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The Timber House is a parking garage in Copenhagen’s new urban area Nordhavn. The pixelated facade of wood and recycled aluminum reference the ends of stacked timber beams. This expression is an homage to the area’s 19th century history as a place that stored and handled timber. It encourages drivers to park and use the neighbouring metro station to and from the city centre or explore the area on foot. In addition to parking spaces, it adds a playful element to the area with a vibrant, green outer perimeter, (coming) shops and meeting places as well as a Kiss-n-Ride function. Vilhelm Lauritzen Architects - Sjavit Maestro The building is 13,300 m2, six storeys high and holds the space of 430 cars. It is erected in Copenhage... More

City of Hope National Medical Center's Northeast Parking Structure (Parking Structure A) is a six-story concrete parking structure offering 1,087 parking stalls for patients and staff, with future capability for retail space on the ground level. This project is an early phase of a 20-year expansion that will add approximately 1 million square feet to City of Hope's campus in Duarte, CA. RMA Photography, Inc. As part of the plan, a new parking structure acts as a distinct entry monument. CO Architects was part of the design-build team with TRC Parkitects and McCarthy Building Companies. The defining feature is a kinetic façade that embraces City of Hope's dedication to holistic cancer care and contributes to sustainability initi... More

Lynnwood sits between Cascade Mountains and Puget Sound Waters; conveniently located just north of Seattle, Washington and north-west of Bellevue, Washington. Home to the highest concentration of retailers in the region, Lynnwood represents a quaint retreat from the fast-paced lifestyle of Seattle. Courtesy of Wakefield Residential Since 2019, construction had been ongoing at The Woods at Alderwood site up until the Fall of 2022. Now a home to many, the residential apartment community and retail center features 500 total apartments and 140,000 sq. ft. of commercial space. Conveniently, it is located just across the street from one of the region’s largest malls, the Alderwood Mall. Other close locations include Costco, Home Depot... More

The shopping centre Q19 breathes new life into a long underrated quarter in Vienna’s 19th district. Between railroad tracks, the Karl-Marx-Hof and the now revitalized Kreilplatz, the former Samum Papierfabrik mutates into a shopping mall in Döbling, now an urban landmark in north-western Vienna. Pia Odorizzi The Q19 combines old factory halls with listed façades and one of the first reinforced concrete skeletal constructions in Vienna with a “flagship” – a long drawn bar with spiral ramps to the parking decks on the long sides, clad with Corten steel as the atmospheric link between the factory and the tracks. Towards the Kreilplatz, the old and new buildings form an urban forecourt with the main ent... More

Along the Cascais coast, on the west side of Lisboa and inside the Sintra Natural Park, a wonderful modern villa set in the typical landscape of the Portuguese Riviera was developed: the Casa da Quinta da Marinha. Caption The area, famous for its grand estates, palaces and luxury villas which gained Sintra a UNESCO World heritage designation, is one of the most expensive and exclusive real estate markets and is similarly known for its high standards of living, consistently ranking as one of the best places to live in Portugal. Caption The villa, designed by Enter Arquitectura, was based on a logic of well-defined vertical planes that structure and organize the house's interior spaces and which in turn release the two horizontal... More

Even though a car park is a utilitarian part of housing estates, why should it be unsightly? Brusnika is constantly exploring new ideas for its car parks in different cities.  Caption The team has recently completed a three-storey car park in Panorama residential quarter, located in Novosibirsk. Drawing an analogy between parking vehicles ramps and New York Guggenheim Museum space, Brusnika decided that the parking for 279 cars can additionally benefit from a display of art objects and lighting solutions.  Caption Inspired by the quarter location neighbouring the city alpine ski slope, and Novosibirsk proximity to the Altai, mountains were chosen as the key art theme for the new structure.  Caption The salie... More

«Rostech-City» is a large office complex under construction on the territory of Tushinsky airfield in the north-west of Moscow. «Rosteh-City» is the first stage of the construction of a business park within the framework of the largest modern project of complex development of territories in Moscow in the district of Tushino on the principle Work.Live.Play.Learn. Caption We were given an ambitious and very rare task for the Moscow market - to develop an executive BIM-model for the Business Park with underground parking. This made it easier to collect data and created a single information space for all actors - developers, contractors and banks. Caption More

Concrete and wood parking lot dedicated to carpooling developed for Audemars Piguet. The structure of the parking lot with sloping slabs connected to each other forms a path along which the parking spaces are arranged. Think Utopia This strategy allows a compact project that adapts perfectly to the natural slope of the land, thus obtaining a calligraphic silhouette that reflects the structural concept through its volumetry. The filling between the slabs and the reinforced concrete parapets is a wooden cladding whose slats follow different inclinations to protect the building from the weather and at the same time allow natural ventilation thanks to their spacing. Think Utopia In addition, the visual effect created by the slats... More

A closed but still transparent façade cladding made of LARGO-TWIST 2051 stainless steel mesh Since 2020, a new parking garage creates a relaxed parking situation at the Barmherzige Brüder hospital in Regensburg. In cooperation with Peithner Architekten, Haver & Boecker developed a new architectural mesh especially for this project: LARGO-TWIST 2051. Photo: © N. Kazakov The key requirement: Providing reliable anti-glare protection against reflections from outside and insideThe facade cladding of a parking garage is often much more than just the shell of a building. This is exactly what became apparent during the implementation of the project in Regensburg.  The façade had to perform as a multifunctiona... More

Situated on the edge of a forest and a river, this currently unbuilt site marks the end of a residential area in Epalinges. The upper planning identifies this area as a site to be densified by mixed uses. The issues at stake include the creation of an urbanization that complements the existing neighbourhood and protects the natural environment. Hiris Images After an assessment of the site and its context, CCHE developed a project that combines the objectives of the higher planning and the natural assets of the site. The programme contains housing supplemented by premises for complementary activities for about 100 inhabitants and jobs. CCHE CCHE The careful urban integration of the future constructions limits the impact on t... More

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Along the water Just west of Amsterdam’s Central Station a new extension of Amsterdam is being built. Of the three Houthavens (Timberdocks), the middle one is being transformed into a residential area. The Pontsteiger building is the 90-meter high icon that functions as the landmark of this development. It is a robust, square building towering above the water in a bend of the river IJ. A dam connects the building to the Tasmanstraat. The entrance to the two underground parking garages is also to be found on this dam. One garage serves the residents and users of the Pontsteiger building, the other one is a municipal parking with a capacity of 277 cars for permit holders in the Tasman neighbourhood. This one, the Pontsteiger parking ga... More

A new square for the city What used to be the backside of Utrecht Central Station, a dead and windy plain that offered a colorless route to the Jaarbeurs complex, is now transforming into a new square for the city of Utrecht. It is meant to become a pleasant transit area, but also a great area to linger, to sit and have a chat under a tree or in the sun, or have a sandwich. Not only for the bus and train travellers but also for all the people working in or visiting the new city hall, or the guests of the hotels around the square. A stepped square with trees, that connects the old city, the busy area around the station and the west side of Utrecht, and in reality creates a new city center. The underground parking garage In collaboration w... More

Collalbo makes you mobile: With the new mobility centre in Collalbo, Roland Baldi Architects and Pfeifer Partners have built a user-friendly transport hub with underground car park, parking lot and bus station. The connection to the nearby station of the historic Renon railway completes the local transport concept. The mobility centre was carefully coordinated in proportion and material with the Civil protection centre also designed by Roland Baldi Architects. It redefines public and private traffic routing of the entire municipality and gives the site a new, contemporary and distinctive face. More