Title: The parking garage : design and evolution of a modern urban form /
Authors: McDonald, Shannon Sanders.
Publisher: Urban Land Institute,
Year: 2007
Subjects: Parking garages Design and construction History.; Parking garages.; Public architecture.; Architecture, Modern
Abstract: 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.
Contents: 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.