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Adams Parking
Garage - Buffalo, NY
Construction of the parking
structure followed the demolition of a deteriorated parking garage
that occupied this City-owned site. Along with doubling the capacity
to 1,200 spaces, the design of the new building utilizes state-of-the-art
construction techniques which will likely result in doubling the life
expectancy of the previous structure.
The building has been designed for a second Construction Stage, which
allows the structure to be expanded, including provisions for additional
levels (commercial space or additional parking capacity), and installation
of retail shops at the ground floor.
In addition to allowances for pedestrian scale, user friendliness
and security, the building's design is a response to its location
in the urban fabric of Buffalo, among many of the City's architectural
treasures, and the building's materials and detailing are meant to
be consistent with prevailing architectural themes of the neighboring
surrounds.
The design represents a response to prevailing thought that parking
structures typically represent short-lived and ill-executed architectural
efforts which lack the urban design qualities expected of other built
structures. An important architectural objective was delivering a
building which contributed to its urban fabric - while reinforcing
the established urban design patterns of full-block utilization, dominant
pedestrian entrances and reinforcement of block corners and street
walls - in a manner which belies the building's $27 per square foot
construction cost. The building was designed, documented and built
in an 18 month period which allowed it to open ahead of schedule and
under budget.
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Adams Parking Garage
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