Contemporary Garages

It's travel month so we thought a look at some interesting garages with contemporary designs might be fitting. These remind us a bit of the mother of all contemporary garages: the glass one in Ferris Beuller's Day Off!

We love that the second garage is not enclosed, which makes it a little less cumbersome to the front facade of the house (don't you hate it when the garage takes over the front of a home?). We also love the lantern effect of the translucent garage doors in image 3.

What do you think? Do you like a contemporary garage or is a garage always just a garage?

Images: Harrison Architects, GLR Architects, The Architecture Program, Coates Design

Categories: Style, Architecture, Travel

Posted by Regina Yunghans

Regina is an architect who lives with her husband and son in Lawrence, KS. As a LEED Accredited Professional and longtime contributor to Apartment Therapy and The Kitchn, her focus is on healthy, sustainable living through design.
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Comments (6)

I love these garages. My only problem is that I have too much junk in my garage now. But with one of these garages, that's a good reason to get rid of some of my junk!

There are lots of cool carports in my neighborhood. I love the idea, garages just end up becoming a catchall for clutter.

I read Temporary Garage instead of Contemporary. I saw the pictures and got real confused what was temporary about these clean, beautiful, modern, contemporary- ooooooooh. Got it.

I love this post. The garage is so often overlooked. I definitely do not have a garage as fancy-pants as these but a bit of paint went a long way to help brighten up my dreary garage: http://dans-le-townhouse.blogspot.com/2011/06/prettiest-one-on-block.html

I love the car and the garage. I have always wanted a classic MB like that one pictured. It looks perfect in that little garage.

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I love the industrial look of the one garage that looks like a converted hanger. I'm working on my garage from inside out and love an industrial look from stainless light fixtures to stainless steel storage cabinets like I found here at http://www.mystoragecabinets.com/ststca.html

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