The 1,030-space parking structure supports the Berks County Courthouse, the YMCA, Reading City Hall and hospital users. The unique brick- and precast-concrete façade architecturally integrates the structure with the surrounding historic buildings and adjacent residential neighborhood.
The American Concrete Institute awarded this project the Grand Prize for Excellence in Design.
Project Highlights:
• Three-bay end-to-end single helix with center ramping bay and adjacent flat bays
• One-way traffic
• Two glass-backed stair and elevator towers
• Closed-circuit television and audio intercom system
• Precast/prestressed concrete framing system
• Brick and precast spandrel facade