Great Canadian Parkades

[Chadillaccc]

Originally Posted by Calgarian

This is my favourite parkade ever (funny concept that lol). It is the parkade at SAIT Polytechnic in north central Calgary. There is a soccer field on the roof and that field has one of the best skyline views anywhere. I'm too lazy to post pictures so here is the article.

http://www.archdaily.com/129142/sait...om-architects/

Yarrr, it be a fine parkade.






Designed by Bing Thom. http://www.archdaily.com/129142/sait...om-architects/

[north 42]

My favourite parking garage is the new Z Parkade in DT Detroit, very cool! I know it's not Canadian, but it's in our region!

http://hifructose.com/2014/01/07/det...the-z-project/

[Echoes]

The Sturdy-Stone Centre in Saskatoon, built in the Brutalist style in the late 1970s, houses provincial government offices on the first two levels, and the top 3, with parking levels in between. It is a bizarre building, but I love it, and the integration of the parking works. Sturdy and Stone were two prominent Saskatchewan civil servants, if you were wondering.


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The complex shortly after its completion:


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And this past summer (showing some age):


IMG_7587 by echoes320, on Flickr

[Chadillaccc]

Very cool! I always thought that was an apartment building!

[oiler-dude]

Edmonton' got some ugly ones:

https://maps.google.ca/?ll=53.544623...1.48,,0,-13.58

https://maps.google.ca/?ll=53.544681...30.18,,0,-3.81

https://maps.google.ca/?ll=53.544413...99.52,,0,-23.7


This is probably the nicest in DT, has some amenities on the ground floor too.
https://maps.google.ca/?ll=53.542151...37.74,,0,-3.12

This one is kind of cool, if not imposing. Built into the river valley underneath the Crowne Plaza hotel. You get dizzy driving the ramp from top to bottom. ;-)
https://maps.google.ca/?ll=53.538489...55.5,,0,-11.71

[esquire]

^ That Crowne Plaza one looks massive with all of those levels.

One of the most interesting parkades in Winnipeg is a newer one in the Exchange District. The brick building on the corner was actually demolished and the facade reassembled piece by piece. Unfortunately, the landlord has failed to lease out the ground floor commercial spaces although something is finally in the works for the corner CRU.


Image source: http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/bus...172418051.html

[SHOFEAR]

Originally Posted by esquire

^ That Crowne Plaza one looks massive with all of those levels.

One of the most interesting parkades in Winnipeg is a newer one in the Exchange District. The brick building on the corner was actually demolished and the facade reassembled piece by piece. Unfortunately, the landlord has failed to lease out the ground floor commercial spaces although something is finally in the works for the corner CRU.

What's the story with the parkade south of the Fort Garry? Fort Garry Place I think? I got the impression driving through it that this this was older than any parkade I've ever been in previously. A little rough around the edges, but dripping with character.

[esquire]

Originally Posted by SHOFEAR

What's the story with the parkade south of the Fort Garry? Fort Garry Place I think? I got the impression driving through it that this this was older than any parkade I've ever been in previously. A little rough around the edges, but dripping with character.

Oh man, Fort Garry Place. The stuff of legend. It was actually built in the late 80s by a local developer, Martin Bergen. He is the quintessential self-made man and he micromanaged many parts of that development including the crazy neoclassical motif with statues. Don't know if you had a look at the mall inside but it is nuts with elaborate ceramic chandeliers facing a cinder block wall, and matching glass elevators that go up one floor and which no one ever uses.

I hate the parkade in there so much that I avoid it as much as I can... I haven't been in there for at least 10 years. It's like it was designed on the back of a napkin. I feel embarrassed that so many out of towners at the hotel next door use that thing.

The whole project was such a f-cluster from a design standpoint that the city really clamped down on design review after that. The only good things about it is the fact that lots of people live there and there's a restaurant with a great view up on top.

More: http://winnipegdowntownplaces.blogsp...estaurant.html

[SHOFEAR]

wow. Not what I thought at all.

[Acajack]

Originally Posted by Echoes

The Sturdy-Stone Centre in Saskatoon, built in the Brutalist style in the late 1970s, houses provincial government offices on the first two levels, and the top 3, with parking levels in between. It is a bizarre building, but I love it, and the integration of the parking works. Sturdy and Stone were two prominent Saskatchewan civil servants, if you were wondering.


Source

The complex shortly after its completion:


Source

And this past summer (showing some age):


IMG_7587 by echoes320, on Flickr

Put a monorail through it and it's the Contemporary Resort at Disney World!

[esquire]

Originally Posted by SHOFEAR

wow. Not what I thought at all.

There actually is a parkade in an old building in Winnipeg... CityPlace next to the MTS Centre, which was for many years the big Eaton's mail order warehouse, was redeveloped years ago to include a parkade on the levels between the mall on the bottom and the office floors on the upper level. You can see the ramp leading up to the parking levels.



Source: http://www.panoramio.com/photo/15287138

[SignalHillHiker]

Winnipeg's Exchange has a lovely one that blends in well.

[HomeInMyShoes]

The parkade in Regina that needs to be redone is the one on Cornwall Street that links Victoria Park to the Cornwall Centre Mall. There are great buildings on this street with the Reed Stenhouse Building on 12th Avenue and the old Legion on the West side, but this parkade is atrocious.

Cornwall Street

the Parkade in the Avord Tower is pretty well integrated. It has Atlantis Coffee with a nice patio, Flip Restaurant and Salt Deli all in it. Probably the best parkade in downtown.

City Hall's parkade shows how formed concrete can work well, but it is gigantic and offers nothing other than some sculpturedness for an entire city block.

