Louisville Ballet Center WHAT Arts + Museums WHERE Louisville, KY WHEN 2013 This headquarters facility combined an existing industrial building with a new addition. The form and materials of the addition express the movement, energy and the gravitational defiance of dance. Huge windows reveal the rehearsing figures to passersby. The plan efficiently compartmentalizes administrative and…
Speed Museum Garage WHAT Architecture WHERE Louisville, KY WHEN 2013 This 300-car parking structure and related site development re-establishes the importance of a major diagonal campus pedestrian-way and creates an intimate approach to the museum entrance, while complying with University height and footprint restrictions. The basic ‘L’ shape of the parking diagram is contrasted with…
Danville Downtown Garage WHAT Architecture WHERE Danville, KY WHEN 2013 Joseph & Joseph + Bravura was commissioned to study the demand for new parking in the historic business district and to produce a feasibility study. The results of this study gave rise to Danville’s first parking structure. The three-story brick and steel mesh structure is…
Paul Schultz WHAT Interiors WHERE Louisville, KY WHEN 2013 In relocating Paul Schultz into a tenant space in the entertainment district, Fourth Street Live, the ad agency wanted to enliven their image. The design utilized vivid colors and playful elements in the space to do just that. A curving display wall welcomes the client in…
Humana Waterside Building WHAT Architecture WHERE Louisville, KY WHEN 2013 The historic Belknap Hardware and Manufacturing Company complex on the edge of downtown Louisville was adapted for a new use as a high-technology business center for the insurance operations of Humana Inc. This 650,000 sq. ft. industrial behemoth was made to serve new contemporary needs,…
Seven Counties Services – Shelby County WHAT Architecture WHERE Shelby County, KY WHEN 2013 This new prototype facility was designed to provide outpatient treatment and support for mental health, family counseling, domestic abuse, alcohol and drug abuse, and developmental disabilities. The need for rigorous segregation of treatment modalities while providing interconnected staff-support facilities was respected…
Seven Counties Services – Bullitt County WHAT Architecture WHERE Bullitt County, KY WHEN 2013 This new prototype facility was designed to provide outpatient treatment and support for mental health, family counseling, domestic abuse, alcohol and drug abuse, and developmental disabilities. The need for rigorous segregation of treatment modalities while providing interconnected staff-support facilities was respected…
Red7e WHAT Interiors WHERE Louisville, KY WHEN 1995 Having recently merged with another advertising group, the client required a larger office space. They decided to stay in their current space and expand laterally to an adjacent building. The main objective of the design was to create a clarity of spatial planning by visually linking the…
Oldham County YMCA WHAT Architecture WHERE Oldham County WHEN 2013 Visitors to this new fitness and wellness facility for Metro Louisville YMCA are greeted with a dramatic central atrium space of heavy timber construction. The main lobby reinforces the sense of a community lodge within the rolling tree-filled site. Flanking the atrium are locker rooms,…
LHI Sales Headquarters WHAT Interiors WHERE Louisville, KY WHEN 2012 A non-descript warehouse and office building has been transformed into this demonstration showroom for a commercial lighting company. Each of the new spaces displays unique light fixtures from various product lines, giving architects and designers the ability to see how the fixtures will look and…
