• 01 Harbell's Grill

    Downtown Springfield Builders

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    Harbell's Grill

    For the local sports enthusiast, Harbell's resonates. The sentimental longing for trophies, letterman's jackets, and memorabilia is comfortably exchanged by the audio-visual surplus in its current place. Catch a game. Nostalgia is at the heart of SBI's restoration of a downtown Springfield icon.

  • 02 Carrington Auditorium

    Builders of Performance

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    Carrington Auditorium

    Located within the oldest section of Missouri State University's campus, SBI completed Carrington Auditorium in 2011 to meet increasing student educational space requirements.

    The auditorium combines classroom functionality with performing arts appeal. The acoustical "cube" provides specific performance attributes, concealed mechanical space, as well as fascinating visual effect.

  • 03 Crowder College M.A.R.E.T. Center

    Renewable Energy Builders

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    Crowder College M.A.R.E.T. Center

    This LEED Platinum project serves the region with education, new product development, applied research, and economic development. Our recently constructed mechanical systems for this living laboratory utilize wind energy, solar thermal, solar electricity, daylight, water, and wastewater management.

    "Programs like this (MARET) are crucial to the efforts we have for our economy and for our national security. Our Nation needs to have a new energy policy, an all-of-the-above strategy, and this is definitely part of that all-of-the-above strategy." --Senator Roy Blunt

  • 04 Malkmus Law Firm

    Local Business Builders

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    Malkmus Law Firm

    Business flourishes in the corporate headquarters of a local law firm, where a once vacant and deteriorating downtown building existed. A blend of new and existing industry relationships forged this beneficial project for downtown Springfield.

    Photography by Scott Oglesby, Zoetic Design LLC

  • 05 Environmental Works

    Award winning green builders

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    Environmental Works

    American Institute of Architects 2010 Design Merit Award winner,
    Springfield Contractors Association Project of the Year

    SBI recognizes the importance of Sustainable Design to our future, and the future of our families. This adaptive re-use project utilized an existing warehouse facility as the backbone for a thriving corporate headquarters. The client’s core business centers on sustainability, and SBI’s contributions were essential to meeting a budget inclusive of these practices.

  • 06 Exeter Schools Multi-Purpose

    Builders of solutions within budget

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    Exeter Schools Multi-Purpose

    American Institute of Architects 2010 National Honor Award
    American Institute of Architects 2010 Central States Honor Award
    American Institute of Architects 2010 Springfield Honor Award

    What happens when you blend a wish list of a practice gym, kitchen, cafeteria, and a performing arts center, with the budget of a small rural school district, and very limited site-availability? You get an award winning design and outstanding educational facility, of course.

    This multi-purpose space serves daily functions as a cafeteria and commons area. It also presents extracurricular benefits as practice gym and performing arts center. The designers earned multiple awards from the AIA, and the team successfully satisfied the client’s unique needs. The new plan enclosed a courtyard area with as a centrally located multi-purpose space, connecting five existing buildings under one roof.