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Sheffield Car Park Building, Image, Architect, Design, Parking Development
Sheffield Car Park, Yorkshire, England
St Paul's Place Project by Allies and Morrison, England, UK
Charles Street Car Park : RIBA Regional Award winner 2009
15 Dec 2008
Eye-catching Allies and Morrison carpark
regenerates Sheffield city centre
A new £16m multi-story car park, designed by Allies and Morrison
Architects for CTP St James Limited, has opened in the heart of Sheffield
providing 520 much-needed parking spaces. The building, which is an
important part of Allies and Morrison's masterplan for the regeneration
of St Paul's Place, has already caught the attention of the city with
its visually striking cladding system.
St Paul's Place Photos : Dennis Gilbert
The distinctive cladding system is made of a series of aluminium panels
mounted in four different orientations resulting in a pattern which
creates a varying texture of light and shadow. The internal face of
the panels is coloured green to reflect the foliage within St Paul's
Place; the colour is subtly revealed in daylight and is more evident
at night when internal lighting gives the impression of sunlight filtering
through the leaves.
"The design solution has been to produce an elegant enclosure
to what is essentially a large public car park," says Robert
Maxwell, Partner of Allies and Morrison. "The square cladding
panels successfully hide the form of the otherwise overbearing concrete
decks and ramps and produce a consistent texture to the surface when
rotated. When lit from within they introduce an abstract quality to
the building."
David Topham of CTP St James commented: "We are delighted with
the progress being made in the commercial elements of the Heart of
the City and the opening of the car park building marked a significant
milestone in the overall development programme. The building provides
a high-quality secure parking facility to the city centre in time
for Christmas 2008."
The St Paul's Place development, of which the car park forms part,
is a £130m high-quality mixed-use scheme comprising a hotel,
office space, restaurants and landscaped squares incorporating public
artwork. In addition to the overall masterplan and the car park, Allies
and Morrison is also responsible for the design of the first office
building which competed in 2007, the second office building which
is due for completion in 2009 and major improvements to the public
realm to St Paul's Place.
St Paul's Place Sheffield Car Park - Professional Team
Client CTP St James Limited
Architect Allies and Morrison
Contractor J F Finnegan
Project manager Gardiner & Theobold LLP
Quantity Surveyor Tweeds
Structural & Civil Engineers Capita Symonds
Mechanical & Electrical Engineers Ernest Griffiths and Son
Fire Engineers Arup Fire
Highway Engineers Arup Highways
St Paul's Place Sheffield images / information received 151208
Sheffield Architects
Allies and Morrison
Allies and Morrison is one of the country's leading architectural
and masterplanning practices. Operating from studios in Southwark,
designed by the practice for its own use, Allies and Morrison employs
a total of 270 staff led by ten partners, including Graham Morrison
and Bob Allies, and eight directors. The current portfolio covers
a range of project types including healthcare, offices, student housing,
mixed-use, residential, education and arts buildings throughout the
UK and abroad.
CTP St James
CTP St James is a joint venture between two leading northern developers,
CTP of Manchester and St James Securities of Leeds. They have also
been responsible for award-winning developments at the Round Foundry
in Leeds and the waterfront in Wakefield.
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