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Three area housing developers&nbsp;&mdash; two in the City of St. Louis and one in Jerseyville, IL, have recently announced that they are heading down that path.</p>\n<p><img alt=\\\"Green House\\\" class=\\\"image-right\\\" height=\\\"303\\\" src=\\\"/images/uploads/green-house.jpg\\\" style=\\\"float: right;\\\" width=\\\"266\\\" /></p>\n<p><strong>Lexington Farms</strong></p>\n<p>In Jerseyville, Capstone Development Group began construction in September of Lexington Farms subdivision, which it is billing as \\\"the nation\\\'s first net-zero energy, affordable community.\\\" The developer projects that the 32 single-family homes under construction in a suburban cornfield will rent for $590 a month and the renters will pay nothing for gas and electricity.</p>\n<p>\\\"This development will be rented to rural families that earn less than $41,000 per year. And they won\\\'t have a gas bill. They won\\\'t have a heating bill. When they get their electric bill, it is more likely to be credit instead of a cost. Green technology will truly make a more affordable and more sustainable life for everyone in the community,\\\" said Bill Luchini, president of Capstone Development Group.</p>\n<p>The 32 single-family homes will each have three bedrooms, two full bathrooms and an attached two-car garage. Luchini believes that when complete, it will be the first LEED Platinum Certified affordable community in the nation.</p>\n<p>The 1,230-square-foot homes will feature central air conditioning, heat, hot water and other appliances that all run on electric energy, powered by roof-mounted solar panels on all homes, as well as wind turbines throughout the subdivision. Even the streetlights will be powered by wind and solar.</p>\n<p>The design will incorporate:<br /> &bull;	Sustainable landscape practices include efficient irrigation systems <br /> &bull;	Water efficient faucets, shower heads, and WaterSense toilets <br /> &bull;	Bathroom and kitchen exhaust vented to the outdoors removing sources of pollutants <br /> &bull;	Energy-efficient design and Energy Star appliances, exceeding Energy Star for New Homes requirements <br /> &bull;	Wall insulation at R-21 and R-49 insulation in the attic <br /> &bull;	Well sealed and air-tight construction reducing drafts <br /> &bull;	Low VOC paints <br /> &bull;	Energy efficient florescent light fixtures <br /> &bull;	Argon gas U35-rated low-e windows <br /> &bull;	Extensive use of recycled material</p>\n<p><br />\\\"These homes will have an independent third-party evaluation to ensure each home actually performs as designed, was constructed properly, and meets the criteria for LEED certification,\\\" said Jason La Fleur, project manager for the Alliance for Environmental Sustainability, who is serving as the LEED for Homes provider for the Lexington Farms development. \\\"The fact that these homes will reach the prestigious LEED Platinum certification level and yet will remain affordable is a testament to the hard work the design team has put into this project, and shows that green building can work with any budget,\\\" he said.</p>\n<p>Financing for the development includes financing from the Illinois Housing Development Authority, Sterling Bank, and Federal Tax Credit Equity from the National Equity Fund.</p>\n<p><strong>Arlington Grove</strong></p>\n<p>In St. Louis, developer McCormack Baron Salazar has begun work on one of the first Enterprise Green Communities in the country, and the first in Missouri: the $41 million Arlington Grove redevelopment project near Dr. Martin Luther King Drive and Burd Avenue.</p>\n<p>Plans for the project include 112-mixed-finance, mixed-income rental units in garden apartments, townhouses, semi-detached housing, a new mixed-use building and rehabilitation of the historic Arlington Elementary School for a total gross residential square footage of 162,000 and 5,000 square feet of commercial/retail. The school renovation will produce 21 apartments and new construction on the surrounding block will yield the other 91 housing units - a mix of townhouses and garden apartments. The total mix will contain market rate units, Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) units, HOME units, and public housing units.</p>\n<p>Environmentally friendly features incorporated into the development\\\'s design and construction include Energy Star labeled appliances and fixtures, solar panels, water-conserving appliances and fixtures, water management techniques during construction, high-efficiency HVAC systems, recycling of content materials and reduction of heat-island effect through highly reflective roof shingles and pervious paving.<br /> <br />The sustainability goals for Arlington Grove are not as aggressive as they are for Lexington Farms, but \\\"Arlington Grove represents one of the first projects in the country using the Enterprise Green Communities criteria, in particular the solar panels,\\\" said Nathan Rauh, Housing Studio Leader for KAI Design &amp; Build, which is serving as serving as the architect, mechanical/electrical/plumbing engineer, general contractor, and Building Information Modeling coordinator on the project. \\\"The photovoltaic panels specified for the project are expected to provide 10 percent of the development\\\'s total energy demands,\\\" he said. The Enterprise Green Communities criteria were mandated by some of the public funds that will be used to build the project: the Capital Fund Recovery Competition grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.</p>\n<p>The Arlington Grove project also is significant for its percentages of minority participation. A St. Louis statute requires 25 percent of contract dollars on city projects go to minority business enterprises (MBEs) and five percent go to women business enterprises (WBEs). Through the efforts of the KAI-led design-build team, the Arlington Grove project was able to achieve to surpass those requirements with 40 percent MBE and 10 percent WBE participation.</p>\n<p>KAI used an extended, three month long bid process to recruit minority and women contractors and suppliers to the project. KAI scheduled a series of pre-bid meetings that gave minority-owned, subcontractors immediate access to the large, majority-owned firms, opening the lines of communication. The bid process also allowed minority-owned firms to learn about the project specifications early enough to submit a thorough bid and to foster important, new relationships.</p>\n<p><br />Len Toenjes, president of AGC of St. Louis, complimented KAI\\\'s efforts. \\\"The Associated General Contractors of St. Louis is happy to see new and innovative approaches being taken to build a more inclusive construction business community,\\\" he said.</p>\n<p><strong>West Botanical Heights</strong></p>\n<p>Another green urban redevelopment effort - this one for for a roughly 10 block area north of the Missouri Botanical that is bounded by Vandeventer and Lafayette Avenue and Fulsom - is being led by Urban Improvement Construction/Central Design Office.</p>\n<p>Plans for the first phase of the project call for the construction of 30 LEED Platinum homes - 17 in renovated buildings and 13 of new construction - with a shared, neighborhood geothermal heating and cooling system on the 4100 block of McCree.</p>\n<p>Brent Crittendon, principal at UIC/CDO, said the idea is to bring down the cost of geothermal heating and cooling by sharing resources across the block. 