Sinking Ship Multi Storey (Seattle, USA)

Created in the 1960s as part of a neighbourhood redesign, this unique car park is the outcome of the geometry of the site it stands on. Located in Seattle, the United States, the site stands in front of the Smith Tower, and was formerly the home of the Seattle Hotel.

A triangle on a steep slope, when the car park controversially replaced the Seattle Hotel, the architects designed the building’s floors to slope in the opposite direction of the hill. This efficient design makes it possible for the streets surrounding the car park to act as access ramps, and gives the car park its quirky name: the Sinking Ship.