Main entry:

McDonald, Shannon Sanders, author.

Title & Author:

The parking garage : design and evolution of a modern urban form / Shannon Sanders McDonald.

Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Urban Land Institute, [2007]

Description:

xi, 312 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 302-305).
Introduction : The parking garage : Design and evolution of a modern urban form -- 1. A time of excitement: a new building form : The horse, the car, and the parking garage ; The car, the city, and the parking garage ; Early garages and their sources ; New structures for a new technology ; Parking for a variety of users ; Parking garage design emerges -- 2. Early design issues: The utilitarian versus the symbolic view of the car : The elevator garage ; The ramp garage ; The elevator versus the ramp ; The D'Humy ramp garages ; Other ramp designs ; Innovations in ramp design ; Early standardization ; The modern garage emerges ; Post-1950s ramp design ; The ramp garage as a civic presence ; Man, machine, and building -- 3. Synergistic land use connections : The showroom connection ; Municipal storage solutions and public parking garages ; The garage and the workplace ; The retail connection ; Residential links ; Hotels, resorts, casinos: and the garage ; New challenges: the airport and the hospital ; Integrated parking solutions -- 4. Form and function : Functionality and the early garage ; Lighting, safety, and wayfinding ; Garage technologies ; Heating and ventilation ; Parking spaces and parking methods ; Maintenance ; Construction practices ; The business of parking ; Changing functionality -- 5. Mechanization: a taste for technology : The beginnings of mechanization: from the 1880s to 1930 ; Mechanization from 1930 to 1950 ; Mechanization from 1950 to 1990 ; Mechanization today ; The future of mechanized parking -- 6. Exploring structure and materials: engineering the garage : Fire safety and structural requirements ; Early garage construction ; Developments in concrete ; Steel in parking garage design ; Unit, prefab, and demountable parking garage construction ; Underground garages ; Materials and methods.
7. Man, machine, and movement: reading the parking garage : Why explore the garage as a building type? ; The expression of movement is key ; Man, machine, and movement ; Function for both humans and machines ; The garage as a connective building type ; The garage as landmark -- 8. The aesthetics of the parking garage : The garage in the midst of aesthetic change ; Early garage architecture ; The Beaux-Arts facility: part of an aesthetic whole ; The garage and the modernist aesthetic ; Yesterday's aesthetic approaches: today's best practices ; Art in the parking garage ; Preserving the urban fabric ; A source of aesthetic innovation -- 9. Parking in the context of urban planning : The city comes to a standstill ; Early regulatory efforts ; Roads, mass transit, and the first multimodal hubs ; Parking as a municipal problem ; Cities, suburbia, and parking ; Two parking philosophies ; Multilevel solutions ; Urban and suburban revitalization ; Modern regulatory efforts ; Site and size in modern garage design ; The parking facility as a civic building ; Around and around we go -- 10. An evolving building type : It all started in a garage ; What makes a great parking place? Sustainability ; New links between parking and the community ; Improving the pedestrian experience ; Unique visions ; Transformations in movement ; A holistic approach ; Visions within reach ; Gateway to the future: 21st-century transformations.

Summary:

Examining the parking garage from an architect's perspective, this book chronicles the evolution and future of parking garage innovations from early elevator and ramp designs through the modern, sustainable structures of today.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

9780874209983
0874209986

Subject:

Parking garages.
Public architecture.
Architecture, Modern.
Parcs de stationnement à étages.
Architecture publique.
parking garages.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 261090
Call No.: BIB 192068
Status: Available