Specialties
Widely acknowledged as "the coolest building in town", The Green Building is home to a contemporary art space (The Green Building Gallery), multiple event rooms, offices, and La Coop: Bistro a Vins. The first floor offers several modern, versatile spaces available for events, including rooms well- suited for cocktail parties, dinners, film screenings, small concerts, small weddings, and meetings. A partially covered outdoor courtyard offers an excellent gathering space in the warmer months.
The Green Building is Louisville's first Platinum LEED commercial building, and Kentucky's first Platinum adaptive reuse space. Rehabilitation of the 117-year old former dry goods store began in 2007, and features a 40 foot high lobby, expansive natural lighting, eco-friendly materials, and renewable energy systems, as well as extensive solar power, geothermal wells, and recycled denim insulation.
History
Established in 2008.
Rehabilitation of the 110-year old former dry goods store began in 2007, after Gill and Augusta Holland purchased the structure. Intent upon rescuing the building from decades of misuse, the project included resuscitating the structural masonry shell and infusing it with a modern core, including a 40 foot high lobby, expansive natural lighting, eco-friendly materials, and renewable energy systems, as well as extensive solar power, geothermal wells, and recycled denim insulation.
The Green Building was designed in partnership with Los Angeles-based architecture firm (fer) studio. Design Principal Doug Pierson, a former Project Architect with Frank Gehry's celebrated Los Angeles office, Gehry Partners LLP, and the Culver City firm Hodgetts and Fung, Pierson has developed progressive academic, commercial, civic, and residential projects around the world.