A New Chapter for the Arts at UMSL!

Celebrating an exciting new chapter for the Arts at University of Missouri-Saint Louis this week. The culmination and celebration of a seven-year design and construction process! Such a joy to share with family, friends, and colleagues.

A special thank you to Kristin Sobolik, Steven J. Berberich, Christopher S., Pamela Stuerke, Brian Williams, Joanna Mendoza, Michael Behle, Michael V. Smith, Maureen Quigley, Matt Henry, Glen Anderson, Jeffrey Sippel, Jodi Kolpakov, John McGrosso, Kurt Baldwin, Corinne Stillwell, Arianna String Quartet, Susan Elliott and Lisa Geddes Capone for your dedication, leadership, and kind words.

Through a deliberate and acoustically attuned renovation, the former Arts & Administration Building at the University of Missouri-Saint Louis is transformed from an under-utilized support facility into a vibrant, light-filled home for the Departments of Music and Art+Design. Nestled beside the Touhill Performing Arts Center – and positioned between airport flight path and light-rail hum – the reimagined Creative Arts Building embraces its context and constraints, leveraging limitation into creative opportunity.

University of Missouri-Saint Louis + Patterhn Ives

Client: University of Missouri-St. Louis

Departments: Music & Art+Design

Architecture: Patterhn Ives

Acoustics: Kirkegaard

Structural: KPFF Consulting Engineers

MEPFT: McClure Engineering

Elevator: ATIS

General Contractor: K&S Associates

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2025 AIA St. Louis Honor Award in Architecture: Market Center of the Ozarks

“Market Center of the Ozarks presents an exceptional program through an elegant and meticulously composed design. Deeply inspired by local culture and vernacular, the building reflects the order and precision inherent in the farming process. Its richly layered façade reveals a remarkable attention to detail, transforming gracefully from day to night and creating a dynamic dialog between structure, light, and context.”

From the cello to the clown nose, the 2025 AIA St. Louis Design Award Celebration was truly remarkable. The penultimate event in this year’s Design Week, the evening was a testament to the design culture and far-reaching impact emanating from the Lou. Congratulations to Christner Architects (now CannonDesign), LJC, HOK, No Other Way, Bower Leet Design, AVVA, Trivers, Mackey Mitchell, Adriana Perrone, and Patterhn Ives. To old friends and new acquaintances.

Thank you to the AIA St. Louis Design Award jury members for their time, deliberation, and valuable insight: Maija Kreishman, AIA IIDA (jury chair), Christiana Moss, FAIA, Jose Alvarez, FAIA LEED AP NOMA, Tim Trotter, and Perry Kulper.

Market Center of the Ozarks wins 2025 AIA Central States Design Award

With deep admiration for the work emerging from the AIA Central States Region, Patterhn Ives is honored to receive an Award for Excellence in Architecture for the Market Center of the Ozarks in Springdale, Arkansas.

Supporting farmers and food entrepreneurs alike, this facility embodies a mission that reaches far beyond its staked boundaries — advancing the Northwest Arkansas Food Systems initiative and the vision set forth by the Walton Family Foundation.

Special thanks to Katherine Hogan, FAIA, Meryati Johari Blackwell, AIA, ASID, LEED AP, and Katie Swenson for your time and dedication to the jury process as well as The American Institute of Architects, Iowa Chapter.

Congratulations to our fellow honorees: BVH Architecture, Dake Wells Architecture, Neumann Monson Architects, Substance Architecture, OPN Architects, GastingerWalker&, Multistudio, HDR, and Rand Elliott Architects.

Honored to Receive Three AIA St. Louis Design Awards for 2024

We are honored to receive three AIA St. Louis Design Awards for 2024! Thank you AIA St. Louis and esteemed jury: Chris Baribeau with Modus Studio (Jury Chair), Katherine Hogan with Katherine Hogan Architects, David Powell with Hastings Architecture, and Mark Sanderson with Digsau Architecture. Congratulations to all the award winners and a strong group of entrants.

• Architecture Merit Award for JOHN GOODMAN AMPHITHEATRE!

• Small Project Honor Award for LOVE BANK PARK!

• Unbuilt Merit Award for MARKET CENTER OF THE OZARKS!

Thanks to our amazing client groups, to these vibrant communities, and to all of our team members.

