric Laignel Photography

Honor Award
Market Center of the Ozarks
Awarded To: Patterhn Ives LLC
Client: Northwest Arkansas Food Systems
General Contractor: CDI Contractors
Food Service & Kitchen: Ricca Design Studios
Civil & Landscape: Ecological Design Group
Structural Engineer: Martin/Martin Engineers
MEPFPT Engineer: HSA Engineering
Lighting Design: H2LTG
Signage & Graphics: Design Ranch
Photography: Sam Fentress

Merit Award
SCAD River House
Awarded To: Mackey Mitchell Architects
Client: Savannah School of Art and Design
General Contractor: Clayco, Inc.
Landscape Architect: Mandel Design, LLC
Structural Engineer: Tharpe Engineering Group
Civil Engineer: Hussey Gay Bell
Mechanical/Electrical/Fire Protection: Salas O’Brien
Dining/Food Services Consultant: Dennis G. Glore, Inc.
Lighting Design: Power Design
Signage Fabricator: Denyse
Artwork/FFE: SCAD Design Group, Martin Smith, G. Anthony Hensley
Photography: Sam Fentress

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SMALL PROJECT / RESIDENTIAL CATEGORY

Honor Award
Garden Room
Awarded To: Adriana Perrone, Architect
Client: Private Owner
General Contractor: Rubicon Corporation
Structural Engineer: Frontenac Engineering
Landscape Architect: Arbolope Studio
Interior Design: Suzanne Cummings
Lighting Design: Envision Lighting
Photography: Adriana Perrone & Arbolope Studio

Merit Award
Addition
Awarded To: Bower Leet Design
Client: Susan Bower and Stephen Leet
General Contractor: Markway Construction
Structural Engineer: DSK Engineering
Photographer: Carmen Troesser

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INTERIORS CATEGORY

Honor Award
The Clover at Olive Crossing
Awarded To: HOK
Client: Keeley Properties and KEAT Properties
General Contractor: Keeley Construction
Developer: Keeley Properties and KEAT Properties
Furniture Dealer: Continua
Photographer: Alise O’Brien

Merit Award
Kings Hill | Brown & Crouppen
Awarded To: HOK
Client: Third Man Development
General Contractor: Paric Corporation
Structural Engineering: KPFF
MEP Engineer: Design-Build
Demountable Partitions: Maars Living Walls
Furniture Dealer: CI Select
Photographer: Sam Fentress
Developer: Third Man Development

Merit Award
4300 E. Camelback
Awarded To: LJC
Client: Clayco Inc.
General Contractor: Stevens Leinweber Construction
Design Architect Firm: Lamar Johnson Collaborative
Architect of Record: Lamar Johnson Collaborative
MEP Engineer: Energy Systems Design
Engineer (A/V): Coltrane Systems
Interior Designer: Lamar Johnson Collaborative

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UNBUILT CATEGORY

Distinguished Award – Community Impact

“The Glade” – Steinberg Pavilion and Rink Re-imagined
Awarded To: Christner Architects (Project Prime and Architect of Record)
Snow Kreilich Architects (Design Architect)
Client: Forest Park Forever
General Contractor: BSI Constructors
Landscape Architect: Hoerr Schaudt
B32 Engineering Group: Ice Consultant
Recreation Planning & Programming Consultant: RIV Design
Facade Consultant: Studio NYL
Civil Engineering: David Mason & Associates
Engineering Services: McClure Engineering
Structural Engineering: KPFF
Lighting Consultant: RBLD
Water Feature Consultant: Fluidity
Environmental Graphics: Kiku Obata & Company
Community Engagement: Vector Communications
Infrastructure Engineering: ABNA Engineering
Food Service Consultant: Dennis G. Glore, Inc.
Renderings: Snow Kreilich and Hoerr Schaudt

Honor Award
Caroline Residence
Awarded To: No Other Way
Client: Confidential

Merit Award
Powell Hall Renovation and Expansion
Awarded To: Christner Architects and Snøhetta (Design Architect)
Client: St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
General Contractor: BSI Constructors
MEPFP Engineering: McClure Engineering
Structural Engineering: KPFF Consulting Engineers
Civil Engineering: David Mason & Associates
Theatre Planning: Schuler Shook
Architectural Acoustics and Integrated Systems Consulting: Kirkegaard
Facade Design: Front, Inc.
Signage and Wayfinding: Kiku Obata
Environmental Consulting: Geotechnology
Lighting Design: Reed Burkett
Renderings: Snøhetta

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DRAWINGS CATEGORY

Honor Award – Walls off Washington — Award To: AVV A
Honor Award – Of Earth, Water and Sky — Awarded To: Cody Heller
Merit Award – On an Open Field — Awarded To: Nneoma Asinugo

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CRAFT CATEGORY