Old Forester Distillery WHAT Architecture WHERE Louisville, KY WHEN 2018 More than 150 years ago, Louisville’s “Whiskey Row” was home to many distilleries and warehouse operations. With the Old Forester Distillery project, Brown-Forman Corporation returns home to a new interactive visitor experience and working distillery in the heart of downtown. Through close collaboration with the…
The Wheelhouse Project WHAT Ideas WHERE Louisville, KY WHEN 2018 Fully synthesizing the unique program for a new Boys and Girls Club with much-needed community green space in the Smoketown neighborhood, the notion of “A Park First” initiated the design approach to The Wheelhouse Project. The site of the former Hillerich & Bradsby’s Louisville Slugger…
Lux Row Distillers WHAT Distillery WHERE Bardstown, KY WHEN 2018 On May 2, 2016, Luxco’s Chairman & CEO Donn Lux and President & COO David Bratcher were joined by the Governor of Kentucky, Matt Bevin, as well as the Mayor of Bardstown, the Nelson County Judge and other state and city dignitaries to officially break…
Omni Louisville Hotel WHAT Hotel WHERE Louisville, KY WHEN 2016 In 2016, Joseph & Joseph Architects partnered with HKS Architects to provide a wide range of Construction Administration services during the two-year construction build-out of the Omni Hotel located in downtown Louisville. The highly anticipated mixed-use building combines over 600 luxury hotel rooms and 225…
James E. Pepper Distillery WHAT Distillery WHERE Lexington, KY WHEN 2017 The Pepper family brand of whiskey is an iconic Kentucky whiskey brand initially produced during the American Revolution and continued through 1967. The family built and operated two main distilleries: one is now the home of Woodford Reserve, and the second was the James…
Bardstown Bourbon Company WHAT Distillery WHERE Bardstown, KY WHEN 2016 This distillery, which opened in 2016, offers wholesale customers the opportunity to create custom, authentic, Kentucky whiskey products and also provides comprehensive barrel financing. The program promises to expand the explosive growth of the craft distilling industry by providing craft distillers and brand owners high-quality…
The Brown Hotel Green Roof WHAT Hotel Roof Terrace WHERE Louisville, KY WHEN 2017 Joseph & Joseph Architects was chosen to design The Brown Hotel Green Roof. The 4,900 square foot, unoccupied roof was transformed into a sellable event space. The project included removing the roofing, installing new roof supports, new exits, installing a new…
The Brown Hotel Renovation WHAT Hotel WHERE Louisville, KY WHEN 2017 Joseph & Joseph Architects was chosen to design a phased renovation of this historic structure, starting with on the first floor. As a planned upgrade and modernize to the facility, the hotel needed to remove 12,000 square feet of outdated office space to create…
Kentucky Peerless Distillery WHAT Distillery WHERE Louisville, KY WHEN 2015 In this artisan distillery located in a restored 1912 tobacco warehouse, visitors can see where corn, barley and rye are delivered, milled, fermented and then processed through the custom-designed 26-ft. column still. Fourth- and fifth-generation descendants of Peerless’ founder Henry Kraver, combine history and technology…
Four Roses Bourbon – Distillery Expansion WHAT Distillery WHERE Lawrenceburg, KY WHEN 2016 Joseph & Joseph Architects has a long history working with Four Roses Bourbon Distillery. The oldest portions of the distillery were designed by our firm in 1909. We were honored to have been selected to head up the design team for the…