Featured Speakers for the 2024 AIA Arkansas State Convention

We are honored to share our work with the AIA Arkansas community, and to be a part of the 2024 State Convention.

Join us on Thursday, October 10 @ 9:00AM | HALL C | Fort Smith Convention Center.

@aiaarkansas @nwaaia #architecture #design #designexcellence #stl #stlouis #stlouismissouri #missouri #patterhn_ives

Celebrating 10 Years of Design Excellence

#patterhn_ives #ten_years #design #designexcellence #architecture #stl #stlouis #missouri #philadelphia #pennsylvania

Missouri Preservation Honor Award for Historic Red Cedar Inn

We are excited to share the rehabilitation of Historic Red Cedar Inn for the City of Pacific Museum and Visitor Center has been recognized with a 2024 Missouri Preservation Honor Award, celebrating excellence in preservation projects throughout the state. Anna, Eric, and Tony attended the Awards Ceremony held at the Missouri Capitol in Jefferson City on April 23.

Extensive modernization efforts focused on restoration of existing building elements, structural stabilization, MEP system replacements, new fire protection & security systems, and a new north-facing building addition. A fully revitalized Red Cedar Inn serves as a welcoming community hub and anticipates future connections to the Meramec Greenway trail, catalyzing further investment along Route 66 in Missouri.

Owner: City of Pacific, Missouri

Owner’s Representative: Navigate Building Solutions

Architecture / Restoration: Patterhn Ives

Structural: Frontenac Engineering

MEPFT: McClure Engineering

Civil: Civil Design Inc.

Exhibits: Derek Prior Design Inc.

General Contractor: LCG - Legacy Contracting Group

Photography: Sam Fentress

#savingplaces #missourihistory #route66 #redcedarinn #adaptivereuse #historicrestoration #historicpreservation #pacificmo #stlouis #designexcellence #design #architecture #patterhn_ives

Anna, Eric & Tony to Present at AIA East Tennessee & University of Tennessee

We are honored to share our work with both AIA East Tennessee and the University of Tennessee College of Architecture + Design. Join the partners of Patterhn Ives for three short stories that examine the timeless spirit of Place through work that aspires to impart a positive, lasting record through careful listening, focused observation, insightful research, environmental stewardship, innovation, and collaboration.

UTK CoAD: September 25, 5:30PM, McCarty Auditorium, Art + Architecture Building.

AIAETN: September 26, 11:45AM, Foundry On The Fair Site, 747 Worlds Fair Park Drive, Knoxville, TN.

Micah Macaulay Elevated to Associate

Patterhn Ives is pleased to announce that Micah Macaulay has been promoted to Associate.

Micah has been a key team member since 2019 and has contributed to significant projects from conceptual design through construction completion. A few notable projects include the John Goodman Amphitheater at Missouri State University, the College of Optometry at the University of Missouri – St. Louis, and the relocation of the Departments of Music and Art & Design also at UMSL. In addition, he’s contributed as a design leader on the redevelopment of Love Bank Park in St. Louis’ Cherokee Street neighborhood.

“Associate-level positions establish a bridging role among studio team members and practice leadership; recognizing critical areas of expertise and acumen as well as demonstrated passion to both design excellence and mentorship vital to the long-term success of Patterhn Ives.” Anna Ives, Managing Partner

Micah advocates for a high level of engagement in solving complex design problems. He brings a highly collaborative spirit to projects while maintaining a rigorous and thoughtful design process. He believes that a focused design practice must be increasingly accessible, critical, interdisciplinary, and optimistic. This approach aligns with the foundational tenets of Patterhn Ives.

Micah graduated with honors from the Graduate School of Architecture and Urban Design at Washington University in St. Louis, where he received Masters Degrees in Architecture and Landscape Architecture.

Please join us in recognizing, Micah.

Anna Lecturing at Iowa State University Department of Architecture

Anna will be presenting this afternoon at Iowa State University Department of Architecture @isu.arch. Honored to share our work with the ISU community!

Kocimski Auditorium, Design RM 110, April 7 at 4:30PM

James M. McKelvey, Sr. Hall Nominated for ArchDaily Building of the Year 2023

We are excited to share that James M. McKelvey, Sr. Hall at Washington University in St. Louis is an ArchDaily Building of the Year 2023 Nominee in the Educational Architecture category! The projects curated by the ArchDaily team showcase the very best in innovation, sustainability, design, and functionality across a wide range of building types, with the goal of rewarding projects that are making an impact on the built environment.

