The Moor Rubie Yudell Architects-designed garage is on its way to being the first LEED Certified parking structure in the USA. The structure provides 900 parking spaces (14 of which are devoted to electric vehicles) throughout six levels of above ground parking and one and a half levels of below ground parking. Free bicycle storage is also available to encourage alternate transportation. The parking garage, which is the Santa Monica Civic Center parking structure, has a solar panel arrangement that provides all of the building's energy needs. Not only is the building energy efficient, it also contains many sustainable features such as a storm drain water treatment system, recycled construction materials, low-VOC paints and coatings, low-e glazing for heating and cooling efficiency, and energy efficient mechanical systems. The Glass Association of North America also awarded the firm a design award based on the use of laminated glass panels.
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The bright colors seen on Moore Ruble Yudell's building are painted channel glass planks imported by Bendheim Wall Systems. The glass planks are a pyramidal type called Prismasolar, a texture proprietary to Lamberts, the manufacturer of the LINIT brand of channel glass. All glass from Lamberts is made from a high percentage of recycled post-consumer content. The first LEED parking facility in the country, designed by James Mary O'Connor, recently won a Glass Association of North America (GANA) Design in Glass Award 2007 for Tempered Glass. Images of this and other award-winning projects - museums, higher education buildings, and libraries - designed by leading architecture firms including Steven Holl Architects, Polshek Partnership, Pelli Clarke Pelli, and Diller Scofidio + Renfro can be seen at www.bendheimwall.com. Please call me at 800-221-7379 X223 with any questions you have about using LINIT channel glass to enhance your commercial projects, thank you.
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