Sherman Carter Barnhart Architects Promotes Jennifer Cash & Allison Commings To Principal
Jennifer Cash joined Sherman Carter Barnhart Architects in 2006 and has built a nationally respected reputation focused on high-performance, resilient learning environments for K–12 clients. She is widely recognized for her expertise in Insulated Concrete Form (ICF) construction and for guiding school districts through complex decisions related to durability, energy performance, life-cycle cost, and disaster resiliency. Known for her ability to translate technical rigor into clear, actionable solutions, Jennifer partners closely with boards, administrators, and communities to align educational goals, sustainability objectives, and budget realities.
Louisville Business First magazine highlights Beecher Terrace development
Louisville’s Business First magazine recently highlighted the completion of two phases of the Beecher Terrace development — a public-private partnership between Sherman Carter Barnhart Architects and Mcormick McCormack Baron Salazar, the developer. The Beecher Terrace redevelopment will offer more than 600 mixed-income units across one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts. The complex will offer rental units […]
Student Housing & Community Colleges
While housing is not typically provided at community colleges, there is a growing awareness that addressing the needs of housing-insecure students may be crucial to the institutional mission. Public-private partnership (P3) development for student housing may be uniquely positioned to provide student housing facilities on, or near, community college campuses. Financed, designed, constructed, and maintained […]
Student housing for community colleges may be an idea whose time has come.
Food and housing insecurity, transportation problems, and daycare support are all part of the daily struggle faced by many community college students. Factor in severely reduced capital budgets and the Covid pandemic and we have some very tough times with limited resources for developing solutions. Currently, less than a third of community colleges provide some […]
A Survey: The Future of Student Housing
We’ve developed a short, to the point student housing survey to get your input on how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting your institution’s student housing. This is an evolving subject and a moving target, but clearly certain issues, concerns, problems, and potential solutions are beginning to become clear. We also know that the effect of COVID-19 […]
Finding The Best Way Forward: The Future of Student Housing
What follows are some thoughts gleaned from our ongoing reading, researching & observations. BROAD OBSERVATIONs In part from recent articles in The Chronicle of Higher Education and Inside Higher Ed: Plans for Fall 2020: 73% of early reporting institutions plan to re-open with in-person classes; 15% are waiting to decide what to do; 5% are […]
Sherman Carter Barnhart Project Wins National Award for Zero Energy, ICF School Design
Sherman Carter Barnhart Architects received a national award this month for its zero energy design of Jennings Creek Elementary in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The award, 1st Runner-Up in the 2020 Heavy Commercial Category, was highlighted along with a profile in the May issue of Insulating Concrete Forms Magazine. The article also highlighted Richardsville Elementary, […]
Zero Energy Schools: A webinar with Kenny Stanfield
Sherman Carter Barnhart’s Kenny Stanfield, Principal, AIA, LEED AP, spoke recently about designing Zero Energy Schools with Insulated Concrete Forms, and we’re pleased to share the presentation with you. Below is a slideshow of Kenny’s presentation. You can also log in on the National Ready Mix Concrete Association’s site and listen to the audio that […]
Kenny Stanfield to Speak About 21st Century Education & Energy Design at KSBA Conference
Session Title: 21E School Design – 21st Century Education and Energy Event: Kentucky School Boards Association Conference at the Galt House in Louisville Time: 3:30 p.m. Saturday Speakers: Kerry Young, Warren County Public Schools Board Chair, and Kenny Stanfield, Principal, AIA, LEED AP, at Sherman Carter Barnhart A/S Level II required topic: School Facilities* (or […]
Press Release: Kenny Stanfield to Speak at Yale and in Miss., S.C., and Kentucky about Zero Energy School Design and Insulated Concrete Forms
Lexington, KY: Sherman Carter Barnhart’s Kenny Stanfield, AIA, LEED AP, will be speaking about the benefits of sustainable Zero Energy school design and Insulated Concrete Forms (ICF) starting this week at conferences at Yale University and in Mississippi, South Carolina and Kentucky. At each of the conferences, Stanfield, a national expert in Zero Energy Schools […]
Press Release: Sherman Carter Barnhart Announces Promotion of Brandon Ward to Associate Principal
Promotion Announcement FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 27, 2020 Lexington, KY: Sherman Carter Barnhart Architects, a leading regional architecture firm with offices in Lexington, Louisville and Paducah, announced today the promotion of Brandon Ward to Associate Principal in the firm. “Quietly confident, Brandon leads by example. He has used his project management and client management skills to […]
