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.
Okay, so it's a little late in the game to be throwing cheers towards the 21C Museum Hotel for being named best hotel in the United States and 6th best in the world by Condé Nast Traveler, but better...
While walking along Floyd Street at the University of Louisville, I was astonished to find a fancy new crosswalk installed to connect the Swain Student Activities Center with the Cardinal Park athletic fields. Louisville has plenty of mid-block crosswalks...
While I was in town last week, I had the chance to check out the completed Lincoln Memorial in Waterfront Park for the first time (you may remember our tour of the construction site from October 2008). On my...
The Irish Hill Neighborhood Association announced the winners of a design competition intended to generate ideas for an abandoned brownfield site in the heart of the neighborhood. After a close review of twenty submitted entries from around the world and...
Beginning Friday, the "country's most inspired and inspiring sustainability conference," Bluegrass Bioneers, will be taking place in Louisville at the University of Louisville's Rauch Planetarium. The free event includes speakers, interactive workshops, panels, performances, and a simulcast of the...
A tipster writes in with breaking news that tonight at 9:00pm three Downtown Louisville condo projects will be featured on national television. HGTV's House Hunters show will be looking at the Bycks Lofts, the Fleur de Lis on Main...
There's no doubt you have heard about the Sustainable City Series or perhaps you've even been to a couple of the talks. SSC forums cover various topics from urban agriculture to the future of transportation and bring together some...
Resembling a giant wind-up toy set for an energetic race at high noon, the Louisville Clock or Derby Clock designed by local sculptor Barney Bright has now been painstakingly restored thanks in large part to local businessman Adam Burckle,...
Earlier this summer, a small fire broke out at the old Bauer's / Azalea Restaurant building at 3612 Brownsboro Road. After the smoke had cleared, a tipster snapped these photos of the boarded up former blacksmith shop dating to...