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While some people in the industry still struggle with email or web sites, Blanner is successfully using internet social networking tools to get business.\";s:10:\"field_ft_9\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_13\";s:1:\"9\";s:10:\"field_id_7\";s:46:\"Blanner, LinkedIn, Contractor Referral Network\";s:10:\"field_ft_7\";s:4:\"none\";s:10:\"field_id_8\";s:2932:\"<p>&nbsp;Joseph Blanner is a bit of a pioneer in the St. Louis construction industry. While some people in the industry still struggle with email or web sites, Blanner is successfully using internet social networking tools to get business.</p>\n<p>Blanner, a construction attorney at St. Louis law firm Behr, McCarter &amp; Potter, P.C., launched the St. Louis Contractor Referral Network on the LinkedIn social network in December 2009. The network now has more than 1,250 members.</p>\n<p><img alt=\\\"LinkedIn\\\" class=\\\"image-right\\\" height=\\\"303\\\" src=\\\"/images/uploads/linkedin.jpg\\\" style=\\\"float: right;\\\" width=\\\"266\\\" />A year ago, \\\"I had about 70 connections on LinkedIn. Now I have about 800 and a couple of hundred of those I\\\'ve gotten to know on a face-to-face basis,\\\" Blanner said. \\\"My personal exposure in the industry has expanded tremendously and I\\\'ve gotten several pieces of business out of it,\\\" he said.</p>\n<p>\\\"I view this as something long-term for my firm, but it is not just about my firm. The goal is to provide people with valuable information and help them form relationships,\\\" he said. \\\"I know numerous people who have connected to others in the group....I\\\'m not trying to sell anything with my articles; I\\\'m just trying to provide information,\\\" he added.</p>\n<p>In order to keep the network useful, Blanner tries to keep spam and politics out of it.</p>\n<p>\\\"I am a member of other groups where there is very little useful content and a lot of spam, but we haven\\\'t had that. 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The features photos of craftswomen from area construction firms working in the field, along with brief biographies detailing their entry into the construction trades. \";s:11:\"field_ft_44\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_28\";s:15:\"calendar, MOWIT\";s:11:\"field_ft_28\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_29\";s:22675:\"<p>Missouri Women in Trades (MOWIT) has published its 2011 calendar of women at work and is offering it for sale. The features photos of craftswomen from area construction firms working in the field, along with brief biographies detailing their entry into the construction trades.</p>\n<p><img alt=\\\"Calendar\\\" height=\\\"192\\\" src=\\\"/images/uploads/mowit_cover.jpg\\\" style=\\\"float: right;\\\" width=\\\"260\\\" /></p>\n<p>The calendar is available for purchase online at the <a href=\\\"http://www.missouriwomenintrades.org\\\">MOWIT web site</a> , or a form can be downloaded and mailed to the MOWIT offices. The calendars are $10. Copies autographed by the featured women are available for $12. 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It was tempting to give a customer service lecture to the person in front of me, faultless as he may have been.</p>\n<p>This particular situation involved receiving the wrong fast food order. I had ordered the medium Unrecognizable Chicken McParts and instead received - and was charged for - the aptly named Super Sized version. For a moment, I thought perhaps they\\\'d brought me the entire crate of McParts straight from the walk-in freezer but they assured me this was indeed packaged for individual sale and consumption. (Disclosure: While I may find it amusing to poke fun at the fast food industry, that\\\'s where I had my first job. Accordingly, I\\\'m somewhat sympathetic to fast food employees. Even so, until they start putting the right stuff in the bag, they will be the target of my \\\"how-not-to-do-it\\\" business lessons.)</p>\n<p>As a small business owner, I pay special attention to the way service is delivered when I\\\'m the customer. 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The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local One, which had represented all union electricians in metro St. Louis, alleges that Local 57 lowers wage, skill and safety standards in the region. The IBEW led the rally, which also included members of other trades, including glaziers and plumbers.</p>\n<p>Stephen P. Schoemehl, business manager, IBEW Local One, said his union decided to picket the carpenters\\\' hall on December 7 because Nelson was going to hold an electrical show there on that date.</p>\n<p>\\\"St. Louis has greatly benefited from each trade\\\'s development as specialists that cultivate the highest skilled and safest workforce in the country to deliver projects proficiently. Carpenters doing electricians\\\' work lowers that standard and undermines efforts to build better together,\\\" said Schoemehl. 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In addition to the residences, the campus offers computer clusters, campus eateries, and other recreational activities outside of the classroom.<br /><br />As Construction Manager, Clayco oversaw the removal of existing residence halls and a student center as part of this major renovation project, which began after classes ended in May 2008. In their place, Clayco managed the construction of two five-story residence halls, named Umrath Hall and South 40 House. The new buildings house a combined 606 students. The lower levels of the South 40 House contain a fitness center and a 49,000-square-foot kitchen area with more than 5,000 square feet of walk-in freezer/cooler space, serving the entire South 40 population. Various cafes, shops and other entertainment venues were also created.</p>\n<p>Mackey Mitchell was the architect; Ross\n &amp; Baruzzini, Inc. was the Mechanical Electrical Plumbing (MEP) \nengineer on the buildings; McClure Engineering Associates, Inc. was the \nMEP engineer on the site and chiller plant; EFK Moen, LLC was the civil \nengineer; and ASDG LLC was the structural engineer.<br /><br />Modeled after European streetscapes, the student housing project was built with a pedestrian \\\"spine\\\" as a formal extension of the normal pathway that connects the South 40 residential campus with the academic campus to the north. The residence halls are located on either side of the high traffic walkway. Cascading stairs, ramps and a sloped garden lead to a lower plaza, creating a social center for the residential neighborhood.<br /> <br />\\\"Serving as a new hub for student activity on the South 40 campus, these buildings embody state-of-the-art amenities and spaces for student engagement,\\\" said Kirk Warden, Clayco senior vice president and Partner. \\\"The new facilities promote healthy lifestyles, provide convenient retail outlets, and offer diverse dining options to create a unique student life experience.\\\"<br /> <br />The project involved significant site improvements and a major utility infrastructure reconstruction, which included a new chilled water loop and domestic water, gas, fuel oil and fire water utilities throughout the South 40 campus. To facilitate the new chilled water loop, a 7,500-square-foot chiller plant with 1,000-ton chillers was incorporated into the design and construction, with future capacity for an additional 1,000-ton chiller. The project also required an extensive dock system which was strategically placed for easy transportation of materials and deliveries.