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Architecture The architecture responds to the context of the rationalist face brick architecture of the warehouses in the area and to the historical landmark of the Cape Town Archives . The podium of the new complex , with its stone clad retaining walls in Malmesbury Shale , typical of the historical roads in Cape Town , accommodates more than 500 parking bays on 5 levels , while merging into the topographical elements of the public square on Wesley Street and surrounding landscaping .
Once the former prison walls of the Cape Town Archives are perforated , and the park becomes accessible for the public from the Glynn Street side , additional retail can be situated on Glynn Street .
The face brick building on top of the podium offers a colonnade on Glynn Street and Solan
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