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A multistorey car park[1][2] (Commonwealth English) or parking garage (American English), [1] also called a multistorey, [3] parking building, parking structure, parkade (mainly Canadian), parking ramp, parking deck, or indoor parking, is a building designed for car, motorcycle, and bicycle parking in which parking takes place on more than one floor or level. The first known multistorey ...
An automated (car) parking system (APS) is a mechanical system designed to minimize the area and/or volume required for parking cars. Like a multi-story parking garage, an APS provides parking for cars on multiple levels stacked vertically to maximize the number of parking spaces while minimizing land usage.
Structured regimes are buildings in which vehicles can be parked, including multi-storey parking garages, underground parking or a hybrid of the two. Such structures may be incorporated into a wider structure.
A soft story building is a multi-story building in which one or more floors have windows, wide doors, large unobstructed commercial spaces, or other openings in places where a shear wall would normally be required for stability as a matter of earthquake engineering design. [1][2] A typical soft story building is an apartment building of three or more stories located over a ground level with ...
Multi-storey car parks are commonly constructed using precast concrete. The constructions involve putting together precast parking parts which are multi-storey structural wall panels, interior and exterior columns, structural floors, girders, wall panels, stairs, and slabs.
Parking structures Precast parking structure showing an interior column which supports two girders, left and right. Double-tee beams hang onto the girders. Modern multi-story parking structures are built from precast / prestressed concrete systems. The floor systems are mostly built from pre-topped double tees.
Sinking Ship. The Sinking Ship is a multi-story parking garage in Pioneer Square, Seattle bound by James Street to the north, Yesler Way to the south, and 2nd Avenue to the east, and just steps away from the Pioneer Building on the site of the former Occidental Hotels and Seattle Hotel. After the Seattle Hotel was demolished in 1961, the ...
The five-story parking garage at 177-79 East 73rd Street in Manhattan, designed by Charles F. Hoppe and opened in 1906, still stands and is a designated city landmark. Another early multi-story parking garage that predates the LaSalle Garage is the Ardsley Garage at 165 East 77th Street, designed by George F. Pelham and completed in 1914.