<br /> <br />Located just above the commissary kitchen and loading dock area is a 7,500-square-foot green roof. This green roof provides a park-like atmosphere for the students residing in the newly constructed buildings, and separates the living areas from the kitchen areas below. With park benches, a future herb garden, and artistic vine towers, the green roof operates as a sanctuary for students. The green roof also added to the spirit of the facility, which recently achieved LEED-NC v2.2 Gold certification for environmentally-friendly construction practices.<br /> <br />\\\"We were originally targeting LEED Silver certification on the project, but chose to incorporate additional innovative credits. In the end, the project achieved approval for every credit applied, which meant we had reached the Gold level. 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The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local One, which had represented all union electricians in metro St. Louis, alleges that Local 57 lowers wage, skill and safety standards in the region.  The IBEW led the rally, which also included members of other trades, including glaziers and plumbers.</p>\n<p>Stephen P. Schoemehl, business manager, IBEW Local One, said his union decided to picket the carpenters\\\' hall on December 7 because Nelson was going to hold an electrical show there on that date.</p>\n<p>\\\"St. Louis has greatly benefited from each trade\\\'s development as specialists that cultivate the highest skilled and safest workforce in the country to deliver projects proficiently.  Carpenters doing electricians\\\' work lowers that standard and undermines efforts to build better together,\\\" said Schoemehl. Local 57, he added, \\\"gives a black eye to the St. Louis construction industry.\\\"</p>\n<p>Some prominent construction consumers don\\\'t agree that Local 57 is bad for the industry. BJC, Lindenwood College, St. Louis Community College, and Jefferson Barracks all have or have had Local 57 signatory electrical contractors work on their projects.</p>\n<p>The demonstration at the Carpenters\\\' Hall was publicized on the web site local57facts.com, an anti-Local 57 web site that Schoemehl said is independent of the IBEW.</p>\n<p>IBEW Local One billed the mass picket as a \\\"Do Not Patronize Hypocrisy\\\" rally to highlight the \\\"hypocrisy\\\" of an on-going CDC campaign to post \\\"Do not patronize\\\" pickets in front of St. Louis area businesses that it claims undermine wage, skill and safety standards by using non-union carpenters on their building projects.  Those pickets can be found at Crazy Deals at Natural Bridge and Lucas and Hunt roads; the Holiday Inn at Butler Hill and I-55 and all locations for The Olive Garden, Texas Roadhouse and Dollar Tree.</p>\n<p>\\\"As long as the CDC continues to lower standards with its electrical division, that campaign rings very hollow,\\\" Schoemehl said.</p>\n<p>Nelson has consistently rejected the charge that Local 57 lowers labor standards. He said that the wages and benefits enjoyed by Local 57 electricians are comparable to the wages and benefits enjoyed by IBEW Local One electricians. The difference in total hourly rates, amounting to about $7.50 an hour, is due to the higher \\\"overhead\\\" that the IBEW charges for administering benefits. 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The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local One, which had represented all union electricians in metro St. Louis, alleges that Local 57 lowers wage, skill and safety standards in the region.  The IBEW led the rally, which also included members of other trades, including glaziers and plumbers.</p>\n<p><img alt=\\\"Carpenters 57 Protest\\\" class=\\\"image-right\\\" height=\\\"303\\\" src=\\\"/images/uploads/carpenters-57.jpg\\\" style=\\\"float: right;\\\" width=\\\"266\\\" /></p>\n<p>Stephen P. Schoemehl, business manager, IBEW Local One, said his union decided to picket the carpenters\\\' hall on December 7 because Nelson was going to hold an electrical show there on that date.</p>\n<p>\\\"St. Louis has greatly benefited from each trade\\\'s development as specialists that cultivate the highest skilled and safest workforce in the country to deliver projects proficiently.  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The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local One, which had represented all union electricians in metro St. Louis, alleges that Local 57 lowers wage, skill and safety standards in the region.  The IBEW led the rally, which also included members of other trades, including glaziers and plumbers.</p>\n<p><img alt=\\\"Carpenters 57 Protest\\\" class=\\\"image-right\\\" height=\\\"303\\\" src=\\\"/images/uploads/carpenters-57.jpg\\\" style=\\\"float: right;\\\" width=\\\"266\\\" /></p>\n<p>Stephen P. Schoemehl, business manager, IBEW Local One, said his union decided to picket the carpenters\\\' hall on December 7 because Nelson was going to hold an electrical show there on that date.</p>\n<p>\\\"St. Louis has greatly benefited from each trade\\\'s development as specialists that cultivate the highest skilled and safest workforce in the country to deliver projects proficiently.  Carpenters doing electricians\\\' work lowers that standard and undermines efforts to build better together,\\\" said Schoemehl. Local 57, he added, \\\"gives a black eye to the St. Louis construction industry.\\\"</p>\n<p>Some prominent construction consumers don\\\'t agree that Local 57 is bad for the industry. BJC, Lindenwood College, St. Louis Community College, and Jefferson Barracks all have or have had Local 57 signatory electrical contractors work on their projects.</p>\n<p>The demonstration at the Carpenters\\\' Hall was publicized on the web site local57facts.com, an anti-Local 57 web site that Schoemehl said is independent of the IBEW.</p>\n<p>IBEW Local One billed the mass picket as a \\\"Do Not Patronize Hypocrisy\\\" rally to highlight the \\\"hypocrisy\\\" of an on-going CDC campaign to post \\\"Do not patronize\\\" pickets in front of St. Louis area businesses that it claims undermine wage, skill and safety standards by using non-union carpenters on their building projects.  Those pickets can be found at Crazy Deals at Natural Bridge and Lucas and Hunt roads; the Holiday Inn at Butler Hill and I-55 and all locations for The Olive Garden, Texas Roadhouse and Dollar Tree.</p>\n<p>\\\"As long as the CDC continues to lower standards with its electrical division, that campaign rings very hollow,\\\" Schoemehl said.</p>\n<p>Nelson has consistently rejected the charge that Local 57 lowers labor standards. He said that the wages and benefits enjoyed by Local 57 electricians are comparable to the wages and benefits enjoyed by IBEW Local One electricians. The difference in total hourly rates, amounting to about $7.50 an hour, is due to the higher \\\"overhead\\\" that the IBEW charges for administering benefits. Local One countered that that supposed \\\"overhead\\\" includes apprenticeship and journeyman training that its members get without charge, but that Local 57 members have to pay for out of their own pockets.