Public voting is now open, follow the link to cast your vote! Link to ArchDaily Voting Page

Thank you to our amazing clients at Washington University in St. Louis, McKelvey School of Engineering, and Department of Computer Science & Engineering. Special thanks to an extremely talented and collaborative design team led by Perkins Eastman, as well as the fantastic build team at McCarthy.

Kol Rinah Nominated for 'Building of the Year 2022' on American-Architects.com

Vote for Kol Rinah Synagogue! Nominated for American-Architects Building of the Year 2022:

www.american-architects.com/en/building-of-the-year

Photo: Sam Fentress

Owner: Kol Rinah

Architecture: Patterhn Ives

Landscape: TEN x TEN Studio

Acoustics: Kirkegaard

Structural: Alper Audi Associates

MEPFP: McClure Engineering

Civil: Civil Design, Inc.

Jonathan Wirth Joins Patterhn Ives as Studio Director

Patterhn Ives is pleased to introduce Architect Jonathan Wirth, AIA LEED AP BD+C, as our first Studio Director.

Jonathan brings over twenty years of experience as an architect on a wide range of project types. Jonathan has completed an array of award-winning buildings including significant corporate, residential, mixed-use, education, justice, healthcare, and science and technology buildings across North America. His extensive experience and thoughtful approach to design will be an important resource as our practice continues to grow. Jonathan will be responsible for directing numerous ongoing projects, contributing to design, and managing a growing team of talented designers.

“The Studio Director is a primary leadership role with responsibility to implement and track the goals and vision of the practice in collaboration with the Founding Partners and other leadership. We are thrilled to have Jonathan join us to advance our commitment to design excellence and personalized client engagement.” Anna Ives.

Jonathan received a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Kansas in 2002 and studied in Denmark. Throughout his career, he has worked closely with colleagues, clients, and communities to enrich the built environment. Whether speaking to students about architecture, to colleagues about ideas, or to clients about their visions, his dedication to design is evident. His flexible, creative approach and calm, confident leadership enables him to address a variety of challenges, from single buildings to complex campuses and will make him an outstanding advocate for the clients and communities we serve.

Groundbreaking for the Market Center of the Ozarks

Groundbreaking Ceremonies were held last week for the new Market Center of the Ozarks. Located in downtown Springdale, Arkansas, the facility will provide local produce aggregation and distribution capabilities, commercial kitchens and processing equipment, alongside community spaces for learning about local food systems.

"Market Center of the Ozarks is another bold step to position Northwest Arkansas as a national model for locally grown food," said Tom Walton. "This innovation and community hub will offer farmers and entrepreneurs the support they need to get healthy food on tables across the region."

Link to 40/29 News Coverage

Link to Arkansas Business News Coverage

Link to information on Market Center for the Ozarks via Walton Family Foundation

Link to Northwest Arkansas Food Systems Webpage

Kol Rinah Wins Tucker Design Award

Thank you to the Natural Stone Institute for honoring Kol Rinah Synagogue with a 2022 Tucker Design Award, an international award recognizing excellence in the use of natural stone through concept, design, and construction.

“It has the power of Louis Kahn in the way the material is allowed to be very elegant, with taught simplicity.” Design Award Jury.

To view presentation videos of all the award winning projects, please visit: Tucker Award 2022 Winners

Stone Supplier: Earthworks, Inc

Stone Installer: Grant Masonry

McKelvey Hall Featured on ArchDaily

James M. McKelvey, Sr. Hall featured on ArchDaily! Thanks to everyone at Washington University in St. Louis and the McKelvey School of Engineering.

Follow Link to Full Article on ArchDaily

This was an amazing collaboration led by Perkins Eastman with a great team: Michael Vergason Landscape Architects, KPFF - St. Louis (Struct), Ross & Baruzzini (MEP), McClure Engineering (Campus Utilities), Cole & Associates, Inc. (Civil), Envision Lighting Design, Antella (Site Lighting & Security), Webb Foodservice Design, K. H. Lemp Elevator, and The Capital Projects Group. Construction Manager: McCarthy Building Companies.

Amazing Photography by Paul Rivera.

World-Architects -- Building of the Week

Building of the Week! Kol Rinah Synagogue is currently featured on World-Architects.com.

