The Parklands of Floyds Fork – Leaping Bridges

The Parklands of Floyds Fork – Leaping Bridges WHAT Architecture WHERE Louisville, KY WHEN 2012 The Parkway road and the Louisville Loop Trail provide connectivity and accessibility from one end of The Parklands to the other. Bridges on these routes over Floyds Fork Creek and its tributaries are designed to reinforce that connectivity. They exhibit…

Mercantile Gallery Lofts

Mercantile Gallery Lofts WHAT Architecture WHERE Louisville, KY WHEN 2008 In the heart of the NuLu gallery district, three historical manufacturing and warehouse buildings were adapted to urban loft condominiums in a way that celebrates their historic industrial character.  The suites offer 47 open living spaces with tall ceilings. The interiors integrate new edgy contemporary…

Louisville Waterfront Park

Louisville Waterfront Park WHAT Architecture WHERE Louisville, KY WHEN 2012 Over 80 acres along the Ohio River edge were reclaimed from industrial land to reconnect the downtown to its historic beginnings in this first phase of the waterfront master plan. Working with George Hargreaves & Associates, a landscape of bold geometrics and sculptured forms were…

bCatalyst

bCatalyst WHAT Heritage + Historic WHERE Louisville, KY WHEN 2013 The goal of this venture-capital incubator is to foster the development of emerging e-commerce businesses. Incorporated within a historic, heavy-timbered industrial warehouse is an energetic, interactive and technically advanced interior to enhance that goal. The first-floor lobby spine slices through the space to a playful…

Louisville Ballet Center

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…