When the automobile was first introduced, few Americans predicted its fundamental impact, not only on how people would travel, but on the American landscape itself. Instead of reducing the amount of wheeled transport on public roads, the advent of mass-produced cars caused congestion, at the curb and in the right-of-way, from small midwestern farm towns [&hellip
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Parking Structures provides a single-source reference for parking structure designers, builders, and owners. This third edition is still the only such book. It addresses how to select the best functional and structural designs for a given situation, ensure long-term durability, design for easy maintenance, decide on the number and placement of entrances and exits, design [&hellip
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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. RECEIVE 10% OFF THIS TITLE WITH DISCOUNT CODE:
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The first comprehensive international survey of one of the most important building types of the modern era: the parking garage. Since the invention of the car, the buildings that house them have been a source of inspiration and consternation to architects. Although many dreary car parks and garages do exist, the challenge of efficiently housing [&hellip
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Colleges and universities across North America are facing difficult questions about automobile use and transportation. Lack of land for new parking lots and the desire to preserve air quality are but a few of the factors leading institutions toward a new vision based upon expanded transit access, better bicycle and pedestrian facilities, and incentives that [&hellip
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Since the last century, most of the public space has been designed for and around the automobile. Gradually, a mostly undifferentiated infrastructure developed into landmark architecture, with buildings and constructions of all kinds that interpret and mark the contemporary’s “automobile way of life”. Be it parking garages, gas stations, wash-cafés, bridges or motor hotels: [&hellip
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Based on all new data, this book contains information to accurately estimate parking requirements, a chapter on management, and case studies that describe how shared parking has been implemented. RECEIVE 10% OFF THIS TITLE WITH DISCOUNT CODE:
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Get the latest information on parking development and operations. Whether you plan to offer free or pay parking, you will learn best practices for how to plan, design, finance, build, and operate a parking facility. Updated throughout, this edition covers the impact of sport utility vehicles and lights trucks, and best practices in financing, parking [&hellip
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