Renovations

AIA-CKC Home Tour: Bethany Adams reconfigures a dilapidated 1870s Italianate in...

On Saturday, June 11, the Central Kentucky Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA-CKC) will host its annual Home Tour and this year, we're...

When the Process Works: The case of 1904–1908 Bardstown Road and...

Cynicism is easy. When I first saw the Broken Sidewalk coverage of proposed changes at 1904–1908 Bardstown Road, my reaction was negative, definitely not hopeful....

AIA-CKC Home Tour: Anne Del Prince on opening up a traditional...

On Saturday, June 11, the Central Kentucky Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA-CKC) will host its annual Home Tour and this year, we're...

How over 70 volunteers helped restore the Appalachian home where Hatfield-McCoy...

In what the main expert called "the largest volunteer historic preservation event in the history of America," 70 or more volunteers from several states...

Architects to showcase top Louisville residential projects in annual Home Tour

More than any other kind of building, Louisville is a city of houses. Walking through the neighborhoods that make our city great can be...

Arts & Crafts storefront change to go before Bardstown Road Overlay...

The character of old buildings shines through in their authenticity, whether that's history, age or patina, design, materials, or quirk. A single-story stretch of...

Andy Blieden’s Butcher Block shows the strength of small-scale economic development

On the edge of Butchertown, East Main Street bends to become Story Avenue. On this block, a row of sorry looking shotgun houses and boarded...

Traditional Vietnamese street food restaurant, Pho Ba Luu, to anchor East...

When you walk into the completed Pho Ba Luu restaurant later this year, you'll notice a fresh combination of old and new architecture. The...

Years after plans announced, Art Deco school ready for senior apartment...

Sitting in the center of the Jacobs neighborhood just west of Churchill Downs is a beautiful old school building designed in the Art Deco...