</p>\n<p>Schoemehl insisted that the picket line at the Carpenters\\\' Hall was not directed at members of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters. \\\"We know many rank and file carpenters feel the same way we do, but the CDC has attempted to silence any opposition,\\\" he said. \\\"We want to show our support for the dues-paying members of the Carpenters\\\' District Council who oppose the CDC using those dues to fund a non-union trade that has no benefit to rank-and-file carpenters,\\\" he added.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\";s:11:\"field_id_42\";s:33:\"/images/uploads/carpenters-57.jpg\";s:11:\"field_id_43\";s:0:\"\";s:11:\"field_ft_43\";s:4:\"none\";s:10:\"category_0\";s:2:\"16\";}'),(2841,1087,10,4,1293607450,'a:31:{s:9:\"weblog_id\";s:2:\"10\";s:8:\"entry_id\";s:4:\"1087\";s:6:\"sticky\";s:1:\"n\";s:14:\"allow_comments\";s:1:\"n\";s:16:\"allow_trackbacks\";s:1:\"n\";s:10:\"entry_date\";s:19:\"2010-12-28 02:52 PM\";s:15:\"expiration_date\";s:0:\"\";s:23:\"comment_expiration_date\";s:0:\"\";s:9:\"author_id\";s:1:\"4\";s:10:\"new_weblog\";s:2:\"10\";s:6:\"status\";s:4:\"open\";s:14:\"trackback_urls\";s:0:\"\";s:18:\"versioning_enabled\";s:1:\"y\";s:5:\"title\";s:34:\"Benoist Speaks at Jan. 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The update on the construction activity for the year was recently compiled by the Leadership Council Southwestern Illinois as part of its ongoing work to track the total value of projects announced, under construction or completed each year in Madison and St. Clair counties in Southwestern Illinois.</p>\n<p>\\\"While the next edition of our comprehensive Market Review &amp; Investment Update won\\\'t be released until early April, we were curious to see how projects that were announced in our 2008-2009 edition were faring given the overall downturn in the economy,\\\" notes incoming Leadership Council President Gerard Schuetzenhofer, president of Coldwell Banker Brown Realtors.  \\\"We were very pleasantly surprised by what we found.\\\"</p>\n<p>Of the 135 projects that had been reported with an Announced status prior to Dec. 31, 2009, the Council was able to verify the status of 112 as of the end of 2010. Of those, 63 had moved forward during 2010 and had either been completed during that calendar year or remain under construction. An additional 41 projects totaling $982 million remain on the Announced list, representing just under $1 billion in additional anticipated capital investments for the Metro East in the coming years. Only eight previously announced projects had dropped off the list.</p>\n<p>Projects that changed status from Announced to Under Construction during 2010 had a total value of $1.09 billion, and they joined an additional 31 projects, at an estimated $4.03 billion, that had already broken ground and are still in the construction phase.  An additional $916.5 million in projects that had been announced or were under construction during 2009 were completed in 2010, bringing the total construction dollars at work during the year to more than $6 billion.</p>\n<p>Topping the list of projects still under construction in terms of investment amount is the $3.6 billion expansion at ConocoPhillips Wood River Refinery, which was in high gear throughout 2010 and is expected to remain under construction through much of 2011.</p>\n<p>Additional significant projects that have and will continue to provide jobs for the construction trades include the new $79 million Science Building at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, the new $55 million Mascoutah High School, and the new Mississippi River Bridge, which is estimated at a total of $670 million, much of which will be invested on the Illinois side of the river.</p>\n<p>Among the projects that wrapped up during the year were USTRANSCOM\\\'s new $130 million command center at Scott Air Force Base, Phase 2 of the National Great Rivers Research and Education Center - a $16 million project, and the $17 million Army Reserve Center at Rivers Edge.</p>\n<p>As part of its research process, the Leadership Council staff has identified 117 new projects in various stages of development for the 2010 edition of the Market Review &amp; Investment Update. These new projects total more than $675 million in new capital investment that will help to keep the pipeline well over $1 billion dollars for the foreseeable future, even after mega projects such as the ConocoPhillips expansion are completed. More details on these projects, the industry sectors they are in, and their status will be provided in the 2010 Market Review &amp; Investment Update, due to be released in early April.</p>\n<p>\\\"In the past year, we heard a lot about the continuing challenges facing our region, from the growing state budget deficit to the ongoing issues related to the Metro East levees,\\\" notes Patrick McKeehan, executive director of the Leadership Council.  \\\"As we reflect on the past year and look to 2011, it\\\'s important to take the time to highlight the good things that are still happening across the Metro East, and we believe the continuing level of investment activity is even more noteworthy because it\\\'s occurring in spite of the other challenges. To the Leadership Council, that\\\'s a sign that investors, developers and business owners in our region have confidence that our leaders are on a solid path to address the levee issues and are growing more optimistic about the overall economy.\\\"</p>\n<p>For additional information, please refer to the 2008-2009 Market Review and Investment Update, which is available online at <a href=\\\"http://www.siteselection-il.com\\\">www.siteselection-il.com</a>, or contact the Leadership Council at 618.692.9745. Interested individuals can also request to be notified when the new 2010 edition is available. The information included in each edition of the Market Review &amp; \nInvestment Update is compiled from a variety of private and public \nsources. Only reported projects of $0.5 million or more in Madison &amp;\n St. Clair counties are included, and transportation projects included \nare just a sampling and not intended to be all inclusive. Project \nstatus - Announced, Under Construction or Completed - is as of the end \nof 4th Quarter of 2009 for the projects included in the 2008-2009 \nedition currently online. The 2010 investment numbers referred to in \nthis release are drawn from the preliminary projects list being compiled\n for the 2010 Market Review &amp; Investment Update and are based on the\n status of those projects as of the end of 4th Quarter 2010.</p>\n<p>The Leadership Council Southwestern Illinois is a member-based, economic development corporation representing Madison and St. Clair counties. The Council works to attract/retain jobs and stimulate capital investment through its coalition of leaders in business, industry, labor, education and government. 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The one-and-a-half inch thick Tennessee marble tiles in front of the circulation desk were worn down on only one-quarter of an inch. 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The coke produced is rated the highest quality in the world, while the process is cited as the gold standard by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) because pollutants generated while the coal is baked are incinerated inside the ovens, eliminating the need for a chemical byproducts plant and disposal of hazardous waste.  The facility also produces approximately 500,000 pounds of superheated steam per hour that is routed to a cogeneration facility at the neighboring US Steel Granite City Works.  