Includes index.

Introduction 6 --
UK 28 --
Preston Bus Station 31 --
Markham Moor Services 34 --
Margaret Calvert’s Traffic Sings 37 --
Leeds - Motorway City of the 70s 40 --
The Shopping Mall of Rodney Gordon and Owen Luder 43 --
Ring Roads in the English Midlands 47 --
Paradise Circus 49 --
Remnants of the Early Years of Motoring 53 --
Terry Farrell’s Carchitecture 55 --
Tees Transporter 58 --
British New Towns 61 --
EUROPE 62 --
Bierpinsel 65 --
Novi Beogrand 66 --
H-Day 71 --
Lingotto Factory 72 --
Autobahnüberbauung Schlangenbader Strasse 77 --
Meriadeck 78 --
Australia’s High Roads 81 --
Faroes Tunnels 84 --
Périphérique 89 --
Eastern Bloc Petrol Stations 90 --
Roundabout Art 95 --
AMERICAS 98 --
Temple Street Parking Garage and Pirelli Building 100 --
Brasilia 103 --
America’s Roadside Oddities 104 --
Motels 107 --
Miami Beach Parking structures 110 --
Minhocão 113 --
Mariana City 114 --
Los Angeles 117 --
Southern California Banks 120 --
Fordlandia 123 --
Ed Ruscha Paintings 124 --
Drive- thrus 127 --
WORLDWIDE 128 --
Tiny Homes with Car Parking 130 --
Australia’s Big Things 133 --
Tel Aviv Bus Station 136 --
Hill Road Flyover 141 --
Tashkent 144 --
King Cross Junction147 --
Asmara 149 --
The Gate 153 --
Motorway Art 154 --
Supermarkets 157 --
Airport Built for Cars 158 --
Cars on Film 161 --
Tunnel Renaissance - Burying Roads 162--
Bridges 165 --
Malls 168 --
ESSAYS 170 --
Super- sized Sculptures by the Roadside 172 --
Ring Road Poets of Coventry 176 --
Road Racing in Birmingham 180 --
The Car Park is Being Reinvented 184 --
The DoLerean Story 188 --
INTERVIEWS 194 --
Lisa Brown 196 --
Felix Torkar 201 --
Mary keating 204 --
Chris Marshall 209 --
Dr. Dawn Pereira 216 --
Sam Burnett 228 --
Rolando Pujol 234 --
Stuart Baird 242 --
Further Reading & Watching 247 --
Acknowledgment & Thanks 248 --
Index 250 --

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. -- publisher's website