EOP collaborating with Studio Gang on the CentrePointe development

Rick Ekhoff commented at July's public meeting, "EOP Architects is overwhelmed at being selected" as one of five Kentucky architecture firms to work with Studio Gang on the CentrePointe development project. (Rendering by Studio Gang.)


"This is one of the most significant things to happen in downtown in a long time, and we're happy to be a part of it," he said.


Chicago architect Jeanne Gang, whose firm came up with the design, announced the Kentucky firms that will participate in the project. Gang unveiled a plan including a 30-story tower to include a hotel, apartments and condominiums; an eight-story office building; a pedestrian passway through the block; and several small buildings, including five that would face Main Street. The taller building is made up of a bundle of tubes of different heights, arranged to allow sunshine and air to flow between them. Roof gardens would top several of the tubes.


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Shorty's receives Blue Grass Trust for Historic Preservation's Clyde Carpenter Adaptive Re-Use Award

Giving an old building new life as a chic urban business location earned Shorthy's, The Urban Market, an award Sunday night at the Blue Grass Trust for Historic Preservation's annual Preservation Awards presentation. The trust's Clyde Carpenter Adaptive Re-Use Award went to EOP-designed Shorty's, The Urban Market.

EOP designed the new downtown Lexington grocery store in the Traditional Bank Building. Design elements include brick walls and reclaimed wood floors as well as a large vault door, left from the space's previous use as a bank, which serves as a major focal point.

Read more: http://www.kentucky.com/2011/06/27/1790144/dudleys-shortys-table-three-ten.html#ixzz1QfOTcOJi

Athletic Business features Kentucky Horse Park Outdoor Stadium

Athletic Business features the Kentucky Horse Park Outdoor Stadium in its 2011 Architectural Showcase. The stadium was the site of The Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games held in Lexington. The stadium, a collaboration with Philadelphia-based EwingCole, includes a 30,000-seat arena for the World Equestrian Games that functions as a 7,500-seat all-weather arena for ongoing legacy events after the Games. Click here to read the article.

Shorty's Urban Market Celebrates Grand Opening

Shorty's Urban Market celebrated its grand opening this past weekend at 163 West Short Street. The independently owned downtown grocery store carries meat, produce and sundries.

Check out Tops in Lex's pictures of the event, as well as the Shorty's Facebook page.

Triangle Foundation Reveals Plan for Redesigned Triangle Park

The Triangle Foundation released the plans for the new design of downtown Lexington's Triangle Park.

EOP Architects and landscape architecture firm M2D Design Group are working with the Triangle Foundation on the redesign of the park. Improvements will feature a central lawn, outdoor café, activity areas for chess and ping pong and a seasonal ice-skating rink.

Check out the Lexington Herald Leader's story about the redesign of Triangle Park.

Grocery Store to Open in Downtown Lexington

EOP is working with Darren Teodoro and an investor group on the design of a new independently owned grocery store in downtown Lexington. The new store--Shorty's, The Urban Market--will be located at 163 West Short Street in the Traditional Bank Building. The market will carry meat, produce, and sundries and is intended to serve the downtown community.

Design elements will include brick walls and antique wood floors as well as a large vault door, left from the space's previous use as a bank, that will serve as a major focal point.

Read the Lexington Herald-Leader's coverage of the market.

UK College of Pharmacy Receives AIA Honor Award

The University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy Biological Pharmaceutical Complex has received an AIA Kentucky Honor Award.

The Honor Awards program of AIA Kentucky, the Kentucky Society of Architects, seeks to honor and bring to public attention distinctive works of architecture created by Kentucky architects. For over 46 years, the program has been dedicated to recognizing and applauding works of architecture exhibiting design excellence, and promoting public awareness and appreciation of the diversity, quality and scope of Kentucky Architecture.

The Kentucky Society's Honor Award is the highest professional honor bestowed upon a Kentucky architect by his or her peers, and it distinguishes the architect as one who is dedicated to making architecture the best it can be.