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]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13928 Fri, 01 Mar 2019 06:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13928-continuing-education-innovations-in-parking-garages Carl Turner Architects turned Peckham Levels, a former parking garage in southeast London, into a community amenity, with cafés, workspaces, galleries, and artists’ studios. Photo © Tim Crocker Carl Turner Architects turned Peckham Levels, a former parking garage in southeast London, into a community amenity, with cafés, workspaces, galleries, and artists’ studios. Photo © Tim Crocker Image courtesy Atelier Hu and Carl Turner Architects Designed by 5468796 architecture and Kasian Architects, the 9th Avenue Parkade is a garage sheathed with a metal mesh planned for the East Village neighborhood in Calgary, Canada. Image courtesy 5468796 Architecture Shaped like a racetrack, the building will have five upper levels of parking stalls that are designed to be converted for residential and commercial uses. Image courtesy 5468796 Architecture Image courtesy 5468796 Architecture Image courtesy 5468796 Architecture Arrowstreet’s plan for Parcel K in Boston originally had three levels of below-grade parking. Photo © Arrowstreet The firm later settled on just one (shown) and imagined a scenario where parts of the parking level and the ground floor can turn into a double-height space. Photo © Arrowstreet The firm later settled on just one and imagined a scenario where parts of the parking level and the ground floor can turn into a double-height space (shown). Photo © Arrowstreet The Center Street Parking Garage in Berkeley, California, sports a facade designed by local firm Marcy Wong Donn Logan Architects. It consists of folded and perforated metal panels that weave across the building’s exterior and are illuminated by programmable colored lighting. Photo © Billy Hustace