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SAMBURCHARCHITECTBY TIM McKEOUGH
PRODUCED BY LAUREL J. BENEDUMThis bilevel garage in
Austin, Texas—designed
by Sam Burch and Shiflet
Group Architects—was
inspired by the one in
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.They’ve
Arrived
FROM A FANTASIA INSPIRED BY
FERRIS BUELLER TO FASHION’S
FAVORITE RIDES, THE GARAGE IS
THE NEW HEART OF THE HOME.
F
AR TOO OFTEN, THE GARAGE IS THE
unkempt ruffian of the home—the
bare-bones, big-mawed behemoth
that functions as an unfortunate
graveyard for flat-tired bicycles, half-
full paint cans, and lawn mowers that gave
up the battle against their eternal verdant
foes. But it doesn’t have to be so.
Many architects, interior designers, and
homeowners—car collectors chief among
them—are proving that our wind-in-the-hair
romance with automobiles is still alive
and kicking. They are creating garages
with at least as much style as the rest of
the house. “There’s overlap in the Venn
diagram between an art gallery and a
garage,” says the architect Steven Harris, an
“obsessed” collector of vintage Porsches.