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Helm Roberts
Architect/Planner
360 New Street
Lexington, KY 40507
Phone: 859-684-5183
Home: 859-255-6544
E-mail Address:
hr@helmr.com

History of the Practice The practice was established in 1963 in Lexington as a small professional office. In over 35 years this work has included: Multifamily Housing, Retirement Community Design, Commercial Architecture, Site Planning, Community Planning, Land Planning, Military Master Planning and Urban Renewal Planning.
	Planning Starting with the Urban Renewal program in the 1960s, the office has prepared plans and reports for: Neighborhood Plans, Residential Subdivisions, Recreational Facilities and other community development master planning studies
	Multi-Family Housing Starting in 1967, the office has prepared Site Plans for over 5,000 dwelling units plus construction documents for over 2,500 units in projects ranging in size from 7 to 586 units.
	Retirement Communities This area of recent work includes the site planning for two retirement communities in Hopkinsville, KY and Richmond, KY. and construction documents for over 200 dwelling units plus a nursing home expansion.
	Military Master Planning Since 1984, the office has been a planning, site design and facilities database consultant to GRW Engineers, Lexington, KY and CH2M Hill, Atlanta, GA and Dayton, OH for the master planning of over 30 Air Force and Air National Guard bases.
	Kentucky Vietnam Veterans Memorial In 1987 the office was selected by a national competition to design the Kentucky Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Frankfort, KY. The project was dedicated in November 1988 and has become a primary visitor attraction for the state capitol.
	HelmCAD With the advent of personal computers into professional practice, the office began using word processing, spreadsheets and databases in 1983. With the introduction of practical and affordable CAD (Computer Aided Design) in the late 1980s, the office converted almost entirely to this technology using AutoCADŽ as the software of choice for all architecture and planning projects. This work resulted in a keyboard based system for the efficient production of design documents now known as "HelmCAD" by staff and colleagues.