For the full article: https://www.world-architects.com/en/architecture-news/reviews/kol-rinah-synagogue

Thanks to our amazing clients at Kol Rinah and our dedicated Project Team: TEN x TEN, Alper Audi Associates, McClure Engineering, Civil Design, Inc, Kirkegaard Associates, Dennis G. Glore, Inc, Everest Estimating Services, LLC.

Thank you: John Hill and World-Architects.com | PSA Publishers Ltd.

Patterhn Ives Recognized in International Exhibit on Contemporary Design

St. Louis based architecture practice – Patterhn Ives – is featured in an exhibition that coincides with the 2021 Venice Architectural Biennale. Open to the public through November 21, 2021, ‘A South Forty: Contemporary Architecture and Design in the American South’ highlights the work of 40 vibrant and distinguished design firms practicing in proximity to U.S. Interstate 40.

‘A South Forty’ seeks to inspire a dialogue on the significance of contemporary design in an often overlooked or compartmentalized region. Known for its history and vernacular, the Architecture of the American South has drastically evolved in the past 30 years by responding to changes in population, culture, and climate. The exhibit’s curated collection showcases work that reimagines what Southern Architecture ought to be, while advocating for design that is of its place – using an economy of means to create a richness of meaning.

The inclusion of Patterhn Ives in this narrative stems from the firm’s commitment to place-based design in the complex region we serve – a physical intersection between north and south, east and west; a cultural crossroads linking old and new, tradition and modernity. Our work strives to elevate everyday experiences by crafting thoughtful interventions within and amongst historic structures. We work to create buildings that will endure by combining regional materials with sustainable design practices.

“The ‘story’ of A SOUTH FORTY is also one of place-based design, attentive to the necessities of climate, materials, labor, and purpose, but also attentive to overlooked or undervalued typologies, constituencies, and locales.

The greater emphasis in the exhibition is to be seen at the public scale, in the civic realm, through the accomplishment of buildings and projects of strength, durability, and value for the communities in which they are situated.”

Peter MacKeith, Dean and Professor, University of Arkansas Fay Jones School of Architecture + Design

The installation is included in the European Cultural Center’s ‘TIME, SPACE, EXISTENCE’ exhibition. An Opening Tour and Reception for ‘A South Forty’ participants will be held on Tuesday, October 5, and a moderated conversation will be live streamed on Wednesday, October 6. Virtual Tours are available on the European Cultural Center’s website: www.ecc-italy.eu/exhibitions/nowopen

Curated and organized by the Fay Jones School of Architecture + Design, modus studio, and in partnership with the literary journal The Oxford American, ‘A South Forty’ is also featured in this year’s annual summer issue of the journal focused on PLACE.

To learn more about the exhibition and all the practices included, visit: www.asouthforty.org

McKelvey Hall Recognized in 2021 Building STL Awards

The St. Louis Business Journal recently announced the 2021 Building St. Louis Awards that celebrate commercial real estate projects making the largest impact economically, socially, or otherwise in the region.

Winning in the category of “Private Projects more than $10 Million” is Washington University’s East End Transformation, which includes McKelvey Hall. Patterhn Ives is excited to be part of McKelvey’s design team led by Perkins Eastman.

Link to Full Article

John Whitaker Honored with National ASLA Award

Congratulations to John Whitaker for winning the 2020 National ASLA Award of Excellence for his MLA thesis project, ‘Dark Matter’.  Only a single project is selected each year for the prestigious award, among hundreds of international submissions.  The juried landscape architecture awards honor the best and most innovative projects from around the globe and gives a glimpse into the future of the profession.

The 2020 Awards Jury provided the following remarks on John’s thesis:

“In the U.S., cemeteries were the first public parks, so it is perhaps a fitting turn that a cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri, that was once converted to a public park may now become a cemetery again. The idea of celebrating decay in lieu of life may be a foreign one to some, yet practices of burial or cremation might seem equally absurd in the context of global resource shortages, pandemics, and climate change. Ash trunks harvested from around the city dot a new landscape for diverse iterations of grief where the organic reduction of bodies into compost cultivates new life from the dead. The cemetery becomes an evolving terrain as opposed to static markers in a field.”

For more information about the project, visit the 2020 ASLA Student Awards website:

https://www.asla.org/2020studentawards/1775.html

For more information on John, click on the ‘STUDIO’ tab at the top of the page.