Herald-Leader Highlights Faith Pharmacy

Faith Pharmacy is a short-term medical assistance program that provides prescription medications to individuals that cannot afford coverage. Started as a cooperative effort between Maxwell Street Presbyterian Church and the Cathedral of Christ the King, Faith Pharmacy has been operating for 11 years.

EOP Architects and Messer Construction have teamed with the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy to coordinate a renovation of the existing facility, located at the corner of East 7th Street and Elm Tree Lane. Construction on the renovation is slated to begin this summer.

Read the entire Herald-Leader article: Faith Pharmacy fills more than prescriptions.

Boone Tavern Achieves LEED Gold

EOP Architects provided design services for the renovation of the historic Boone Tavern located at College Square on Berea College’s campus. Boone Tavern was built in 1909 and has been a continually operating hotel and restaurant, serving the needs of Berea College, for the last one hundred years. Boone Tavern was recently awarded LEED Gold certification by the U.S. Green Building Council. Boone Tavern is the first LEED certified hotel in Kentucky.

LEED is an internationally recognized green building certification system, providing third-party verification that a building or community was designed and built using strategies aimed at improving performance across all the metrics that matter most: energy savings, water efficiency, CO2 emissions reduction, improved indoor environmental quality, and stewardship of resources and sensitivity to their impacts.

View additional images of Boone Tavern here.

Two EOP Projects Win AGC Awards

On Friday night, the Associated General Contractors of Kentucky presented awards to two EOP designed projects. The 2010 World Equestrian Games Outdoor Stadium at Kentucky Horse Park, constructed by Messer Construction Company, received Build Kentucky Award for the $16 - 25 million category. The Boone Tavern Renovation at Berea College, constructed by Alliance Corporation, received a Build Kentucky Award for Historic Preservation.

More images of the 2010 World Equestrian Games Outdoor Stadium can be viewed here.

More images of the Boone Tavern Renovation can be viewed here.

UK Dedicates New Pharmacy Building

The University of Kentucky celebrated the dedication of its new College of Pharmacy building on Monday. Participants in the dedication included Governor Steve Beshear, Mayor Jim Newberry, and UK President Lee Todd. Over 1,000 people were in attendance.

The dedication was covered by the Lexington Herald-Leader. Read the full article here.

EOP Projects Highlighted in Architect Magazine

Two EOP projects--Main + Rose Mixed-Use Development and the 2010 World Equestrian Games Outdoor Arena--were featured in an Architect magazine article about architecture in Lexington. EOP principal, Richard Polk, was also quoted in the piece. The article ran in the December 2009 edition of Architect. The full text can be viewed here.

Art in Motion Wins DLC Award

Congratulations to Yvette Hurt and Art in Motion for winning a 2009 Downtown Lexington Corporation Landscape and Streetscape Award for the ArtStop in downtown Lexington. ArtStop is a bus stop located at Third Street and Elm Tree Lane that features a sculpture by artist Gary Bibbs, as well as displays by local artists.

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