SCB celebrates one year in new headquarters

  As Sherman Carter Barnhart Architects proudly celebrates its one-year anniversary in our new building, we reflect on a transformative journey marked by innovation, collaboration, and community engagement. Since transitioning into our meticulously designed 11,000-square-foot office, nestled within the vibrant landscape of The Commons near downtown Lexington, our team of 52 employees has embraced a […]

ICF MAGAZINE HIGHLIGHTS THREE SCB SCHOOLS​

Sherman Carter Barnhart Net Zero Schools

Three Sherman Carter Barnhart -designed schools — South Green Elementary School, Cumberland Trace Elementary
School, and Rich Pond Elementary School — are featured in this month’s ICF Builder Magazine.

Gov. Beshear Breaks Ground on Bowling Green Veterans Center

Sherman Carter Barnhart is proud to be designing this great facility for veterans. Following is a press release from the Governor’s Office describing the Bowing Green Veteran’s Center. For more on progress as the project moves along, be sure to follow our blog and social media.

Sherman Carter Barnhart Architects Opens Office in Nashville Area

Sherman Carter Barnhart Nashville

Sherman Carter Barnhart Architects Opens Office in Nashville Area NASHVILLE – Sherman Carter Barnhart Architects, a regional firm focused on the design of K-12 schools, universities, affordable housing and civic and judicial centers, is deepening its presence in Tennessee. The firm is pleased to announce the official and immediate opening of its Nashville-area office, which […]

Louisville Business First Highlights Meriwether STEAM Academic Center

Previous Next Louisville Business First Highlights The Meriwether STEAM Academic Center Louisville Business First Magazine this week highlighted The Meriwether STEAM Academic Center, a Sherman Carter Barnhart-designed project that is the central hub for interdisciplinary learning on Kentucky Country Day’s 80-plus acre campus. Kentucky Country Day School will build two additions to the main building on […]

National Architect Magazine Highlights Sherman Carter Barnhart

Slide 35 in a PowerPoint presentation from Sherman Carter Barnhart’s Kenny Stanfield shows the dramatic financial benefits for schools designed with 21st Century Energy and Design principles. When writers at Architect Magazine looked to highlight an architect who has led the way nationally in designing zero energy schools, editors pointed them to Sherman Carter Barnhart […]

Is a Public-Private Partnership Right for You?

Beecher Terrace Redevelopment in Louisville's Business First

Is a Public-Private Partnership right for your project? Public-Private Partnership (P3) models can provide communities with alternatives for financing, designing, constructing and even operating and maintaining public buildings and affordable housing. There is no one-size-fits-all approach to P3 projects; they can vary as widely as the developments themselves. But in many cases a creative P3 […]

Kevin Matthews Loves What He Does Even More Than When He Started in 1985

Kevin Matthews, Principal

Since 1985, Kevin Matthews has helped clients navigate the ever-changing landscape of affordable housing. So when it comes to affordable housing, he has seen it all. When he started in the mid-80s, Sherman Carter Barnhart Architects had been hired to transition Lexington, Kentucky, from the barracks-style public housing of the era to modern, private developer […]

Brandon Ward Finds No Two Days are the Same in Affordable Housing Design

Brandon Ward, Associate Principal

Brandon Ward, an associate principal at Sherman Carter Barnhart Architects, focuses exclusively on affordable housing and has been part of the firm’s team since 2005. Over the past 18 years, he has worked extensively with housing authorities in East St. Louis; St. Louis; Lexington, Louisville, and Paducah in Kentucky; Spartanburg in South Carolina and New […]

In Affordable Housing, Our 36 Years of Experience Make a Difference​

Affordable Housing has come a long way in the last 36 years, and so has Sherman Carter Barnhart Architects. When the Lexington Housing Authority hired Sherman Carter Barnhart in the mid-80s, they were looking to change the face and stigma of the typical public housing authority look of barracks — long, two-story, rectangular buildings with […]

Sherman Carter Barnhart Features Prominently in New Zero Energy Magazine

– Great news! The National Buildings Institute’s Zero Buildings List magazine features four Sherman Carter Barnhart Projects and highlights one of our zero energy schools on the cover: Jennings Creek Elementary, which is part of Warren County schools. The magazine’s list is compiled to track the status of zero energy projects in the region and […]

The bids prove it: It’s a good time to build schools

Rich Pond Elementary School

Unprecedented times like these might leave school board members and superintendents thinking it will be too expensive to design and build the schools their districts need. Sherman Carter Barnhart’s most recent projects shatter that notion. Rich Pond Elementary School, Warren County’s newest elementary school, broke ground Sept. 28 after bidding well under Sherman Carter Barnhart’s […]

Jennifer Cash to Join Panel on How to Save Money on School Construction so it Can Be Invested in Teachers and Resources

Jennifer Cash

Session Title: Facilities – How can building save you money to invest elsewhere? Event: Kentucky School Boards Association Conference at the Galt House in Louisville Time: 10:30 p.m. Sunday Speakers: Christopher C. McIntyre, CFO/treasurer, Warren County Schools; Jennifer Cash, AIA, Associate Principal at Sherman Carter Barnhart; and Chad Riggs, project manager at CMTA A/S Level […]

New education center gives Hardin Co. high school students a taste of college

ELIZABETHTOWN, KY (WAVE) – Students in Hardin County are getting an early glimpse of what the real world is like. The Early College and Career Center, also known as EC3, in Hardin County opened its doors on Aug. 6. The school is already changing the way students learn. “Parents tell me their kids are excited […]

Fayette County Teachers Ready For School To Start

More than 40,000 students will head back to school on Wednesday in Fayette County, where teachers and administrators have been getting ready for their return. At Garden Springs Elementary School, teachers have had less than than usual to get ready due to classroom renovations. Teachers didn’t officially start back to school until Monday, but they […]

MCHS emphasizes environmental values

“We hope efforts like this will help to encourage an environmentally friendly lifestyle,” he said. “If you get children thinking that way and committed to it early, that’s how they will live in the future.” He said the idea of specific parking places for environmentally friendly vehicles began in California and has gradually moved across […]

HCS Early College and Career Center open house is Aug. 4

Upperclassmen at John Hardin, North Hardin and Central Hardin high schools who are pioneering the Early College and Career Center pathways have an opportunity Aug. 4 to tour their future school. Hardin County Schools’ EC3 is hosting an open house for students and parents of students attending the center in the 2014-15 school year. The […]

New 21st Century McCracken County High School

This video features the recently completed McCracken County High School in Paducah, Kentucky. Principal Michael Ceglinski discusses the successes of both the school and the design process.