The City of Louisville sought to enhance Jefferson Memorial Forest’s accessibility and ecological resilience, ensuring it remains a cherished natural resource for generations. Focused on the Tom Wallace Lake Recreation Area, the city aimed to improve access, expand recreational amenities, and preserve the surrounding environment.
In partnership with Shepherdsville’s local leaders, Luckett & Farley designed a holistic wellness center to enhance community amenities, creating a vibrant hub for recreation and connection in this growing Louisville suburb.
To help Bardstown meet the needs of its growing community, Luckett & Farley collaborated with local leaders to create a holistic wellness center that serves as a central hub for recreation and community engagement.
Luckett and Farley collaborated closely with the City of New Albany to revitalize its downtown corridor. The relocation of the city hall to a beautifully restored historical building on Main Street was a catalyst for improving pedestrian safety and the overall visual appeal of this prominent area.
Louisville Metro Parks sought to revitalize the historic Frederick Law Olmsted-designed Chickasaw Park in Louisville’s West End to address longstanding community concerns, environmental challenges, and the need for safe, accessible recreational spaces. The city envisioned a transformation that would foster community trust, improve public amenities, and restore the natural beauty and functionality of Chickasaw Pond, creating a vibrant hub for recreation, education, and environmental stewardship.
Luckett & Farley works often for the Louisville Zoo. Recently the design team re-imagined the old train depot station to create a multi-functional event space.
The City of Newport reimagined Festival Park to enhance its role as a vibrant community hub, supporting recreation, festivals, and events while addressing ecological concerns tied to increased river flooding. The new master plan streamlines the park’s layout from three tiers to a single elevated platform above the frequent floodplain, ensuring long-term usability, maintenance ease, and aesthetic appeal in response to climate change.
The master plan for the City of Fulton parks involved the evaluation of six park sites within the city boundary. The project involved working with the community and the parks board to determine program elements for each park and further providing visualizations and video flyovers to generate enthusiasm within the community and assist in fundraising. The goal for these parks was to preserve and enhance existing parks within the city while responding to current outdoor recreation trends in a sustainable and fiscally responsible manner.
This renovated warehouse will become the first permanent home for staff and artists of Louisville Visual Art, which “has been improving lives through visual art education, community outreach, and artist engagement since 1909.” In addition to giving this organization the space it needs to thrive, it establishes a creative hub as part of the revitalization of the historic Portland neighborhood.
Luckett & Farley provided full design services for this new two-story nature center in Shawnee Park in Louisville, KY. The building extends over the floodplain on piers and is designed to handle flooding as the Ohio River rises. This elevation provides access to the tree canopies and a great view down the Ohio River. The site design includes adjoining gardens, nature play, and outdoor classrooms intended to serve the students and visitors.
The building will serve multiple programmatic purposes, but primarily functions to provide classroom and outdoor spaces for children on field trips. The entry area and gallery will serve as community spaces and include a rock climbing wall and art exhibit. Its green roof will serve as a public gathering space as well. The building will house offices for the administration running these programs.
The new Republic Bank Foundation YMCA in West Louisville offers a variety of community services for health, wellness, and education through both standard YMCA programming and partnerships with local organizations sharing the space. This project transformed a former cigarette factory brownfield site to create an all-ages wellness hub that reclaims a neglected lot for the community and reestablishes the urban fabric and pedestrian scale.
Luckett and Farley worked with Meyer, Scherer, & Rockcastle to provide architectural and engineering services for the renovation of and addition to the Shawnee Branch of the Louisville Free Public Library. The project called 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.”
Luckett & Farley provided interior design for the renovation of a historic building on 4th Street in Downtown Louisville. The project included private offices, open offices with systems furniture layout and specification, studio spaces with special sound requirements, a large performance area, and reception area. The design also included one large break room designed to be a fun, flexible space with the potential to fit various activities. Notable interior details include a custom casework throughout the facility.
Camp Restoration is a Veteran’s Club development to form a tiny home community providing transitional housing for homeless vets and services to prepare them for independent living.
Luckett & Farley provided design and limited construction services for several bus stops in the Metro area. The two stops we designed were part of the Vision Russell Choice Neighborhood Initiative and sought to provide public artwork, shelter for transit riders, and improved neighborhood safety. The stops were designed with community input to enhance existing high-traffic TARC bus stops. Our design teams developed designs that responded to their context and location.
Luckett & Farley provided full architectural and engineering services, including feasibility study, for the expansion and renovation of St. Matthews Fire District Station Two facility on Brownsboro Road.
Luckett & Farley provided architectural and engineering design services for master planning and design of Phase I construction for the development of a state veterans cemetery. The cemetery is on approximately 98 acres near Fort Knox.
Luckett & Farley designed a new facility that serves as a regional administrative center for Girl Scout troops, Brownie troops, and Daisy troops across central and western Kentucky and southern Indiana. The new facility provides learning environments for children starting at pre-kindergarten.
Luckett & Farley provided design services for Louisville Metro’s first green vegetative roof on the Metro Development 444 South Fifth Street building. This project replaces the existing built up roof on the early 20th-century building with an extensive, low-maintenance green roof utilizing 160 tons of gravel, planting medium, trees, and over 10,000 indigenous plantings on the six-story, 12,000 SF roof. The green roof increases insulation value and decreases storm water runoff while reducing the heat temperature of the roof, mitigating contribution to heat island effect in the city.
Luckett & Farley provided full architectural and engineering design services for this 17,000 SF, $4.7 million facility to accommodate additional maintenance functions for periodic maintenance and bus detailing. The facility also includes maintenance training bays and a second floor with training classrooms and administrative facilities. Sustainable highlights include an extensive green roof, windows, translucent wall panels, and roof skylights for daylighting, daylighting controls, grey water collection system for flushing toilets/urinals, energy efficient VRV (Variable Refrigerant Volume) mechanical system, and bioswale for storm water quantity and quality management.
Luckett & Farley teamed with Wormhoudt Associates, Inc. to provide design and construction administration services for the Louisville Extreme Sports Park, one of the most renowned skate parks in the country. This extreme games facility offers beginners to professional skaters a challenging course. The ESPN Network has televised national events at this park.
Luckett & Farley managed the design and construction administration including coordinating between each of the design consultants for the project. We provided project management, architectural design, engineering, and cost estimating services throughout the master plan and Phase I design and construction.
Luckett & Farley provided full design services for this new 45,000 SF facility in the Norton Commons village community development in eastern Jefferson County, Kentucky. The design includes a pool area, fitness area, walking track, group workout room, locker rooms, teen area, child care, and offices. We designed the building to connect to a Jefferson County Public School with a gymnasium so both users could share both facilities. Attention has been paid to the building’s design to reflect the traditional flavor of the surrounding Norton Commons community.