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.
Interstate 64 running through downtown Louisville made it to 7th place on the Freeways Without Futures: Nation's Least Wanted Highways list from the Congress For The New Urbanism. The list includes highways in some of the most progressive cities...
There's another lawsuit being brought against the Louisville Arena Authority alleging Kentucky state procurement laws weren't followed properly in selecting a construction company. RAM Engineering & Construction is upset that Mortenson Co. selected VEIT Construction Company without being allowed...
The renovation work at the historic water tower located near the intersection of Zorn Avenue and River Road has entered its second phase and should be done early next year. The tower, built in the Classical-Revival style between 1858...
An old red brick 19th-century warehouse is in the process of being torn at the corner of Main Street and 18th Street on the border between the Portland and Russell neighborhoods. This isn't your normal demolition, however. It seems...
The sleepy suburb of Anchorage has been slowly transforming itself from interurban train-stop / summer house neighborhood into a full-time bedroom community over the past 100 years. Recently, however, town patron and pizza magnate John Schnatter has been transforming...
The IdeaFestival will be rolling out the orange carpets next week at the Kentucky International Convention Center as thinkers from all over the world descend on Louisville to stir up some provoking thoughts and dialogues. Many events over the...
Louisville is seeing a resurgence of green architecture that no one planned for.... and no one really wants. A tipster has pointed out the tree above growing on the side of a building on the corner of West Main...
Back in 2005, we noticed the rendering below by Forza Architecture taped to the window of a dirty grey building on the corner of 18th Street and Market Street on the border of the Russell and Portland neighborhoods. The...
The National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) will be moving their national headquarters from Old Louisville to the Museum District of West Main Street downtown. The organization will also be building a history museum and...