{"id":576,"date":"2010-02-27T14:48:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-27T14:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/?p=576"},"modified":"2018-12-19T09:29:15","modified_gmt":"2018-12-19T14:29:15","slug":"is-this-the-coolest-parking-garage-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/2010\/02\/is-this-the-coolest-parking-garage-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"Is This the Coolest Parking Garage Ever?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">Well, at a cost of more than $100,000 per space, it had better be. High design&#8211;using Swiss architects Herzog &amp; de Meuron&#8211;costs and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/12\/02\/business\/02parking.html\">New York Times<\/a> takes a shot at figuring how the numbers work. But never mind the numbers, the structure is a location scout&#8217;s dream. Look for it soon on an episode of CSI Miami.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_589\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/miami-beach-feb0011.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-589\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-589\" title=\"1111 Lincoln Road\" src=\"http:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/miami-beach-feb0011-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-589\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Even the address is cool<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_590\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/miami-beach-feb0051.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-590\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-590\" title=\"knife-edge concrete slab\" src=\"http:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/miami-beach-feb0051-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-590\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Another reason not to drink and drive<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_591\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/miami-beach-feb007.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-591\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-591\" title=\"A garage with a view\" src=\"http:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/miami-beach-feb007-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-591\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Triple height parking floor<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_592\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/miami-beach-feb009.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-592\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-592\" title=\"Spiraling stairway\" src=\"http:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/miami-beach-feb009-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-592\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I. M Pei would be proud<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--See it on film here--><\/p>\n<p>Miami Beach is actually developing a reputation for cool parking garages, using design than relies on more than just a tropical climate that can soften and structure with palm trees and cushions of impatiens.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_McIVU0sk2Fs\/SiRUNI6azqI\/AAAAAAAAADA\/_tw4V6K3l6I\/s400\/parking+garageP1020784.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The &#8220;Chia Garage&#8221; on Collins Avenue<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Okay, this one is palmed and cushiony, but it also has a strong retail base, a car entrance that is as narrow as possible on the side street, and a distinctive, street-facing pedestrian entrance. Replace the foliage with some interesting curtain wall or public art and you&#8217;ve got a model that could work in more brutal climes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">Well, at a cost of more than $100,000 per space, it had better be. High design&#8211;using Swiss architects Herzog &amp; de Meuron&#8211;costs and the New York Times takes a shot at figuring how the numbers work. But never mind the numbers, the structure is a location scout&#8217;s dream. Look for it soon on an episode of CSI Miami.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Miami Beach is actually developing a reputation for cool parking garages, using design than relies on more than just a tropical climate that can soften and structure with palm trees and cushions of impatiens.<\/p>\n<p>Okay, this one is palmed and cushiony, but it also has a strong retail base, a car entrance that is as narrow as possible on the &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/2010\/02\/is-this-the-coolest-parking-garage-ever\/\" class=\"read-more\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[55,54],"class_list":["post-576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-design","tag-miami","tag-parking-garage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=576"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5629,"href":"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576\/revisions\/5629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}