The St. Louis chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) recently announced the winners of its annual Design Awards Program. This year, the AIA and the Construction Products Council honored several local firms for their contributions to design and construction. In each of the five categories in which firms competed, awards ranged from citation to distinguished and honor, the latter being the most prestigious.

In the drawing category, Clark Keitel of the Lawrence Group won an honor award for his drawing, Security Building. BSI Constructors received an honor award for concrete work at the Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts. In the unbuilt category, three firms won honor awards: Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum Inc. for the Indianapolis International Airport, Studio|Durham Architects for St. Louis Bungalow Study, and Cannon Design for the Malama Learning Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. The honor award for interiors went to Trivers Assoc. for the St. Joseph Carondelet Motherhouse and Chapel Renovation. And in architecture, Powers Bowersox Assoc. won an honor award for the First Unitarian Church of St. Louis Chapel and Fox Architects and Tao + Lee Associates shared an honor award for the GKN Aerospace project.

Fitness Edge Personal Training Center owner and president Michael Jaudes is investing more than $1.5 million to purchase and renovate the former Tong’s Special Foods facility at 10571 Old Olive Blvd. in Creve Coeur. Jaudes is transforming the building into a 7,000 square-foot personal training facility that will offer expanded amenities, including a hotel-style concierge service. The move from the current location is expected to be completed in Spring 2004.

A new service for teens, young adults and their parents is making its debut in St. Louis the week of Dec. 8. SafeCar Services offers prepaid, on-demand and emergency local ground transportation for a $47.50 annual fee. Members are given a credit card with a 24-hour toll-free number to call when they need a ride, and local cab companies St. Louis County Cab and Harris Cab will honor the card for payment. The Santa Cruz, Calif.-based service was founded in 2002 by former St. Louisan Edward Hoffman, and is now available nationwide. For more information, visit www.safecar.com.

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