PRESS RELEASE: AT HOME ANNNOUNCES THE 2009 ARCHITECT AND DESIGN AWARD WINNERS

ST. LOUIS, MO – October 23, 2009 – St. Louis AT HOME is pleased to announce the winners of the second annual AT HOME Architect and Design Awards. At a reception Thursday night, October 22, AT HOME editor-in-chief Christy Marshall presented awards in 21 categories to the 36 local companies who placed in the contest. The winning work is featured in the November/December issue of St. Louis AT HOME.

Some of the year’s big winners include Jamieson Design Associates, who won a total of seven awards including five first place awards and one second place and third place award. Jamieson Design Associates won first place for Addition to Existing Residence, Best Bath, Best Dining Room, Best Master Suite and Best Traditional Interior Design, second place for Best Contemporary Design, and third place for Best Living Room. In addition, the local architectural firm Gunn & Smith won a total of three awards including first places for Addition to Existing Residence and Best Bath and second place for Best Contemporary Design. Studio Durham won two awards including first place for Large Remodel and Best Contemporary Design. Julie Abner Interiors won first place for both Best Kitchen (Less Than 300 Square Feet) and Best Powder Room.

Additional highlights include CLB Interiors, who won four awards including first place for Best Master Suite, and second places for Best Powder Room, Best Dining Room and Best Kitchen (Less Than 300 Square Feet). Goessling Design received a total of four awards, winning both first and second place for Best Residential Landscape Design Construction, and first place for both Best Residential Swimming Pool and Best Deck/Patio/Porch. 

“AT HOME's Architect and Design Awards is the only local contest that allows St. Louis’ architects and designers to have their work reviewed by the best and biggest names in the business,” says Christy Marshall, editor-in-chef of St. Louis AT HOME. “This year, the judge’s panel included "Top Design" judge and design luminary Jonathan Adler, interior designer and author Charlotte Moss, architect Ron Radziner (who lists Tom Ford and Demi Moore among his celebrated clientele), world-renowned architect Marlon Blackwell and for the second year, the editors-in-chief of House Beautiful and Dwell. This city has an amazing depth of talent and it's our pleasure to show that expertise off to those who are tops in their respective professions. In just our second year of the Architect and Design Awards, we had more than 130 entries from 50-plus different firms. I can't wait to see what the numbers will be in 2010.”

The first, second and third place winners of each category are named in the November/December issue of AT HOME, which was unveiled at the awards reception. The issue hits subscribers on October 26 and newsstands on November 2 and includes a fifteen-page feature on the contest including project descriptions and photographs of all the first place award-winning work.  In addition, the work of the first place winners in each category will also be on display at Plaza Frontenac (first floor center atrium) from October 26 – November 9. A small meet and greet reception will take place there on Thursday, October 29 from 5:30 – 7:30pm. The public is invited to meet the winners and discuss their award-winning work. The project photographs and descriptions of the second and third place winners can be viewed at www.stlmagathome.com.

AT HOME received 133 entries for the contest. The judges panel of the 2009 AT HOME Architect and Design Award competition consisted of the following national design and architecture enthusiasts: Jonathan Adler, designer and potter; Marlon Blackwell, award-winning architect and professor at the University of Arkansas; Stephen Drucker, editor-in-chief of House Beautiful magazine; Sam Grawe, editor-in-chief of DWELL magazine; Charlotte Moss, New York-based interior designer and author, and Ron Radziner, award-winning architect and design principal of Los Angeles’ Marmol Radziner and Associates.

The competition is open to all local design, architect and landscape firms. The competition is open to both firms and individuals who have completed work in Missouri, but it is also open to entries of work completed elsewhere.

The 2009 winners include:
Historic Residential Renovation
    First Place: Ray M. Simon Architect 
    Second Place: L.J. Torno Jr. & Associates 
    Third Place: Rosemann & Associates 
Small Remodel Less Than 1,000 Square Feet 
    First Place: Denise Fogarty Interiors 
    Second Place: Tom Young 
    Third Place: Studio | Durham
Large Remodel Greater Than 1,000 Square Feet
     First Place: Studio | Durham
    Second Place TIE: Bond Wolfe Architects, Jeff Day & Associates 
    Third Place: Busenbark Carpet/Excellence in Design
Addition to Existing Residence
    First Place: Gunn & Smith Architects with Jamieson Design Associates 
    Second Place: Fendler & Associates 
    Third Place: Marc Christian Fine Cabinetry
Best Residential Architecture Less Than 4,000 Square Feet
    First Place: Ralph Eglin Wafer 
Best Residential Architecture Greater Than 4,000 Square Feet 
    First Place: Mitchell Wall Architects with Fibercations 
    Second Place: The Lawrence Group 
    Third Place: R.G. Apel Development
Best Green Construction of a Home
    First Place: Glantz & Associates
Best Residential Swimming Pool/Spa
    First Place: Goessling Design
Best Deck/Patio/Porch
    First Place: Goessling Design
    Second Place: Mitchell Wall Architects
    Third Place: Mosby Building Arts
Best Residential Landscape Design Construction
    First Place: Goessling Design 
    Second Place: Goessling Design
    Third Place: McKelvie Lighting Design
Best Bath
    First Place: Gunn & Smith Architects with Jamieson Design Associates 
    Second Place: Glen Alspaugh Kitchens & Baths 
    Third Place: brooksBerry Kitchen & Baths
Best Kitchen Less Than 300 Square Feet
    First Place: Julie Abner Interiors 
    Second Place: CLB Interiors 
    Third Place: Glen Alspaugh Kitchens & Baths
Best Kitchen Greater Than 300 Square Feet
    First Place: Tao + Lee Associates with Penturf Interiors 
    Second Place: George W. Johannes Architect 
    Third Place: brooksBerry Kitchens & Baths
Best Master Suite
    First Place TIE: CLB Interiors, Jamieson Design Associates 
    Second Place: Beck/Allen Cabinetry 
    Third Place: Beck/Allen Cabinetry
Best Dining Room
    First Place: Jamieson Design Associates
    Second Place: CLB Interiors
Best Powder Room 
    First Place: Julie Abner Interiors 
    Second Place: CLB Interiors 
    Third Place: Edwin Pepper Interiors
Best Living Room 
    First Place: Bond Wolfe Architects  
    Second Place: David Dale Suttle 
    Third Place: Jamieson Design Associates
Best Wine Cellar 
     First Place TIE: Laura Neri Baebler Architects & Associates, Beck Allen Cabinetry
Best Children’s Room     
    First Place: Interiors by Decorating Den 
    Second Place: Directions in Design
Best Traditional Interior Design 
    First Place: Jamieson Design Associates
    Second Place: Bridwell Interior Design 
    Third Place: Renee Celeste Flanders
Best Contemporary Design
    First Place: Studio | Durham 
    Second Place: Jamieson Design Associates with Gunn & Smith Architects
    Third Place: Tom Young

AT HOME’s second annual Architect and Design Awards reception was held at the William D. Purser Center on October 22.  The event was presented by Mercedes-Benz and sponsored by Kirchner Block & Brick, Miller Lite, Miller Genuine Draft and Steven Becker Fine Dining.

St. Louis AT HOME is the city’s award-winning premier resource for people who love beautiful design. Through glimpses into St. Louis’s most extraordinary living spaces, comprehensive guides to local services and profiles of visionary designers, the magazine inspires, informs and surprises its readers. 2009 marks AT HOME’s fifth year of publication.

For more information or to schedule an interview with AT HOME Editor Christy Marshall, please contact Marketing & Events Manager, Meghan Riley Fritsche at 314.918.3002 or mriley@stlmag.com.

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