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title: Maple’s architectural façade on Liverpool’s Paddington Central car park draws praise from contractor
description: Morgan Sindall describe Maple as one of the best contractors on site after installation of perforated panels.
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# [Maple’s architectural façade on Liverpool’s Paddington Central car park draws praise from contractor](https://maplefacades.co.uk/news-and-insights/paddington-central-mscp-architectural-facade)

 Written by [Jake Dunn](https://maplefacades.co.uk/news-and-insights/author/jake-dunn) | 08/10/21 10:41

Maple have been singled out for praise after the completion of a striking architectural façade on a new Liverpool car park. 

Morgan Sindall described our team at Paddington Central as one of the best on site, while KKA Architecture said Maple had done a ‘wonderful job’ in bringing their vision to life. 

 

[Perforated panels](https://maplefacades.co.uk/architectural-facades-systems) on the new multi-storey create an intriguing design inspired by a network of 200-year-old tunnels beneath the city’s streets. It was the brainchild of KKA Architecture, who collaborated with Maple in the design studio and mock-up area of our Stockport factory.  

 

“Our concept for the multi-storey car park was intricate and complex, and not necessarily a simple one to realise,” said KA Director Kasia Borkowska. “However, Maple have done a wonderful job of bringing our vision to life and helping to create a facility that proudly reflects the area’s rich history.” 

 

More than 2,000 perforated panels clad the car park with a design that represents the largely unknown Williamson Tunnels. Each panel design is different, with a unique location on the façade to complete the abstract image. Installation was completed to fine margins and with close attention to detail – all within a challenging, tight and busy city-centre site. 

 

“Maple were one of the best (contractors) on site,” said Morgan Sindall’s Senior Quantity Surveyor, Graham Golding. 

 

“We had the Covid pandemic, weather issues, little bespoke changes and a myriad of other problems but Maple fitted in. Accommodating is the word I would use. And the façade looks great.” 

 

As well as creating a link with the past, the perforated panels will protect the car park interior from the elements, while providing natural light and ventilation. 

 

The Williamson Tunnels are a series of excavations created under the direction of eccentric entrepreneur and philanthropist Joseph Williamson in the 19th century. 

 

They are not thought to have had any real purpose – unlike the new 1,245-space car park, which will serve the regeneration of the Paddington Central quarter into a city-centre hub for life science, medical and knowledge industries. 

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