Garage design for car collections

• Collector garage - space for several cars with room to walk around each one and open every door.
• Car gallery with a lounge - a room with a view of the cars, often behind a glass wall.
• Garage with lifts - car lifts that double the number of cars or bring them to a lower level.
• Workshop and detailing bay - a place to work on the cars, with water, power and storage.
• Motorcycle display - bikes shown as objects in the house or in the hall.

Space Around Every Car

A collector garage needs much more than a parking space per car: room to walk around, open doors fully and work on the car. We plan the bays, turning space and the door positions together with the driveway, and check ceiling height early, because car lifts need a tall space or a pit.

Floors, Light and Climate

Floors must take oil, tires and cleaning: polished concrete, porcelain tiles or a resin coating with a drain and a slight fall. Lighting is even, glare-free and high in color rendering, so paint looks true from every angle. Collector cars keep best in a dry, stable climate, so we plan heating, dehumidification and ventilation, which in the Pacific Northwest is as important as the look.

Charging, Safety and Security

We plan EV charging for every bay, mechanical ventilation and CO detection, and the fire separation between the garage and the house that the code requires. Cameras, alarm and access control are designed with the architecture instead of being added later.

The Garage as a Room

A glass wall between the garage and a lounge or office, a bar, display lighting, art and a place to sit turn the garage into one of the best rooms of the house. In Copper Hall the same hall that shows cars becomes a dining room or a bar.

How We Work

We start with the collection, the cars you plan to add and how you use them, then design the garage with the house or as a separate building: layout, sections with lifts, lighting, systems and finishes, with drawings prepared to local code and signed by licensed professionals we work with. See also custom home design and architecture.