[esquire]

Originally Posted by HomeInMyShoes

The parkade in Regina that needs to be redone is the one on Cornwall Street that links Victoria Park to the Cornwall Centre Mall. There are great buildings on this street with the Reed Stenhouse Building on 12th Avenue and the old Legion on the West side, but this parkade is atrocious.

Cornwall Street

the Parkade in the Avord Tower is pretty well integrated. It has Atlantis Coffee with a nice patio, Flip Restaurant and Salt Deli all in it. Probably the best parkade in downtown.

City Hall's parkade shows how formed concrete can work well, but it is gigantic and offers nothing other than some sculpturedness for an entire city block.

That Cornwall Centre parkade is awful. The chain link fencing makes it look like a jail.

I note that the Avord Tower is practically a twin to Winnipeg's Royal Bank Building:



The parkade looks like the only major difference!

[Tosin007]

Originally Posted by Echoes

The Sturdy-Stone Centre in Saskatoon, built in the Brutalist style in the late 1970s, houses provincial government offices on the first two levels, and the top 3, with parking levels in between. It is a bizarre building, but I love it, and the integration of the parking works. Sturdy and Stone were two prominent Saskatchewan civil servants, if you were wondering.


Source

The complex shortly after its completion:


Source

And this past summer (showing some age):


IMG_7587 by echoes320, on Flickr

Wow Architecturally speaking I wonder if that's Canada's best Parkade? :O

Originally Posted by oiler-dude

Edmonton' got some ugly ones:

https://maps.google.ca/?ll=53.544623...1.48,,0,-13.58

https://maps.google.ca/?ll=53.544681...30.18,,0,-3.81

https://maps.google.ca/?ll=53.544413...99.52,,0,-23.7


This is probably the nicest in DT, has some amenities on the ground floor too.
https://maps.google.ca/?ll=53.542151...37.74,,0,-3.12

This one is kind of cool, if not imposing. Built into the river valley underneath the Crowne Plaza hotel. You get dizzy driving the ramp from top to bottom. ;-)
https://maps.google.ca/?ll=53.538489...55.5,,0,-11.71

I dunno I happen to like that first link you showed, looks to me like the Parkade is very close to the "Edmonton City Centre Mall" as well as practically integrated into the Delta Hotel as well to the Right,
I happen to think it looks like a pretty interesting design concept..

[lake of the nations]

Dépôt street parkade, Sherbrooke.

Before


http://www.estrieplus.com/contenu-04...3535-9185.html

After (the picture is huge)

By me

This other parkade should eventually undergo a similar makeover.


http://www.barraclou.com/

[Trans Canada]

This is a great reno on the University of Calgary's downtown campus parking garage. Unfortunately it's not a very high-traffic road (pedestrian or vehicle) so doesn't get much exposure. Each piece of stainless steel hangs individually and independently sways in the wind.

Completed 2011.

(click for full size)


Progress Photo; building Ned Kahn's Kinetic Facade in Calgary by Heavy Industries, on Flickr


Progress Photo; building Ned Kahn's Kinetic Facade in Calgary by Heavy Industries, on Flickr


Progress Photo; building Ned Kahn's Kinetic Facade in Calgary by Heavy Industries, on Flickr


Source Ned Kahn/Heavy Industries, http://heavyindustries.ca/?portfolio=kinetic-facade


Source Ned Kahn/Heavy Industries, http://heavyindustries.ca/?portfolio=kinetic-facade


Flapper Close-up by Heavy Industries, on Flickr

Artist: Ned Kahn
Client: Northwest Healthcare Properties
Place: University of Calgary downtown campus | Calgary, Alberta
Size: 3,250 sq ft (302 sq m)
Materials: Stainless steel, nylon standoffs

Conceptualized by internationally renowned artist Ned Kahn, the façade consists of 4,080 brushed stainless steel flappers cladding a renovated parkade. Nylon standoffs allow each plate to move independently with the wind for a kinetic effect.

Eight outriggers were attached to each of the existing building’s 5 main columns. A large, galvanized mild steel beam, extending the length of the building along the top parapet, was attached to the top of the outriggers and the building. Clip plates and angle were used to bolt 20 stainless steel frames to the beam. 8,160 custom nylon standoffs secure the 4,080 brushed stainless steel flappers to the frames.

http://heavyindustries.ca/?portfolio=kinetic-facade

More info and photos of construction/installation at http://heavyindustries.ca/kinetic-ar...hn-in-calgary/

[J.OT13]

Ottawa's Byward Market

Built for Freiman's (now Hudson Bay) in the 50s, it featured a pedestrian tunnel between the department store and parking garage. When the Bay sold the garage, the tunnel was seemingly shut down.


http://architectureottawa.com/Midcentury%20Modern.html

City of Ottawa parking lot, again in the Market, with ground floor retail (on the other side):


http://www.pastottawa.com/comparison...rd-market/299/

Glebe

Garage to be built a few blocks from Lansdowne to compensate for the lost surface parking lot. Construction will start in 2016, after the FIFA Women's World Cup in 2015. Smart.



New City of Ottawa parking lot planned in anticipation for the Ottawa Heart Institute expansion.


http://www.google.ca/url?sa=i&rct=j&...10722663146017

Largest parking garage in Ottawa is at the Place de Ville complex downtown, with 974 underground parking spots. Largest "indoor" parking complex (3 garages) would be at the Rideau Centre, with 1,700 spots after the expansion is completed.

[J.OT13]

Originally Posted by Innsertnamehere

GO transit has been building a bunch of garages at their stations like these ones recently:

Nice parking garage!

Calgary takes the cake. The U of C parking reface is nice and the SAIT parking with a soccer field is just freakin' awesome

[1overcosc]

The Place de Ville garage in Ottawa must have been quite the feat to build given that Place de Ville sits atop extremely shallow bedrock.