One of the biggest problems of a single-family house is the garage: its design, dimensions and location. Practice, when a building for several cars is often located closer to the street than to the front door, you need to change.

The best solution to this problem is a convenient garage space, connected to a residential building in a single ensemble. How to do this, you can judge by our specific examples.

The translucent door of the box for cars is displayed at night from the inside. And in the afternoon, when the light is off, they stand out against the general background, like a wooden screen. And horizontal bars continue along the front of the house, creating a strong connection between them; they amplify on the roof of the garage and go to the terrace in front of the master bedroom.

A similar approach has been used here. Homogeneous wooden slats decorate the building from the right edge to the left, where the garage is located.

To build for four cars did not seem so cumbersome, the architects created a project with four separate gates instead of two large ones. For the same purpose, a light long terrace was made.

This modern dwelling - two boxes with glass windows - includes a garage room, the depth of which can be judged by the outer side wall.

The unique design demonstrates an example of how authoring house designs can combine garages with residential buildings, not only physically, but also stylistically.

The building for cars and the house can be autonomous. But in most cases they have a common roof or an outer wall. On this example they are united by translucent doors of the facade and garage box, which emphasizes the modern style of design.

This L-shaped structure has a special form. Parking, wide entry would give it a resemblance to the office, if it were not for the ledges, sloping roofs on different levels and near approaching vegetation.

The caravan on the left is connected by a covered passage with a residential building, which is reflected in the overall design of this complex.

The comparison of this huge estate with an area of ​​3350 sq. M with the village will be an exaggeration. Here we see a box for cars and an arch-

... an arch that opens a passage resembling a rural street, between the garage building and the main house.

If you look closely at the gate, then to the left of this house you can recognize a new building for cars.

A whimsical path connects the residential building with a garage room, the entrance to which is behind the sliding sliding door.

It should be remembered that in urban buildings it is very difficult to achieve that the facade architecture included rural motives. Sometimes very complicated design decisions are required.

In this photo, the garage gates have some resemblance to the windows of the second floor and the front door. At least, everything is subject to the general logic of building design.

With this arrangement of parking in the back of the estate, the car stands, as if on display.

In the lateral part of this townhouse there is a narrow garage annex which is integrated into a common low-rise building by a wide window on the second floor.

The zone in front of the buildings is also important, as, for example, the garage door. More and more popular is the green cover in front of the garage, which creates a grass growing between the stones of the paving stone.

This allows the water not to linger, but to flow down or be absorbed into the ground without hindrance. Here the grass grows next to the garage, at the beginning of the usual driveway.

This is a sample of how the coatings on the territory of the manor can be mixed.

The same cover pattern is visible on the front platform, which can easily be used for parking.

And now let's move on to the next group of projects: carports.

In the photo - a successful combination of a garage and a carport. This design is typical for South Carolina.

And this is an example of a more modern house. On the driveway, the car follows from the parking lot under the house to the garage in the far corner of the yard.

Here, parking is connected by a roof extension to the house. Its supports distinguish two parking spaces.

Here is another example of how effective can be awnings for cars. Nearby you can hardly see the entrance to the dwelling, which is on the right.

This unusual dwelling has a separately standing wooden structure, which is shown in the photo on the right; it serves as a parking place in front of the house.

On closer examination, the structure is a set of parts under a translucent roof, which provides lighting in the parking lot. This kind of parking is simple and requires less maintenance than a typical suburban garage.

Material courtesy of John Hill.