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.
Louisville hasn't seen a week like this week's international architectural press since the old days of Museum Plaza. Coincidentally, it's the same architecture firm bringing in all the attention—Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA). While we broke the news about...
Indianapolis-based developer Milhaus has released new details on its under-construction Frankfort Avenue apartment building in the Clifton neighborhood that the company is calling AMP—what Milhaus said is "a nod to the former use of the site" as the Ready Electric...
For a neighborhood with more nonprofit organizations than private businesses, and a dense concentration of repurposed historic buildings, Shelby Park is a unique, yet oft-forgotten gem. “We’re kind of a nonprofit headquarters,” said Chip Rogalinski, president of the Shelby Park...
Long before the days of urban sprawl, there was density—not just downtown, but also in Louisville's inner ring suburbs. Neighborhoods that once served as the heart of Louisville were sacrificed to the gods of progress—vast swaths of central Louisville,...
The Shawnee neighborhood on the western edge of Louisville is among the city's most historic and well preserved, with block after block of well-kept mansions and bungalows alike. Today, some 13,000 residents call the area home. And soon, 43...
On March 20, Charles, Prince of Wales, and his wife, Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, will touch down in Louisville for a hectic day of royal hullabaloo. According to the Herald-Leader, "Prince Charles is expected to be the keynote speaker...
Forget about those goats, 2015 is the #YearOfTheBike, at least according to Bicycling for Louisville. And the city's bicycling authority, Bike Louisville, is hard at work on the year's first piece of new infrastructure: a set of bike lanes...
We're all familiar with Fort Nelson Park in Downtown Louisville at West Main Street and Seventh Street. It's a manicured pocket park in the heart of Downtown Louisville's cast-iron district. But what used to be there before the park?...
Three buildings line the north side of Chestnut Street between Fourth Street and Fifth Street in Downtown Louisville. Formerly a series of strip clubs and largely written off by many Louisville leaders, the block has been steadily changing in...