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.
Please consider attending tomorrow's meeting of the Downtown Development Review Overlay (DDRO) committee discussing the Omni Hotel & Residences. This is one of the most important forums in recent Louisville history in which the public can help shape the...
On Wednesday, July 29, the Downtown Development Review Overlay (DDRO) committee will again take up discussion around the $289 million (and growing) Omni Hotel & Residences slated for the Water Company Block. You should go. It's taking place at...
There's been a lot of discussion, here and elsewhere, about the design of the planned Omni Hotel & Residences slated for the Water Company Block. There's a lot of great features of the Omni like the new retail, residences, competitiveness...
That other enormous textile mill in Germantown will soon be transformed into 150 loft-style apartments thanks to a partnership of the Marian Development Group, lawyer Ashley Blacketer, and investor Chad Middendorf. Just a few blocks from Underhill Associates' extensive transformation of...
One of the great development mysteries in Louisville is how Bardstown Road through the Highlands hasn't developed with larger mixed-use buildings and hotels along Louisville's most walkable corridor. The lack of modern infill development on an urban scale has been...
Louisville is having a biking moment, and that's thanks in part to the hard work of Chris Glasser, the president of the nonprofit advocacy group Bicycling for Louisville (B4L). Since moving back to his hometown from Portland, Oregon, in 2013, Glasser...
During the 2010 census, Louisville was ranked as the 28th most populous city in the United States. That's not surprising, considering locals get unrestricted access to some of the finest bourbon, the annual Kentucky Derby festivities, and delicious Southern food. But...
One of the most exciting stories in Louisville today is set to take shape on Jefferson Street—a combination coffee roastery and craft bourbon distillery. But first, let's begin at the beginning, and go on till we come to the end, then...
"The meeting was incredible," Brent Bucknam said, describing the hours-long discussion of the Downtown Development Review Overlay (DDRO) committee on Wednesday. Bucknam is an ecologist and designer from Oakland, California who I met in June at the Water Company Block charrette,...