Boyd Co. LLC / Corporate Headquarters Offices

Louisville, Kentucky

The contents of the existing build-out of this former four-story office building were stripped down to just stairs, elevator shafts and exposed floor structural system remaining so every aspect of the building’s interior was replaced and re-planned.

The effort to program the new spaces in the building was a clean-slate opportunity to develop the ideal layout for consolidating the back office operations of heavy con-struction equipment dealer Whayne Supply Co. with its parent Boyd Co. under a single roof.  Working with the rest of the design team, a new office environment was space planned to create facilities that both companies could share with a strong emphasis on fostering a more collaborative work process.

Examples of this include the circular-shaped collaboration café  spaces placed in all four floor’s geographic centers as a hub for employees to benefit from incidental contact on the way to get coffee or when using any of the 2-3 adjoining conference rooms.

The circular motif is repeated on the first floor lobby/re-ception area space. That floor also features a  large flexible training room with adjacent cafeteria which serves large meetings as well as for having a place for the entire office staff to dine.

The existing structural framing and bar joists were left exposed in all the open office areas for an appropriate industrial feel.

Scope of Services: 

Programming
Space Planning
Interior Architectural collaboration with TBD+ Architects through Design   
Development Phase

Olympia Design  Project Team: 

Greg Olympia, Olympia Design
TBD+ Architects
Amy Wilson Eley – Interior Design

Project Scope:

40,000 square foot gut and redo of existing 4-story office building for consolidation of headquarters offices and back offices of various companies owned by Boyd Co.

Completion: 2014

References:

Lynn Wilcoxson, Facilities Manager
(502) 724 – 2562