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The USEPA\\\'s allegations are related to the New Source Review (NSR) provisions of the federal Clean Air Act. This lawsuit follows USEPA\\\'s January 2010 issuance of a Notice of Violation. Ameren Missouri is one of approximately 60 U.S. electric utilities to receive such a notice since the 1990s and one of many that have faced such a lawsuit.\n\";s:11:\"field_ft_44\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_28\";s:0:\"\";s:11:\"field_ft_28\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_29\";s:4803:\"<p>Ameren Missouri, an operating company of Ameren Corporation&nbsp; strongly disputed allegations that the company violated Clean Air Act requirements as claimed in a lawsuit filed Jan. 12 on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA).  The USEPA\\\'s allegations are related to the New Source Review (NSR) provisions of the federal Clean Air Act.   This lawsuit follows USEPA\\\'s January 2010 issuance of a Notice of Violation.   Ameren Missouri is one of approximately 60 U.S. electric utilities to receive such a notice since the 1990s and one of many that have faced such a lawsuit. <br /> <br />NSR requires electric utilities to undergo pre-construction review for environmental controls if the utilities propose to build new generating units.  NSR also applies if utilities modify their existing units by making certain types of non-routine physical or operational changes that result in a significant increase in emissions. <br /> <br />The lawsuit filed asserts that projects at Ameren Missouri\\\'s Rush Island coal-fired power plant were not performed, consistent with NSR requirements. <br /> <br />However, the NSR program does not apply to projects that constitute routine maintenance.  All the Ameren Missouri projects, cited by USEPA, fall into the classification of routine maintenance, including project repair and replacement activities; projects that did not cause an emissions increase; projects that were necessary to respond to demand growth on a utility system; and modification projects to switch plants to low-sulfur coal, which provided environmental benefits.  Ameren Missouri\\\'s overall emissions are trending down, not up, while customers\\\' demand for electricity has increased by 50 percent since the 1990s.  The company operates its system to meet the generation demands and needs of its customers.   <br /> <br />In addition to denying the validity of the allegations, Ameren Missouri believes USEPA\\\'s position has the potential to impose significant costs on Ameren customers, especially during these tough economic times.  \\\"We are proud of Ameren Missouri\\\'s environmental record, and we strongly disagree with the assertions made by USEPA in the complaint,\\\" said Warner L. Baxter, president and chief executive officer of Ameren Missouri.  \\\"Many of the cited projects were actually undertaken by Ameren Missouri to expand our efforts to reduce emissions.  We have cut emissions at every plant, significantly improving air quality in the region.  We are disappointed that the USEPA has decided to take this action.\\\"   <br /> <br />\\\"We have a commitment to supply affordable, safe, reliable energy to our customers and to plan for the growth of future demand,\\\" said Mark Birk, vice president, Power Operations, Ameren Missouri.  \\\"Clearly this becomes very difficult when onerous regulation and lawsuits, like this one, make existing generation much more expensive to operate and create greater uncertainty in planning for our customers\\\' energy needs in the future.\\\" <br /> <br />Ameren Missouri, considered a national utility leader in pollution control, reduced its mass emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO2) by 61 percent and mass emissions of nitrogen oxide (NOx) by 75 percent between 1990 and 2009 (See the Emission Reduction Track Record Chart at the end of this release.) The company has been particularly effective in developing innovative techniques to lower NOx emission levels at its coal-fired power plants, which serve as national models for the utility industry.   <br /> <br />Since the late 1970s, the company has improved particulate collection to the point that Ameren Missouri is collecting approximately 99 percent of all particulate emissions from the stacks of its plants.   <br /> <br />In addition, the company proactively installed a scrubber at its coal-fired plant in Portage des Sioux north of St. Louis---at a cost of approximately $600 million to remove sulfur compounds from the Sioux Plant\\\'s combustion gases before those gases are discharged into the atmosphere.  The scrubber is expected to eliminate almost all sulfur dioxide emissions from the plant. <br /> <br />\\\"We have been, and will continue to be, good environmental stewards, as evidenced by our strong track record for reducing emissions for decades,\\\" said Birk, who pointed out that Missouri, in enacting state regulations to implement the Clean Air Act, expressly adopted a broad definition of \\\"routine maintenance.\\\"   <br /> <br />Birk added, \\\"State regulations have appropriately applied a commonsense understanding of permitting requirements so that Missouri utilities could respond to customer energy needs quickly and efficiently.\\\"   <br /> <br />The company stated that the ultimate resolution of this litigation could take several years.</p>\";s:10:\"category_0\";s:1:\"4\";}'),(2875,1105,4,4,1295372623,'a:26:{s:9:\"weblog_id\";s:1:\"4\";s:8:\"entry_id\";s:0:\"\";s:6:\"sticky\";s:0:\"\";s:14:\"allow_comments\";s:1:\"n\";s:16:\"allow_trackbacks\";s:1:\"n\";s:10:\"entry_date\";s:19:\"2011-01-18 06:39 AM\";s:15:\"expiration_date\";s:0:\"\";s:23:\"comment_expiration_date\";s:0:\"\";s:8:\"category\";a:2:{i:0;s:1:\"4\";i:1;s:1:\"5\";}s:9:\"author_id\";s:1:\"4\";s:6:\"status\";s:4:\"open\";s:14:\"trackback_urls\";s:0:\"\";s:18:\"versioning_enabled\";s:1:\"y\";s:5:\"title\";s:27:\"Kathy Roemmel to Chair COCA\";s:9:\"url_title\";s:27:\"kathy_roemmel_to_chair_coca\";s:6:\"submit\";s:6:\"Submit\";s:11:\"field_id_26\";s:27:\"Kathy Roemmel to Chair COCA\";s:11:\"field_ft_26\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_31\";s:0:\"\";s:11:\"field_id_44\";s:191:\"Kathy Roemmel, senior director for Dynegy Generation, has been elected as the 2011 Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Council of Owners and Construction Associates, Inc. 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A six- hour NEC Conference offering CEU\\\'s will be held on March 2nd and we expect that over 400 will register for this seminar!   Attending the Expo is free of charge but there are fees required to attend the seminars.  <br /> <br />The Expo is held every three years.&nbsp; Over 3,700 attended in 2008.&nbsp;   Register before February 14th deadline at <a href=\\\"http://www.electricalboard.org\\\">www.electricalboard.org.