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.
A large abandoned industrial plant occupying a slender 7-acre wedge of land between south Fourth Street and the railroad tracks near the University of Louisville is under demolition to make way for a planned mixed-use project called Belknap Crossings...
After picking out a new bike and cycling to work for National Bike to Work Day on May 20, Mayor Fischer was hooked. Upon arriving Downtown, he declared, "This is great, we have to do this more often." It...
Construction continues on an addition to Lincoln Elementary School on the corner of East Main and Campbell streets. Last time we checked in with the project, exterior cladding had yet to be installed, but Bravura Architecture's building masses comprising...
A new high-end streetwear boutique has opened on Muhammad Ali Boulevard between Second and Third streets that hopes to bring big-city fashion to Downtown Louisville. Established was, well, established by Ronel Brown, Desmond Duncan, and Leon Oldham and opened...
Thanks to everyone who helped make Park(ing) Day 2011 such a huge success in Louisville! On Friday, September 16, we transformed six parallel parking spots in the core of Louisville into pop-up parklets for the day (and a seventh...
The iconic Louisville Clock is officially headed to Theater Square. A tipster sent in the above photo showing demolition work on a planted berm on the square's perimeter that will help engineers finalize the foundation plans for the clock...
Kudos to LG&E for doing the right thing and not razing one of Downtown's tiniest structures. The utility substation on Armory Place is on it's third life now, escaping demolition for the parking structure in the 1980s and now...
So close yet so far away. This little retail strip on Taylorsville Road near Bardstown Road (where Fleet Feet will open a new location on October 17) attempts to be urban-minded by placing a parking lot in the back...
Spotted this construction site on Bardstown Road while I was visiting the Holy Grale last week (it's across the street), but I couldn't find too much information about the project. The building permit said the second-story addition will be...