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A smooth ride through the golden age of car travel, looking at both its cultural and architectural impact on the world.
The culture of road travel and the road trip is arguably best reflected in the stationary spots found along the way. Christopher Beanland journeys through these built environments the world over, whose sole purpose is to cater to cars and those who drive them, and examines what makes them so alluring.
Illustrated with 65 stunning photographs, Architecture For Cars explores everything from the brutalist fashions of listed UK petrol stations to the quirky and colourful drive-thrus found across the US. If you're interested in the autobahn churches of Germany, why Ed Ruscha felt drawn to painting gas stations, or you just enjoy the aesthetics of car-centric architecture across the globe, this book is for you.
Also included are essays on wider topics such as roadside signs, drive-in malls and retail parks, cars on film, and roads that never were. This latest architectural deep-dive from Christopher Beanland focuses mainly on the 20th century, with an additional optimistic look towards the future: hopefully an electric vehicle-led existence will herald a new, greener 'golden age' for cars.
Contents
Introduction
Carchitecture
UK
Europe
USA
Rest of World / Worldwide
Essays
Super-sized Sculptures by the Roadside
Ring Road Poets of Coventry
Road Racing in Birmingham
The Car Park is Being Reinvented
The Delorean Story
Q&As
Lisa Brown
Felix Torkar
Mary Keating
Chris Marshall
Dr Dawn Pereira
Sam Burnett
Rolando Pujol
Stuart Baird
Index