</a><br /></p>\n<p>For additional information on Electrical Expo 2011, please call The Electrical Board of Missouri and Illinois office at 636/305-6434 or go online at <a href=\\\"http://www.electricalboard.org\\\">www.electricalboard.org </a></p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\";s:10:\"category_0\";s:1:\"4\";s:10:\"category_1\";s:1:\"5\";}'),(2877,1101,2,4,1295399836,'a:29:{s:9:\"weblog_id\";s:1:\"2\";s:8:\"entry_id\";s:4:\"1101\";s:6:\"sticky\";s:1:\"n\";s:14:\"allow_comments\";s:1:\"n\";s:16:\"allow_trackbacks\";s:1:\"n\";s:10:\"entry_date\";s:19:\"2011-01-18 05:53 AM\";s:15:\"expiration_date\";s:0:\"\";s:23:\"comment_expiration_date\";s:0:\"\";s:8:\"category\";a:1:{i:0;s:2:\"15\";}s:9:\"author_id\";s:1:\"4\";s:10:\"new_weblog\";s:1:\"2\";s:6:\"status\";s:4:\"open\";s:14:\"trackback_urls\";s:0:\"\";s:18:\"versioning_enabled\";s:1:\"y\";s:5:\"title\";s:34:\"Cannon Office Wins AIA Honor Award\";s:9:\"url_title\";s:34:\"cannon_office_wins_aia_honor_award\";s:6:\"submit\";s:6:\"Update\";s:10:\"field_id_5\";s:34:\"Cannon Office Wins AIA Honor Award\";s:10:\"field_ft_5\";s:4:\"none\";s:10:\"field_id_9\";s:463:\"The \\\"Power House\\\" renovation/restoration project, St. Louis offices of  Cannon Design, an international architectural, engineering, interior design and planning firm, has been honored with a national American Institute of Architects 2011 Institute Honor Award in the category of Interior Architecture. 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New floors added within the building\\\'s massive volume accommodate 100 employees, Mezzanines preserve the signature arched windows on the north and east elevations, while providing exhibit space for the firm as well as a venue for the community.</p>\n<p>Earning LEED Gold status, the Power House is the recipient of more than 20 design awards, including both a Green Good Design Award and an International Architecture Award by the prestigious Chicago Athenaeum:  Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies.  Other accolades include being named one of the \\\"World\\\'s Coolest Converted Office Spaces\\\" by Inc. and Architizer magazines.</p>\n<p>Thomas C. 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We would absolutely recommend their services and look forward to working with them in the future.\\\"<br />The upscale community offers a range of apartment sizes, all complete with the kind of chic luxury amenities needed for a carefree, enjoyable lifestyle.</p>\n<p>The $26 million, three-story building community totals 211,000 square feet. With 216 living units, residents can choose from spacious one-bedroom, two-bedroom with two full baths, and one-bedroom with den configurations. Apartment homes feature all-electric appliances, plank flooring, granite-look countertops and full-size washer and dryer for added convenience. Every apartment home is fiber-optic wired for Internet and cable.</p>\n<p>Throughout the property there are 36 fully-enclosed garages each with automatic garage door openers provided. The one-story clubhouse includes a community room with quartz countertops, gas fireplace, state-of-the-art fitness center, and a 24-hour business center. 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Exhibit A focuses on drawings and watercolor paintings, not buildings. 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Polzin joined four other St. Louisans in the show.</p>\n<p>In addition to Polzin, the St. Louisans in Exhibit A consisted of Kent Turner and:</p>\n<p>&bull; Hansman, who is founder of \\\"City Faces\\\", a community art program for impoverished children living in public housing, and director of the Hewlett Program in Architecture, an undergraduate program introducing students to cultural and social dimensions of architecture and the built environment.</p>\n<p>&bull; Adrian Luchini, professor in the College of Architecture at Washington University and founder of LuchiniAD, who is well-known in St. Louis for his design for the William L. Clay Sr. Early Childhood Development/Parenting Education Center at Harris-Stowe State University. He is also a painter, whose works have been shown in the United States and Latin America. 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Exhibit A focuses on drawings and watercolor paintings, not buildings. While that focus emphasizes that even contemporary architecture has roots in art, it also underscores the widening gap between architecture and fine art.</p>\n<p>According to Steve Doherty, editor-in-chief of American Artist magazine, the organized discipline of fine art no longer embraces drawing. \\\"The fine-art departments in colleges and university have discontinued their drawing and watercolor painting courses,\\\" he said.</p>\n<p>Schools of architecture, however, \\\"still teach students to use graphite, colored pencil, gouache, and watercolor to create believable visualizations,\\\" he said.</p>\n<p>Washington University still teaches drawing in both art and architectural schools, but students abandon hand drawing in favor of computer drawing as quickly as they can, said  Robert Hansman, associate professor, Washington University College of Architecture/Graduate School of Architecture and Urban Design.</p>\n<p>\\\"There was more drawing on display at this show than you would see at the architecture school,\\\" he said.</p>\n<p>Hansman said the loss of drawing skills could ultimately cause harm to the practice of architectural design. \\\"They are losing the connection between process and product,\\\" he said.</p>\n<p>Thus, one benefit of shows like Exhibit A: Art by Architects, is that they could bring architects\\\' attention back to the role that drawing has in the development of design ideas.</p>\n<p>\\\"I draw and sketch a lot to develop ideas... [and] I do a lot of thinking through watercolor painting,\\\" said David Polzin, principal designer, Cannon Design. \\\"For me, the most interesting ideas for projects emerge out of sketches. It is the errant wandering of the pen, the imprecision of a drawing that opens up new ideas,\\\" he said.</p>\n<p>Polzin\\\'s colleagues credit him with \\\"masterminding\\\" the design for building modern office space within the skeleton of the historic Municipal Power House in downtown St. Louis. That inspired renovation has won 20 awards, including the 2010 International Architecture Award from the Chicago Athenaeum and the European Centre for Architecture and most recently a National USA Award for Architecture in Bloomberg Television\\\'s International <img alt=\\\"Andos Ghost\\\" class=\\\"image-right\\\" height=\\\"419\\\" src=\\\"/images/uploads/andosghost.jpg\\\" style=\\\"float: left;\\\" title=\\\"&quot;Ando\\\'s Ghost&quot; by St. Louis architect Andrew Raimist\\\" width=\\\"305\\\" />Property Awards competition.</p>\n<p>Polzin has been involved in organizing Exhibit A since its inception. \\\"Kent had the</p>\n<p>original idea. We all thought it was a great one and got on board.\\\" Kent is Kent Turner, president of Cannon Design and formerly director of the firm\\\'s midwest region.</p>\n<h4><br /></h4>\n<h4><br /></h4>\n<h4><br /></h4>\n<h4><br /></h4>\n<h4><br /></h4>\n<h4><br /></h4>\n<h4><br /></h4>\n<h4></h4>\n<h4></h4>\n<h4><br /></h4>\n<h4><br /></h4>\n<h4><br /></h4>\n<h4><br /></h4>\n<h4><br /></h4>\n<h4><br /></h4>\n<h4><br /></h4>\n<h4>\\\"Ando\\\'s Ghost\\\" by ST. 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Polzin joined four other St. Louisans in the show.</p>\n<p>In addition to Polzin, the St. Louisans in Exhibit A consisted of Kent Turner and:</p>\n<p>&bull; Hansman, who is founder of \\\"City Faces\\\", a community art program for impoverished children living in public housing, and director of the Hewlett Program in Architecture, an undergraduate program introducing students to cultural and social dimensions of architecture and the built environment.</p>\n<p>&bull; Adrian Luchini, professor in the College of Architecture at Washington University and founder of LuchiniAD, who is well-known in St. Louis for his design for the William L. Clay Sr. Early Childhood Development/Parenting Education Center at Harris-Stowe State University. He is also a painter, whose works have been shown in the United States and Latin America. 