Press Release: Sherman Carter Barnhart Announces Promotion of Tony Pham to Associate Principal
Promotion Announcement FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 27, 2020 Lexington, KY: Sherman Carter Barnhart Architects, a leading regional architecture firm with offices in Lexington, Louisville and Paducah, announced today the promotion of Tony Pham, director of Construction Administration, to Associate Principal in the firm. “Tony’s ‘firm but fair’ approach has earned him the respect of contractors, […]
Press Release: Sherman Carter Barnhart Announces Promotion of One to Principal, Seven to Associate Principal
Promotions Announcement FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 27, 2020 Newby Walters Sherman Carter Barnhart Architects 859-224-1351 nwalters@scbarchitects.com Lexington, KY: Sherman Carter Barnhart Architects, a leading regional architecture firm with offices in Lexington, Louisville and Paducah, announced today the promotion of Kevin Matthews to Principal and seven other professionals to Associate Principal. “These talented and valued members […]
Press Release: Sherman Carter Barnhart Announces Promotion of Andrew Owens to Associate Principal
Promotion Announcement FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 27, 2020 Lexington, KY: Sherman Carter Barnhart Architects, a leading regional architecture firm with offices in Lexington, Louisville and Paducah, announced today the promotion of Andrew Owens, AIA, CID to Associate Principal in the firm. “Andrew has an innate ability to communicate and connect with clients on a personal […]
Press Release: Sherman Carter Barnhart Announces Promotion of Susan Mooney to Associate Principal
Promotion Announcement FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 27, 2020 Lexington, KY: Sherman Carter Barnhart Architects, a leading regional architecture firm with offices in Lexington, Louisville and Paducah, announced today the promotion of Susan Mooney, Director of Finance, to Associate Principal in the firm. “’Analytic’, ‘independent,’ and ‘fiercely loyal’ are character traits that describe Susan,” said Mike […]
Press Release: Sherman Carter Barnhart Announces Promotion of Kevin Matthews to Principal
Promotion Announcement FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 27, 2020 Lexington, KY: Sherman Carter Barnhart Architects, a leading regional architecture firm with offices in Lexington, Louisville and Paducah, announced today the promotion of Kevin Matthews to Principal in the firm. Matthews, a 35-year veteran of Sherman Carter Barnhart and director of its Affordable Housing Studio, has been […]
Press Release: Sherman Carter Barnhart Announces Promotion of Allison Commings to Associate Principal
Promotion Announcement FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 27, 2020 Lexington, KY: Sherman Carter Barnhart Architects, a leading regional architecture firm with offices in Lexington, Louisville and Paducah, announced today the promotion of Allison Commings, AIA, CID, LEED AP, to Associate Principal in the firm. “Allison’s work ethic, integrity, and professionalism continue to define her career with […]
Press Release: Sherman Carter Barnhart Announces Promotion of Jennifer Cash to Associate Principal
Promotion Announcement FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 27, 2020 Lexington, KY: Sherman Carter Barnhart Architects, a leading regional architecture firm with offices in Lexington, Louisville and Paducah, announced today the promotion of Jennifer Cash, AIA, to Associate Principal in the firm. Cash is a project manager and in the firm’s Education Studio and has managed projects […]
We Are What’s Wildly Possible
Wildly Possible. To Sherman Carter Barnhart, that meant designing an expansion to Parking Structure No. 5 that offered much more than parking. The Winslow project enlivens an important, growing part of campus with an innovative education area, retail shops and restaurants and what we think will be a “wildly” popular eSports space. […]
ICF Magazine Highlights Kenny Stanfield and Sherman Carter Barnhart Designs
This month’s Insulating Concrete Forms Builder magazine highlighted Sherman Carter Barnhart’s Kenny Stanfield, AIA and two Kentucky elementary schools he designed using ICF and Zero Energy design principles. The article focuses on Alvaton and Richardsville elementary schools in Bowling Green, Kentucky, and the process that led to their innovative designs. The article also highlights the […]
Greenwood High School Breaks Ground on New Auxiliary Gymnasium
There’s nothing quite like seeing a project get “off the ground.” We’re thrilled to have designed the Greenwood High School auxiliary gym project, and we’ll be even more thrilled to see students enjoying it. Sherman Carter Barnhart’s Jennifer Cash, AIA, the project manager for the gymnasium and Principal Kenny Stanfield, were on hand for […]
Architect John Whitney, AIA, joins Sherman Carter Barnhart
John is a registered architect with over 30 years’ experience in all aspects of project development, design, management, master planning, and construction. Sherman Carter Barnhart had the pleasure of working with John when he served as the University Architect for Morehead State University. Working collaboratively with John we successfully completed the first new residence hall […]
VisitJessamine.com Bowl
