2025 AIA St. Louis Design Awards

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Architecture, Small Project, Interiors, and Unbuilt
Entry Guidelines

 Architecture, Sm project,
 Interiors, Unbuilt Categories

CATEGORIES:
Architecture, Interiors, Small Projects, and Unbuilt

Maija Kreishman, AIA, IIDA is Managing Principal at Michael Hsu Office of Architecture (MHOA), where she has been a critical member of the firm since 2007. In addition to managing broad range of architecture and interior projects, Maija oversees strategic visioning, studio culture, operations, marketing, and business development. 

MHOA employs 70 team members across studios in Austin and Houston, as well as staff in Dallas, Denver, Philadelphia, Louisville, and Boston. The work of MHOA is rooted in hospitality and covers a range of expertise such as large mixed-use developments, adaptive reuse projects, public realm design, single family homes, hotels, restaurants, retail spaces, workspaces, bespoke furniture design and branding and visual identity.

Maija holds a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from the University of Virginia and a master’s in architecture from The University of Texas at Austin, where she has also served as a guest lecturer. She is an active participant in AIA Women in Architecture and has served on countless design juries for AIA chapters, and notable publications such as FRAME. She has spoken on panels at a variety of conferences including Hospitality Design, Texas Society of Architects, SEGD, and more. She has been a guest on distinguished podcasts such as DesignED, SoHo House Member podcast and Monograph, among others.

CATEGORY:
Drawings

Perry Kulper is an architect and Professor of Architecture at the Taubman College of Architecture & Urban Planning at the University of Michigan. In a prior life he was a SCI-Arc faculty member for 17 years and held visiting teaching positions at the University of Pennsylvania and Arizona State University during that time. After graduate studies at Columbia University, he worked with Eisenman/ Robertson, Robert A.M. Stern and Venturi, Rauch and Scott Brown before moving to Los Angeles to practice and teach. His primary interests include: the roles and generative potential of spatial visualizations; the different spatial opportunities offered by using diverse design methods in design practices; and in broadening the conceptual range by which architecture contributes to the human and non-human imaginary. While a cultural and disciplinary advocate, he doesn’t take things for granted. In 2013 he published Pamphlet Architecture 34, ‘Fathoming the Unfathomable: Archival Ghosts and Paradoxical Shadows’ with friend and collaborator Nat Chard. They are at work on a new book to be published by UCL Press. He was the Sir Banister Fletcher Visiting Professor at the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL 2018-19. Recently he optimistically ventured into the digital world attempting to get a handle on ‘cut + paste’ and ‘magic wand’ operations in Photoshop—as a result he encountered one of his steeper learning curves. Even more recently he has also been snooping around under the hood of said digital realms and thinking about Google Earth. Fantastic beasts continue to be on his mind.

CATEGORY:
Craft 

Timothy E. Trotter is the president and part-owner of Trocofab, a custom metal fabrication company with locations in St. Louis, MO, and Orange County, CA. Founded in March 2002, Trocofab has established itself as a premier provider of architectural metal fabrication, catering to the unique needs of the design world.

With a deep-rooted passion for metal fabrication, Tim honed his skills from an early age, growing up in a family-owned metal fabrication shop. He complemented this hands-on experience with a conventional college education, allowing him to blend practical knowledge with theoretical insights. Over the years, Tim has dedicated his life to studying, designing, and appreciating the art of metal fabrication, focusing on both form and function.

Under Tim's leadership, Trocofab operates primarily out of St. Louis while serving clients nationally. The company's commitment to quality craftsmanship and innovative design has earned it a reputation as a trusted partner in the industry.

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