Micheal Koch and Associates Architects (MKA) Records, 1990-2010
Collection held by the Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky
Creator: Micheal Koch and Associates Architects (MKA)
Title: Micheal Koch and Associates Architects (MKA) Records, 1990-2010
Rights: For information regarding literary and copyright interest for this collection, contact the Collections Department at gro.lacirotsihnoslif@hcraeser.
Size of Collection: 0.46 cu. ft.
Location Number: Mss. A K76
Finding aid created by: Jana Meyer
Date finding aid created: 3 September 2026
Date finding aid last updated: 3 September 2026
Scope and Content Note:
Collection of records from projects completed by Michael Koch and Associates Architects (MKA) from 1990-2010. Materials include building plans, studies, sketches and renderings. There is also descriptive data for projects, as well as submissions and correspondence with AIA Kentucky regarding the Honor Awards program. (Several projects received Excellence in Architectural Design awards from AIA Kentucky.) In addition, there are also newspaper articles and printouts of photographs, including images of models, construction, building exteriors and interiors.
Related Collections:
Michael Koch and Associate Architects (MKA) architectural drawings [Mss. AR K76]
Michael Koch and Associate Architects (MKA) photo collection [026PC28]
Historical Note
Micheal Koch and Associates Architects was founded by J. Micheal Koch in 1983. Prior to the founding of his firm, Micheal Koch studied at the University of Kentucky’s School of Architecture under Dean Eardley from 1975-1980. He was influenced by architects he met during his time at school, including Larry Melillo, Jasper Ward, and Bob Kingsley.
Koch grew up in Louisville, born to two Louisville natives who encouraged his interest in architecture well before attending university. Growing up in the Highlands – a neighborhood with successful mixed-use attributes – Koch found many different types of architecture, eventually becoming fascinated with newly constructed buildings of the 1950s and 60s.
Koch’s firm designed many buildings in and around Louisville, including part of the campus of Assumption High School, and many residential buildings. His works emphasize the usage of light and directionality in architecture, often housed in the neighborhood he grew up in. Koch’s firm closed in 2019.
Sources:
Micheal Koch, Close to Home: Buildings and Projects of Micheal Koch, Architect. (Gordon Goff, 2019).
Folder List
Box 1
Folder 1: Assumption Arts & Sciences Building: plans and sketches, ca. 1995
Folder 2: Assumption Performing Arts Center: plans, studies and sketch, ca. 2005
Folder 3: Butler’s Barrow: plans, AIA Kentucky Honor Awards correspondence and program, ca. 1992-1993
Folder 4: Bland house: sketches, news article ca. 2000, 2002
Folder 5: Dearie house: plans and sketches, news articles, ca. 2003-2007
Folder 6: German/Carter house: plans, news article, ca. 2009-2010
Folder 7: Sky Chapel, Caritas Medical Center: AIA Ky Honor Awards submission, plans, studies, sketches, news article, ca. 1995
Folder 8: Orsini-Heath house: descriptive data and plans, ca. 2004
Folder 9: Fisher house: plans and sketch, undated
Folder 10: Roseman house: AIA Ky Honor Awards submission, plans, studies, ca. 1994-1997
Folder 11: Hinson house: plans, sketch, news article, ca. 2008-2009
Folder 12: Axton house: descriptive data, plans, sketches, news article, ca. 1998-2000
Folder 13: Kritchman house: AIA Ky Honor Awards submission, plans, news article, ca. 1991-1994
Folder 14: Gohmann house: descriptive data, plans, AIA Ky Honor Awards submission, ca. 2002, 2011
Folder 15: Stone house: plans, undated
Folder 16: Ohio River house/Lancaster house: plans, studies, model photos, ca. 1992?
Folder 17: Hagan Office Building: plans and sketch, undated
Folder 18: BCH / Bandy Carroll Hellige: plans, sketches, news article, ca. 1999
Folder 19: Assumption Green: plans, AIA Ky Honor Awards submission, model images, news article, ca. 2005, 2009, 2012-2014
Folder 20: 619/621 Magnolia (Educational Venue & Catering for 610 Magnolia): plans, undated
Folder 21: Urban Design + Art School: plans, renderings, undated
Folder 22: Chapel at St. Catharine’s / Dominican Chapel: plans, sketches, model photo, undated
Folder 23: Arthouse II, 520 West Main St.: plans, model images, ca. 2005
Folder 24: Press articles, Courier-Journal and Business First, 1990-2005
Folder 25: Reed-Barth house, 2548 Trevilian Way (personal residence of Michael Koch): research and renovation work
Subject Headings
For more details on how the below subjects appear in this collection, search the subject in the manuscript database at https://filsonhistorical.org/collections/manuscript-database/.
Architects – Kentucky – Louisville.
Architecture – Designs and plans.
Architecture – Kentucky.
Architecture, Domestic.
Buildings – Kentucky.
Religious architecture.
School architecture.
