Urban Lofts For the Car Enthusiast
19 May 2006 - 2:00pm
Forget dark underground parking -- urban loft residents can now get a garage with a view.
"CarLoft works like this: you drive the car into a modified industrial elevator...A computer-controlled transponder recognizes the car and knows to which floor it should be delivered automatically. Two-point-five minutes later, you've reached your floor and can drive straight into the CarLoggia, your terrace-level parking space. Standard floor plans allow some choice in how discreet or blaring your car's presence is from indoors: tucked by the bedroom or in full view of the living room, behind glass or an opaque wall."
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Source:
MetropolisMag.com, May 19, 2006
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