Masonry Magazine March 1974 Page. 24
1973 Architectural Excellence in Masonry Awards
St. Louis Masonry Development Trust Recognizes Two Outstanding Masonry Projects
The 1973 Architectural Excellence in Masonry Award, sponsored by the St. Louis Masonry Development Trust, was presented recently to Smith and Entzeroth, Inc., for the design of Tegeler Hall, St. Louis University's School of Social Service building. An Award of Merit was given the St. Louis firm of Hoffmann/Saur and Associates, Inc. for its design of the DeMun Elementary School in the School District of Clayton. The award winners were selected by a jury of three architects from the 25 entries submitted in the masonry competion.
Richard J. DeWalle, chairman of the Masonry Development Trust, presented Eric W. Smith, Jr. and Robert E. Entzeroth, principals in the local architectural firm, a sculpture of a man holding a brick arch, designed and executed by Professor Rudolph Torrini, nationally-known St. Louis sculptor. It was awarded "In recognition of a fine building showing restraint and consistent use of masonry an ageless material."
Mason contractor for the award-winning building was Daues Contracting, Inc., while E. C. Landers Brick Work, Inc., was the mason contractor for the DeMun School. Both firms are members of MCAA, St. Louis Chapter.
The panel of judges, fellows in the American Institute of Architects, was composed of Richard M. Bennett, partner in the Chicago firm of Loebl, Scholssman, Bennett & Dart; Hugh A. Stubbins, Jr., president of Hugh Stubbins & Associates, Cambridge, Mass., and Dahlen K. Ritchey, executive vice president, Deeter-Ritchy-Sippel & Associates, Pittsburgh. The judges spent two days in St. Louis reviewing and touring the 25 entries.
Tegeler Hall
School of Social Service
St. Louis, Missouri
The exterior of the large, three-level St. Louis University building consists primarily of light orange-red-toned brick which was selected to give the new facility a strong sense of unity with other campus and neighborhood structures. A buff mortar was chosen to provide a more monolithic appearance.
A principal design feature of the building is the use of different shaped, deep-set windows whose size relates to the facility's interior functions. Large slant-sill windows were designed for the building's ground level, high-density use which contains classrooms, auditorium and a student lounge. Medium to small slant-sill windows surround the second floor, which houses a library, faculty lounge and seminar offices. Narrow vertical windows were selected for the low-density third floor. Offices and seminar rooms are located on this level.
Richard J. DeWalle (center), chairman of the St. Louis Masonry Development Trust, presents Excellence in Masonry Award to Eric W. Smith, Jr. (left) and Robert E. Entzeroth, principals in the architectural firm of Smith & Entzeroth, Inc. for their design of the St. Louis University School of Social Service building.
Since the building serves as the north entrance to the east campus of the university, the architects designed a broad open walkway leading through the first floor of the building to a landscaped garden court. A lounge and four classrooms flank a concourse which looks inward onto the courtyard. Brick-paved sidewalks surround the courtyard which contains multi-level lounging pillars.
Because the building was intended for the dual purpose of educating social workers and serving the community, it was designed to meet a complex variety of space needs. In addition to several small meeting and seminar rooms in the main building, an attached wing encloses a 250-seat lecture hall with a steeply rising semi-circular amphitheater.
Tegeler Hall, St. Louis University's School of Social Service, winner of the 1973 Architectural Excellence in Masonry Award sponsored by the St. Louis Masonry Development Trust. Designed by Smith and Entzeroth, Inc., with Hoel-Steffen Construction Co., general contractor; R. W. McDermott Associates, structural engineer, and Daues Contracting, Inc. (MCAA), mason contractor.