Sherman Carter Barnhart helped kick off the 2019 football season last night at East Jessamine High School as the trophy sponsor for the VisitJessamine.com Bowl. Principal Justin McElfresh was there to congratulate the teams. Good luck to all student-athletes from across Kentucky this fall and to those at Jessamine County Schools! We are proud to […]
Corbin Elementary Starts First Day In Renovated School
The traditional building was the first school in Corbin Schools and is still the oldest today, so it was important to both the community and the District to re-purpose the building and maintain its strong presence in downtown Corbin. Corbin Elementary Principal Chris Webb says the project was several years in the making. “I never […]
Winds of Change
As we continue to research, gather pertinent data, and clarify our previous storm shelter requirements with the State Agencies of HBC and KDE, we wanted to provide a follow-up to “The Coming Storm” article. Specifically, we wanted to provide an example of how a recently completed school design could be modified to meet the storm shelter requirements and […]
The Coming Storm
When it comes to severe weather in the Southeast, we anticipate with trepidation the seasonal storms and with them the threat of tornadoes. Unpredictable and potentially devastating, direct strikes from tornadoes can demolish even the seemingly strongest of buildings, including our schools. Recent tornadic storms in Tennessee, Alabama, Missouri, Mississippi, and Kentucky devastated towns and […]
Board Reviews New Lone Oak Middle School, Garage Plans
On Monday, September 10th, Sherman Carter Barnhart Architects brought proposed designs of the new Lone Oak Middle School to the McCracken County School District board and discussed plans for the school district’s bus garage. Working with the district selected design team of current and previous Lone Oak Middle School (LOMS) instructors and department heads, a workshop was held […]
Living Building Chronicle
Sixty-seven of them have now been “verified” in the U.S. and Canada, according to a recent report from the New Buildings Institute. Another 415 are underway or are being evaluated for net-zero performance, according to the report, the 2018 Getting to Zero Status Update. Fifteen months ago, NBI reported 53 buildings as verified, while 279 […]
University of Louisville’s campus evolution ‘has sparked a lot of pride’
Lots of big changes at the University of Louisville this semester! We’re thrilled to have been part of one of them: the major renovation of the Student Activities Center (SAC). From the Louisville Courier Journal: University of Louisville alumnus Kelly Hodges remembers the day the Student Activities Center opened in 1990 and changed the commuter-centric campus forever. The opening helped spur a transformation […]
Jennings Creek Elementary Opens
When Jennings Creek Elementary School opens its doors Wednesday, students will enter the district’s second energy-independent school and the first in the state to integrate computer coding from kindergarten through sixth grade, district officials said. At a ribbon-cutting and open house Sunday, Jennings Creek Principal Jamie Woosley also promoted the school’s new reading and […]
Meade County College & Career Center
“The Meade County College & Career Center will be one of the most state-of-the-art, comprehensive vocational technology schools in the state of Kentucky. It will blend state vocational programs with the technology in advancing students. Nowhere do we have this kind of collaboration and the partnerships that are so critical.” – Dr. John Millay, Superintendent […]
KYs Next Net Zero School Opens August 5th
Sherman Carter Barnhart Architects celebrates with Warren County Schools and the entire community the opening of a 21st Century elementary school designed to educate students well into the future. What everyone will notice are the dynamic learning spaces designed to provide integrated and collaborative learning. Whether it be the monumental collaboration stair, maker spaces in […]
Can Intentional Student Housing Design Lead to Better Learning and a Sense of Community on Campus?
Living Learning Communities Studies show that informal settings are better for college-level learning than the traditional academic setting alone. The live-and-learn community model fosters higher levels of academic engagement and success and enhances the undergraduate experience, aiding in recruitment and retention. Fostering Privacy and Community Privacy is becoming a highly sought after amenity, with the […]
Bigger and Better Student Center to Open This Fall at Morehead
[metaslider id=4872] Since Aug. 26, 2016, the Adron Doran University Center (ADUC) has been bustling almost daily with noise, foot traffic and activity – but that hasn’t been coming from students. Nearly two years ago, MSU broke ground on a $49.5 million project to renovate and expand the facility. Now that construction is nearing completion, […]
“Level Up” Your School Safety Design
“Level Up” is a term that I was introduced to by my children while they played video games. As they reached certain milestones in the game they would proudly announce “We LEVELED UP!.” Leveling up was, to my surprise, a great achievement in their world of fictional conflicts. The built environment, the architecture of […]
Are Your Classrooms’ Architectural Designs Too Old School?
