Design LAB

Join us for an exclusive construction tour of the new Covington City Hall on June 9th, starting at 4:00 pm. Happy hour at Braxton Brewing Company to follow!

As a reminder, tickets are free for members and corporate partners (see promo code provided via email).

Grab your ticket today at the link in our bio!

Join us on June 9th at 4:00 p.m. for an exclusive tour of Covington City Hall. Currently, the town's City Hall is housed in a converted J.C. Penney department store—a temporary solution that began in 2013 and has now stretched into more than a decade. Given Covington’s rich history, architectural beauty, and diverse population, the city government needed a visible, accessible, and central location.

Brandstetter Carroll, Inc. and Elevar Design Group have teamed up to design the new City Hall, with Pepper Construction as the construction manager. This project is a three-story, 41,000-square-foot building that will serve as a much-needed permanent home for the Covington City Government.

Tickets are limited — secure yours today at designlearnandbuild.org!

Thank you to Newport on the Levee for hosting another year of Design LAB's biggest events! We are so grateful for their partnership and the hands-on support from their stellar team (shout out to Cassie Brown and Ryan Hanson) to make Dine with Design and Design LAB Exhibit week a success!

So grateful for amazing partners like Cincinnati Preservation in this work!

Design LAB Exhibit week is underway! Last night, jurors examined all the models and selected their top projects for each category and grade group.

Join us from 9am-1pm this Saturday at Newport on the Levee to find out who the award winners are! (And don’t forget to cast your vote for the Virtual Victor!)

Project Title: Lake View Library Grade: 5th, Summit Elementary
Description: The Lake View Library is a library where people can relax and enjoy themselves. They can read to Paige, our horse, enjoy the waterfall, and hang out in the tree house. One of our top priorities is to conserve nature and make the library a safe and welcoming environment for everybody.

Project Title: Santa's Sanctuary Grade: 5th grade, Summit Elementary
Description: Santa's secret sanctuary is a place where he can get away from his wife because, well.. Everyone needs a break from their wife sometimes... Am I right?? We built a hot cocoa river with a live cow so that we wouldn't have to use so much plastic from all the milk jugs and pollute the north pole air. He can relax in his mega chair or hot tub, watch Christmas movies, eat whatever he wants, drink hot chocolate or Coca Cola and listen to music.

Project Title: Jupiter Mall
Grade: 5th grade, Summit Elementary
Description: Our sanctuary is called the Jupiter Mall. It is located on Jupiter above the gas clouds. Our clients are aliens. Hopefully when we show them all the activities and food we have down here, they won’t destroy it. It has a spa, movie theater, aquarium full of amazing sea creatures, arcade and laser tag. We also have the green machine-a robot that melts trash down to be reused.

Project Title: Mini Dolphin Hotel Grade: 5th grade, Endeavor Elementary
Description: Mini dolphin hotel off the coast of Honolulu, Hawaii

Project Title: Bookworms
Grade: 5th grade, Endeavor Elementary
Description: A great place to grab a book and get comfy!