EOP and its design for Shorty's Honored

Designers of Kentucky's outstanding architecture will be honored Thursday at a ceremony for the annual Excellence in Architectural Design awards from the Kentucky Society of Architects, a chapter of the American Institute of Architects.

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The Future of Rupp Arena

EOP is part of the team of design and construction consultants that have been asked by the Lexington Arena, Arts & Entertainment District Task Force to conduct a feasibility assessment to consider the options for the future of Rupp Arena and the Lexington Convention Center. The team is headed by Global Spectrum of Philadelphia and includes EOP, NBBJ and Skanska. The assessment will examine the feasibility of transforming the existing facilities or building new in order to meet the needs of  both the Lexington Convention Center and the University of Kentucky.


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EOP...One of the Gang

Chicago architecture firm, Studio Gang, is collaborating on the CentrePointe project with a team of five Lexington-based architects to provide local character to the large project. Firms were chosen from a pool of 25 applicants based on their design background and past collaboration experience.


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EOP selected to lead Gateway Urban Campus Master Plan

The Kentucky Department of Finance Division of Engineering has selected EOP Architects of Lexington as the lead firm to complete a Campus Master Plan for the Urban Campus that Gateway Community and Technical College has proposed for downtown Covington.

"The team selected by the Finance Cabinet includes highly experienced firms that bring considerable expertise on how to develop a new campus that will not only fit into the urban core but will also serve as a catalyst for even greater economic development in the area," said Ed Hughes, Gateway president and CEO.

EOP's team includes:
KLH Engineering of Covington
Urban Collage, Inc., headquartered in Atlanta with offices in Lexington
M2D, a Lexington-based landscape architecture firm
Brown + Kubican, structural engineering firm in Lexington

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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.

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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.