Ask any educator and they will tell you that statistics show most students’ grades drop during the middle school years. Professionals studying the phenomenon attribute it to the difficult social adjustments that come with the transition from childhood into young adulthood. So the question is – Can teachers and teaching techniques transform to better […]
Board of Education approves design schematics for $13.3 million MCHS Renovation
The Marshall County Board of Education has approved design schematics to present to the Kentucky Department of Education in a planned renovation project at Marshall County High School. Justin McElfresh, representative for Sherman Carter Barnhart Architects, reviewed design plans with the board during a regularly-scheduled meeting Thursday and told board members that the firm […]
Jennings Creek Elementary, WCPS recognized for efficient energy use
When students begin classes at the new Jennings Creek Elementary School next fall, they’ll walk into a facility that uses a fraction of the energy of a typical school. On Friday, the school stood as an example for concrete industry representatives who toured the school’s construction site to get a better understanding of its use of insulated concrete […]
Reading, Writing & Renovating
Student Safety – Most renovations require more than 12 weeks during a summer and require “construction and instruction” occurring simultaneously. Barricades to separate construction zones from the school community, reviewed by the local building inspector, are a must since all life safety systems, such as fire and sprinkler, need to be maintained during the construction phase. […]
UK Law ‘Raising the Bar’ With $56 Million Building Project
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept. 7, 2017) — The University of Kentucky College of Law began a new chapter with a ceremonial groundbreaking this morning on Mandrell Hall’s front lawn, across the street from the Law Building, now undergoing construction. UK President Eli Capilouto and UK Law Dean David A. Brennen were joined by students, faculty, staff, donors and […]
Floyd Co. past and present school leaders, community officials dedicate new high school athletic complex, named for the school board member’s family foundation that helped fund it
Current and former Floyd County School District officials joined local government officials and state representatives for the dedication of the Floyd Central High School athletic complex on Aug. 25. The athletic complex was dedicated in honor of the Varia family. That family foundation, founded years ago by school district board member Dr. Chandra Varia and […]
ADUC renovation and expansion half way complete
The Adron Doran University Center renovation and expansion on the campus of Morehead State University is now 54 percent complete. The $49.5 million project broke ground one year ago on Aug. 26., 2016. The construction will add 75,000 square feet and renovate almost every area of the existing structure. Changes to the building are based […]
New Dining Options Highlight SAC Renovation
When Austin Correll, a senior political science major, came back to campus for the fall, he was pleased to see new dining options in the Student Activities Center. Just a week into the new semester and he has already spent some time sampling the new menus including Olilo, which serves Mediterranean cuisine. “It was […]
New Warren County School Continues Energy Efficiency Program That’s Saved $11 Million
A new elementary school under construction in Warren County is the latest building in the school district designed to reduce, or eliminate, the cost of energy. The energy program is even earning money for the district. Construction equipment and work crews crisscross the site of the new Jennings Creek Elementary on Russellville Road in Warren […]
Beecher Terrace residents relocating; demolition could start by year’s end
The aging Beecher Terrace public housing complex in Russell long has been considered an eyesore, and efforts are well underway to relocate tenants for its demolition. Tim Barry, executive director of the Louisville Metro Housing Authority, said Monday that 155 of the 758 units inside the sprawling public housing development have been vacated as part […]
New Taylorsville Elementary School is top of the line
At one time, there was a stigma attached to attending Taylorsville Elementary School. It was known as the old school, the lesser school, or the inferior school. Some of those labels were unfair, but the stigma was real. Today, that stigma has been destroyed. Come next week when students in Spencer County return to class, […]
$15-million youth center coming to Jessamine County
NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. (WKYT) – Kentucky United Methodist Homes for Children and Youth along with many state and local leaders broke ground this morning on a new $15 million youth center. A special ceremony was held for the future youth center located at 1115 Ashgrove Road in Nicholasville. The 31,000 square foot facility […]
MSU’s New Breathitt Veterinary Center
Murray State University’s (MSU) new Breathitt Veterinary Center was recently dedicated as a capacity crowd of collegiate, government and agriculture leaders gathered marking the occasion. The new 77,000-square-foot facility, located in Hopkinsville, is one of the most modern animal diagnostic veterinarian labs in the country with 53,000 square feet of diagnostic space and the only […]