Center Street Garage

Berkeley, California

  • Services Structural Engineering
  • Market(s) Civic, Parking
  • Sustainability Rooftop solar panels Rainwater-runoff bio-swales High-efficiency LED lighting in public-art facade Valet parking for 350 bikes Electric vehicle charging stations Car share parking
  • Awards Business Environmental Award Winner, Acterra, 2020
    Green Good Award, European Centre for Architecture, 2020
    Excellence in Architectural Design, International Parking and Mobility Institute, 2020
    Best Design, International Parking and Mobility Institute, 2020
    American Architecture Award, Chicago Athenaeum and European Centre for Architecture, 2019
    Best New Structure, Parking Industry Expo, 2019
    Illumination Award of Merit, Illuminating Engineers Society, 2019
    Design Award, Berkeley Design Advocates, 2019

8

levels

710

parking spaces

248,000

square feet
  • Owner City of Berkeley
  • Architect International Parking Design
    Marcy Wong Donn Logan Architects
  • Contractor Overaa Construction
  • Collaborators Conversion Management Associates, Inc
    Architecture & Light
    The Engineering Enterprise
    BKF Engineers
    Taylor Engineering
    Brightworks Sustainability
    Jensen Hughes, Inc.
  • Team San Francisco, CA
Center Street Garage

Municipal parking garage in Downtown Berkeley at 2025 Center Street, between Milvia Street and Shattuck Avenue, with access from both Center and Addison Streets. This 8-level parking garage increases the supply of public parking in the Downtown area, and meets current seismic standards.

The facility houses 710 parking spaces; garage operations (including offices, a break room, restrooms, and supply room); micro-retail spaces and an art gallery; secure self-park and valet bicycle parking; electric vehicle charging stations; service area and storage; and incorporates public art into its design. The garage is designed as a “double helix” parked onramp structure with 90° parking spaces.

Additional Project Awards:

  • Honorable Mention: Transport Category, The Plan Awards, 2019
  • Judges Award, Metal Architecture Design, 2019
  • Commendable Achievement Award, ARCHITECT Light and Architecture Design, 2019
  • Innovative Sustainability Project of the Year, National Parking Association, 2019
  • Project Achievement Award, CMAA, 2019
  • Bronze Winner: Façade Category, World Architecture News, 2019
  • Innovative Facility of the Year, National Parking Association, 2019
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