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The largest architectural firm in Kentucky, Luckett & Farley employs a unique, integrated multi-disciplinary approach to design in order to enhance the human experience at every scale – from the built environment to the objects in a room. Our mission is to provide our clients with innovative design solutions that are functional, sustainable, and beautiful. We believe that architecture is inextricably tied to use, place, client aspirations and cultural traditions. For us, great spaces are those that cannot be imagined anywhere else. We strive to make the ordinary extraordinary – functionally and aesthetically. We believe that good design is humanistic, familiar, accessible and intuitive. Our portfolio demonstrates we have excelled at this for over 155 years.
Our architects and designers are highly experienced in the latest design trends – when not setting them – covering numerous industry sectors. We get to the heart of your project and your vision by listening and engaging you in a dialog of collaboration in which ideas are exchanged and consensus is reached – early and continually through the course of the project’s myriad phases.
This project included the complete demolition and renovation of a 5,800sf ground-level space for a new live performance studio in downtown Manhattan, New York. The space is located directly over the NYC subway system, which posed specific design considerations for vibration and low frequency noise control. The performance area slab was remediated to receive a [more...]
Luckett & Farley provided services for this project located in a historic building that was formerly an AT&T headquarters. It is now the new home of Clear Channel’s New York FM operations, a complex consisting of 29 studios. Five stations occupy 120,000 square feet of the second, third and fourth floors. Three of the stations [more...]
Luckett & Farley provided comprehensive design services for a 68,800sf tenant improvement fit out for general offices, training facilities, performance studio and consisted of consolidating 7 radio stations.
The building resides in a floodplain, requiring special design considerations. Tower site requiring construction around a buried radial grounding system. Originally constructed in 1923, imposing restrictions on the integration of the new construction and the existing structures. Incorporates concrete,masonry, steel, EIFS, landscaping and building access considerations for an elevated building. Building occupied by the administrative, [more...]
Luckett & Farley provided design services for a 58,000 square feet Renovation of one floor of a high rise building for the relocation of 9 radio stations.
This project consisted of the renovation of an existing concrete building to house five FM and four AM radio stations, one performance studio and two television stations, in addition to exhibit space and administrative and sales offices. Before renovations
Luckett & Farley provided site, structural, architectural, mechanical, plumbing and electrical design services for Aspen Creek Restaurant in Fayetteville, North Carolina, This restaurant was modeled conceptually in 3D and developed for construction documents utilizing Revit building information modeling software. The facility supports approximately 100 diners and a full service kitchen with multiple hoods, cooking, food [more...]
Luckett and Farley provided architectural and engineering services for the renovation of and addition to the Shawnee Branch of the Louisviile Free Public Library. The project calls for the creation of “an inspiring Community Gathering Place, a building welcoming to all age groups, a flexible and sustainable building,” and “a building that fosters creativity.” The [more...]
The training facility, designed and constructed at the same time as the new football stadium, includes the following features: A 9,600sf Strength Training A 5,500sf Rehab Area 120 Team Lockers 3 Practice Fields Academic Hall for Student Athletes UofL Football Hall of Fame Head Coach’s Office, Recruiting Lounge & Players’ Lounge
A new baseball stadium was designed for the University of Louisville. Sited near the football stadium, also designed by Luckett & Farley, it is a popular facility for the team and fans. Areas of the stadium include: 1,500 seat capacity, expandable to 2,500 seats Artificial turf playing surface including base paths Chair-back seating Concessions areas [more...]
In my last entry, “Preparing Your Facility for a Joint Commission Review,” we discussed what the Joint Commission is, what it does, and laid the groundwork for a Joint Commission review. This entry looks at the review process a little further, focusing on the role of the Life Safety Specialist. The Life Safety Specialist: dotting [more...]
It’s a normal day at your healthcare facility—doctors and nurses are buzzing about tending to patients, clerks are pulling files and directing visitors. Then, an official looking group of people step onto the premises—a Joint Commission survey team. Is your facility prepared? While at the Kentucky Healthcare Coalition Conference last month, I had the opportunity [more...]
I am very excited to be part of a project sponsored by the Girl Scouts of Kentuckiana and Habitat for Humanity called “The House That Girls Built.” To celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the Girl Scouts, the Girls Scouts of Kentuckiana and Habitat for Humanity of Metro Louisville have partnered to build a house, anticipating [more...]
A strange consequence of this disappointing economy we’re experiencing has been the immense activity seen in the Commercial and Industrial markets. The advent of competitive lease rates has forged increased movement from companies finding it wise to either relocate or purchase a building. Like the housing market, the cost of purchasing (even with the improvement [more...]
The office building is certainly the great architectural icon of the 20th century. Office towers dominate the skylines of cities on every continent. They symbolize the enormous change that came about in the last one hundred years, not to mention, the wealth and prosperity of the businesses that own them. But that was then and this is [more...]
I recently had an idea to map all of the Henry Whitestone and DX Murphy buildings in Louisville, the buildings that left a legacy for Luckett & Farley to be proud of. What I thought would take a couple of hours to compile quickly morphed into a fascinating research project that is seemingly unending. There [more...]
If you write anything and someone actually reads it, consider yourself darn fortunate. Time and attention spans are short. Every day I have to make a choice which articles, blogs, emails, newsletters, books, magazines and websites to read. I’ve pulled a few I find valuable and easy to digest. Sources for Quick Marketing Inspiration In addition to SMPS, [more...]
In a struggling economy many organizations are faced with reducing capital costs while maintaining or increasing operational goals. These pressures have led many to begin reevaluating their current workspace needs. Companies may have an over abundant amount of real estate with no tangible way of deciphering exactly how much; combined with reduced workforces, they can’t afford [more...]
A quick follow-up on my last blog post with a real life example that happened this week: I am currently working on business occupancy office renovation project for one of our healthcare clients. My mechanical engineers are running load calculations for the required heating and air conditioning load. Two key pieces of information needed for this [more...]
In the A/E world there are a lot of firms that say “We do BIM,” but what does that really mean? My definition of BIM (Building Information Modeling) is the virtual construction of the building by the architects and engineers working on the project. A total BIM will contain all building components from the foundations [more...]
