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CENTRAL BANK CENTER EXPANSION
AND RUPP ARENA RENOVATION

LOCATION

lexington, Kentucky

 

ARCHITECT 

EOP Architects

NBBJ

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STRUCTURAL PARTNER

Thornton Tomasetti

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CONTRACTOR

Messer Construction

PROJECT FACTS

620,000 sq ft


4 ft thick retaining walls socketed into the bedrock


Elaborate steel tube framed façade

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2018 Citation Award,

AIA Kentucky

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2014 Honor Award,
AIA Los Angeles

A $241.0 M renovation/addition project that includes a new convention center for the City of Lexington and the renovation of Rupp Arena to include wider concourses and a new curtain wall façade. The project also includes a new, 2-story pavilion building just to the north of Rupp Arena, connecting pedestrian bridges and a new “Catwalk” plaza to the east. Club space for the University of Kentucky will be constructed at levels 2 and 3 below the Catwalk. Brown + Kubican, PSC is partnering with Thornton Tomasetti to provide structural engineering for this large scale project.

 

 

ADDITIONAL PROJECT PHOTOS 

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