Glassworks

Location: 815 W. Market St, Louisville, KY 40202
Use: Glass art studios; commercial space, live/work units, condos
Year: 2001

The Glassworks Building is the center of this exciting district, located in the renovated Snead Manufacturing Building. Built in 1909, this structure was widely regarded as the city’s ugliest building in the late 1990s. With Weyland Ventures as lead designer and developer, this former eye-sore, once slated for demolition, opened as a multi-use facility in 2001 with the first urban loft apartments in downtown Louisville. Weyland Ventures continues to manage the buildings in the Glassworks District including Glassworks, Glassworks II, and ZirMed Towers.

This 9 story multi-use building features open office space with lots of windows, urban loft apartments and condos, as well as 2 working glass galleries and studios. Located in the heart of downtown, the Glassworks building is within walking distance to Louisville Slugger Museum and Bat Factory, the Louisville Science Center, the Frazier International History Museum, the Kentucky Center for the Arts, 21C Museum Hotel and other downtown classics.