Branden Klayko

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Branden founded Broken Sidewalk in 2008 while practicing architecture in Louisville. He continued the site for seven years while living in New York City, returning to Louisville in 2016. Branden is a graduate of the College of Architecture at Washington University in St. Louis, and has covered architecture, design, and urbanism for The Architect's Newspaper, Designers & Books, Inhabitat, and the American Institute of Architects.
The University of Louisville's School of Urban & Public Affairs is hosting the Ideal City Conference beginning tomorrow, July 22 and running through the weekend - and you're invited. Beginning each day at 8:30 a.m., Professor John Gilderbloom has...
Just in case you need a late afternoon break, here's some great time-lapse footage from Tokyo. Why? Because cities are awesome. It's called Floating Point and was made by Samuel Cockeday. You might also enjoy this similar video of...
The long-awaited Sunergos Coffee on Woodlawn Avenue in the Beechmont neighborhood finally opened on July 7th according to the Beechmont Blog. You can check out all the details and a construction tour I wrote last year. Should be a...
A narrow building at 1013 Bardstown Road is being renovated for use as a live-work gallery space. Casey Emrich and Will Garner are renovating the 19th century house with a 1920s-era, 520 square foot commercial space in front space...
Big changes are planned at the Urban Design Studio on Third Street at Muhammad Ali Boulevard. Patrick Piuma, director of the UDS, said that with the recent departure of the University of Kentucky College of Design as a participating member,...
A large building on the corner of Quadrant and Stevens Avenues in the Deer Park neighborhood could soon make way for a surface level parking lot. A tipster recently spotted an Intent to Demolish sign on the oldest corner...
Seriously, folks. If you haven't been to a Car Free Happy Hour yet, you're missing out. (Okay, I admittedly haven't been, but I have a pretty good excuse being a thousand miles away.) I'm hearing from people all over town...
While we're on the topic (and it's been oh, so long since we have been on the topic), it's worth taking a look at probably the coolest video-rendering ever made of Louisville. This video was made by the amazing...
With the planned announcement today about Museum Plaza just a few hours away, take a look back at the last time such notable figures gathered at the Museum Plaza site with such optimism and excitement. Who can forget that...