St. Louis, MO (February 18, 2008) - Trivers Associates, an architecture firm with offices in St. Louis and Edwardsville, has recently been selected to design a new two-story office building to serve as the central office for the St. Louis Housing Authority.

As primary tenant and owner, the St. Louis Housing Authority has selected the new building to continue its convenient customer service to its residents and clients. Located near the intersection of Grand Boulevard and Page Avenue in St. Louis city, the new building will also include a bank and a café.

On the site of a former public housing project, the building's plan will incorporate contemporary design with an open office concept and daylit interiors. Trivers will also be implementing green building amenities and state of the art systems technologies into the plan. Public parking will also be available at the new location.

Totaling 34,000 square feet, the building will act as a centralized location to serve residents and clients of the St. Louis Housing Authority. The developer for the project is McCormack Baron Salazar.

Trivers specializes in historic renovations and its other works to advance the community include the Center of Creative Arts (COCA) and the Family Care Health Center in the Carondolet neighborhood of south St. Louis. For more information about Trivers Associates, visit the company's Web site at http://www.trivers.com/.

About Trivers

With offices in Missouri and Illinois, Trivers Associates is a national architecture firm that is well known for its six specialized Design Studios - Civic, Cultural, Education, Health & Wellness, Housing, and Hospitality.  Recent projects include adaptive reuse of historic properties with the General Service Administration in Texas, North Carolina, and Missouri; architectural and engineering services for the American Cancer Society in Texas and Pennsylvania; and design of the nation's first large-scale multi-family Universal Design residential property in Missouri. 

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