As a rule, parking garages are utilitarian structures and there is little attempt to make them anything more than that. Once in a while, an architect decides to spice things up a little and that’s what happened to this structure in Birmingham, AL, not far from Children’s Hospital. Thin perforated metal sheets bent slightly at one edge offer an element that is both decorative and functional. At certain times of the day light dances off the semi-reflective pieces. The perforations and lifted edge allow filtered light to pass through into the garage while helping to keep the temperature lower in the garage than on the street.