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On January 26, Michael Van Valkenburgh took the wraps off of design revisions and Walter Metcalfe, a lawyer downtown and board member of CityArchRiver2015, unveiled a sharply higher cost estimate.</p>\n<p>Van Valkenburgh, whose firm leads the design team that was selected to redesign the landscape of the Arch grounds and a larger park area that will run from Citygarden eastward to Illinois Route 3, announced several major changes while preserving the central element of the new design: enlarging the underground museum and moving the museum entrance to Memorial Drive. Some of the changes will help hold down costs on a projects whose estimated budget requirements have ballooned to almost $600 million.</p>\n<p>The centerpiece of the plan is still the development of a new, larger museum underneath the Arch. In addition to carving out space for a 50,000-square-foot expansion of the underground museum, other major earth moving projects will include regrading the north end of the park after the demolition of the existing parking garage so that it slopes gently to align with the Laclede\\\'s Landing district through the arches of the Eads Bridge; regrading the western end of Kiener plaza to street level after the demolition of the Morton D. May Memorial Amphitheater; and the creation of a 60 acre park and wildlife refuge on the East St. Louis bank of the Mississippi River. The aim is to have all the work done by October 28, 2015.</p>\n<p>What\\\'s out of the new plan: underground parking, water taxis, removal of the maintenance building and construction of a beer garden/ice skating rink on the south end of the park, replacing Leonor K. 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Exhibit A focuses on drawings and watercolor paintings, not buildings. 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Polzin joined four other St. Louisans in the show.</p>\n<p>In addition to Polzin, the St. Louisans in Exhibit A consisted of Kent Turner and:</p>\n<p>&bull; Hansman, who is founder of \\\"City Faces\\\", a community art program for impoverished children living in public housing, and director of the Hewlett Program in Architecture, an undergraduate program introducing students to cultural and social dimensions of architecture and the built environment.</p>\n<p>&bull; Adrian Luchini, professor in the College of Architecture at Washington University and founder of LuchiniAD, who is well-known in St. Louis for his design for the William L. Clay Sr. Early Childhood Development/Parenting Education Center at Harris-Stowe State University. He is also a painter, whose works have been shown in the United States and Latin America. 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Polzin joined four other St. Louisans in the show.</p>\n<p>In addition to Polzin, the St. Louisans in Exhibit A consisted of Kent Turner and:</p>\n<p>&bull; Hansman, who is founder of \\\"City Faces\\\", a community art program for impoverished children living in public housing, and director of the Hewlett Program in Architecture, an undergraduate program introducing students to cultural and social dimensions of architecture and the built environment.</p>\n<p>&bull; Adrian Luchini, professor in the College of Architecture at Washington University and founder of LuchiniAD, who is well-known in St. Louis for his design for the William L. Clay Sr. Early Childhood Development/Parenting Education Center at Harris-Stowe State University. He is also a painter, whose works have been shown in the United States and Latin America. 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The piece he contributed to the exhibition \nand auction was a watercolor of a prickly pear, which was part of a \nseries of drawings and paintings of desert plants he completed on a \nfamily vacation in Arizona.</p>\n<h4><img alt=\\\"Polzin Watercolor\\\" class=\\\"image-right\\\" height=\\\"206\\\" src=\\\"/images/uploads/polzin.jpg\\\" style=\\\"float: left;\\\" width=\\\"300\\\" /></h4>\n<h4><br /></h4>\n<h4><br /></h4>\n<h4><br /></h4>\n<h4><br /></h4>\n<h4><br /></h4>\n<h4><br /></h4>\n<h4><br /></h4>\n<h4><br /></h4>\n<h4>Watercolor by David Polzin</h4>\n<p>In 2010, the 26 drawings and paintings donated to Exhibit A by architects were joined by nine of the award-winning photos from the American Institute of Architects National Photography Competition, including \\\"Ando\\\'s Ghost,\\\" a photograph taken by St. Louis architect Andrew Raimist at the Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts.</p>\n<p>Laura Augustine, associate vice president and national marketing coordinator for Cannon Design, said over 300 people attended Exhibit A: Art by Architects in November and the event raised $20,000 for COCA\\\'s Urban Arts Outreach Program, which provides free and reduced-cost arts education, performances, and hands-on experiences to 4,000 students a year.</p>\n<p>\\\"We began Art by Architects three years ago to celebrate our new home and connect with the community and the wonderful services it has to offer. 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And it is all for a great cause.\\\"</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\";s:11:\"field_id_42\";s:0:\"\";s:11:\"field_id_43\";s:0:\"\";s:11:\"field_ft_43\";s:4:\"none\";s:10:\"category_0\";s:2:\"16\";}'),(2895,1110,2,4,1296007111,'a:29:{s:9:\"weblog_id\";s:1:\"2\";s:8:\"entry_id\";s:4:\"1110\";s:6:\"sticky\";s:1:\"n\";s:14:\"allow_comments\";s:1:\"n\";s:16:\"allow_trackbacks\";s:1:\"n\";s:10:\"entry_date\";s:19:\"2011-01-25 12:05 PM\";s:15:\"expiration_date\";s:0:\"\";s:23:\"comment_expiration_date\";s:0:\"\";s:8:\"category\";a:1:{i:0;s:2:\"16\";}s:9:\"author_id\";s:1:\"4\";s:10:\"new_weblog\";s:1:\"2\";s:6:\"status\";s:4:\"open\";s:14:\"trackback_urls\";s:0:\"\";s:18:\"versioning_enabled\";s:1:\"y\";s:5:\"title\";s:21:\"Architects As Artists\";s:9:\"url_title\";s:21:\"architects_as_artists\";s:6:\"submit\";s:6:\"Update\";s:10:\"field_id_5\";s:22:\"Architects As Artists \";s:10:\"field_ft_5\";s:4:\"none\";s:10:\"field_id_9\";s:269:\"St. Louis is home to a unique yearly event that draws attention to architects as artists, thanks to the staff of Cannon Design.\n\nThe annual \\\"Exhibit A\\\" art auction to benefit a local charity features art work by internationally known architects from around the world.\";s:10:\"field_ft_9\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_13\";s:0:\"\";s:10:\"field_id_7\";s:27:\"artists, architects, Cannon\";s:10:\"field_ft_7\";s:4:\"none\";s:10:\"field_id_8\";s:8247:\"<p>St. Louis is home to a unique yearly event that draws attention to architects as artists, thanks to the staff of Cannon Design.</p>\n<p>The annual \\\"Exhibit A\\\" art auction to benefit a local charity features art work by internationally known architects from around the world.</p>\n<p>Yes, once upon a time architecture was the work of artists - think of Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Bernini - but the vocations of artists and architect have been parting company for almost two centuries, and the distance between them seems to lengthen with each passing year.</p>\n<p>Now, when an architects is called an artist, it typically is for the sculptural qualities of his or her buildings, as with Frank Gehry, Daniel Libeskind, and Santiago Calatrava.