Photo courtesy Sam Fentress

St. Louis Community College-Meramec

Kirkwood, Mo.

Award of Merit

Submitted by: S.M. Wilson & Co.

Owner: St. Louis Community College

Lead Design Firm: Arcturis

General Contractor: Clayco

Architect: Hellmuth + Bicknese Architects

Landscape Architect: Arbolope Studio

Construction Manager: S.M. Wilson & Co.

A pair of LEED Silver-targeted buildings were built as a part of St. Louis Community College’s $450-million voter-funded initiative to modernize aging campuses into learning environments designed around today’s workforce needs. Crews demolished five buildings at the heart of a 78-acre campus, relocating programs into swing space before starting on the two buildings that span about 138,000 sq ft combined.…