</p>\n<p>Exhibit A is different. Exhibit A focuses on drawings and watercolor paintings, not buildings. While that focus emphasizes that even contemporary architecture has roots in art, it also underscores the widening gap between architecture and fine art.</p>\n<p>According to Steve Doherty, editor-in-chief of American Artist magazine, the organized discipline of fine art no longer embraces drawing. \\\"The fine-art departments in colleges and university have discontinued their drawing and watercolor painting courses,\\\" he said.</p>\n<p>Schools of architecture, however, \\\"still teach students to use graphite, colored pencil, gouache, and watercolor to create believable visualizations,\\\" he said.</p>\n<p>Washington University still teaches drawing in both art and architectural schools, but students abandon hand drawing in favor of computer drawing as quickly as they can, said  Robert Hansman, associate professor, Washington University College of Architecture/Graduate School of Architecture and Urban Design.</p>\n<p>\\\"There was more drawing on display at this show than you would see at the architecture school,\\\" he said.</p>\n<p>Hansman said the loss of drawing skills could ultimately cause harm to the practice of architectural design. \\\"They are losing the connection between process and product,\\\" he said.</p>\n<p>Thus, one benefit of shows like Exhibit A: Art by Architects, is that they could bring architects\\\' attention back to the role that drawing has in the development of design ideas.</p>\n<p>\\\"I draw and sketch a lot to develop ideas... [and] I do a lot of thinking through watercolor painting,\\\" said David Polzin, principal designer, Cannon Design. \\\"For me, the most interesting ideas for projects emerge out of sketches. It is the errant wandering of the pen, the imprecision of a drawing that opens up new ideas,\\\" he said.</p>\n<p>Polzin\\\'s colleagues credit him with \\\"masterminding\\\" the design for building modern office space within the skeleton of the historic Municipal Power House in downtown St. Louis. That inspired renovation has won 20 awards, including the 2010 International Architecture Award from the Chicago Athenaeum and the European Centre for Architecture and most recently a National USA Award for Architecture in Bloomberg Television\\\'s International <img alt=\\\"Andos Ghost\\\" class=\\\"image-right\\\" height=\\\"308\\\" src=\\\"/images/uploads/andosghost.jpg\\\" style=\\\"float: left;\\\" title=\\\"&quot;Ando\\\'s Ghost&quot; by St. Louis architect Andrew Raimist\\\" width=\\\"231\\\" />Property Awards competition.</p>\n<p>Polzin has been involved in organizing Exhibit A since its inception. \\\"Kent had the</p>\n<p>original idea. We all thought it was a great one and got on board.\\\" Kent is Kent Turner, president of Cannon Design and formerly director of the firm\\\'s midwest region.</p>\n<h4><br /></h4>\n<h4><br /></h4>\n<h4><br /></h4>\n<h4><br /></h4>\n<h4><br /></h4>\n<h4><br /></h4>\n<h4><br /></h4>\n<h4><br /></h4>\n<h4><br /></h4>\n<h4><br /></h4>\n<h4><br /></h4>\n<h4><br /></h4>\n<h4><br /></h4>\n<h4>\\\"Ando\\\'s Ghost\\\" by ST. Louis<br />Architect Andrew Raimist</h4>\n<p>\\\"My primary role is organizing the list of people we will solicit and making sure it is a list of renowned people,\\\" Polzin said.</p>\n<p>Unlike the very few other art by architects events in the U.S. - Philadelphia\\\'s Center for Architecture has sponsored such an exhibition and auction for since 2007, and the American Institute of Architects  Baton Rouge sponsored one this year - Exhibit A is not primarily a showcase for local architects.</p>\n<p>\\\"We wanted to focus on national and international talent,\\\" said Polzin. \\\"Part of it is to elevate the cachet of the work and generate excitement by asking for contributions from Pritzker Prize winners and people who are internationally recognized as premier architects in the world,\\\" he said.</p>\n<p>The drawings and watercolors auctioned off in the latest show on November 18, 2010, included works by Frank Barkow of Barkow Leibinger in  Berlin, Germany; Portuguese architect Eduardo Souto De Moura; Wolf Prix of Coop Himmelb(l)au in Vienna, Austria; and Ben Van Berkel of Unstudio in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.</p>\n<p>Prominent American architects who donated work to the exhibition included Pritzker Prize winner Thom Mayne and famed architects Marlon Blackwell, Steve Ehrlich, Michael Graves, Steven Holl, and Helmut Jahn.</p>\n<p>Polzin contributed his own artwork to the exhibition for the first time in 2010. \\\"We\\\'ve been sparing about making it a bunch of Cannon people, but as we were sitting around in a committee talking about it, someone said to me, \\\'why don\\\'t you contribute something,\\\' and I did,\\\" he said. Polzin joined four other St. Louisans in the show.</p>\n<p>In addition to Polzin, the St. Louisans in Exhibit A consisted of Kent Turner and:</p>\n<p>&bull; Hansman, who is founder of \\\"City Faces\\\", a community art program for impoverished children living in public housing, and director of the Hewlett Program in Architecture, an undergraduate program introducing students to cultural and social dimensions of architecture and the built environment.</p>\n<p>&bull; Adrian Luchini, professor in the College of Architecture at Washington University and founder of LuchiniAD, who is well-known in St. Louis for his design for the William L. Clay Sr. Early Childhood Development/Parenting Education Center at Harris-Stowe State University. He is also a painter, whose works have been shown in the United States and Latin America. And</p>\n<p>&bull; George Nikolajevich, design principal, Cannon Design, recipient of over 40 design awards, who\n was elected a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects for design\n excellence in 1999.</p>\n<p>Polzin said he likes to draw and paint watercolors for his own \npleasure when he has time. The piece he contributed to the exhibition \nand auction was a watercolor of a prickly pear, which was part of a \nseries of drawings and paintings of desert plants he completed on a \nfamily vacation in Arizona.</p>\n<h4><img alt=\\\"Polzin Watercolor\\\" class=\\\"image-right\\\" height=\\\"206\\\" src=\\\"/images/uploads/polzin.jpg\\\" style=\\\"float: left;\\\" width=\\\"300\\\" /></h4>\n<h4><br /></h4>\n<h4><br /></h4>\n<h4><br /></h4>\n<h4><br /></h4>\n<h4><br /></h4>\n<h4><br /></h4>\n<h4><br /></h4>\n<h4><br /></h4>\n<h4><br /></h4>\n<h4><br /></h4>\n<h4>Watercolor by David Polzin</h4>\n<p>In 2010, the 26 drawings and paintings donated to Exhibit A by architects were joined by nine of the award-winning photos from the American Institute of Architects National Photography Competition, including \\\"Ando\\\'s Ghost,\\\" a photograph taken by St. Louis architect Andrew Raimist at the Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts.</p>\n<p>Laura Augustine, associate vice president and national marketing coordinator for Cannon Design, said over 300 people attended Exhibit A: Art by Architects in November and the event raised $20,000 for COCA\\\'s Urban Arts Outreach Program, which provides free and reduced-cost arts education, performances, and hands-on experiences to 4,000 students a year.</p>\n<p>\\\"We began Art by Architects three years ago to celebrate our new home and connect with the community and the wonderful services it has to offer. 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