EXTERNAL ENVELOPE 55


Thinking outside the box


Danesch Missaghian from Rundum Meir UK explains why bespoke garage doors enable specifiers to take a different, more creative approach to the design of the garage and building as a whole


W


ith residential garages being a common sight in many developments, has this led us


to adopt a largely uniform, unimaginative approach to garage design? Typically a stand-alone building, a single-storey building attached to the main house or integrated into the house’s ground floor accommodation, a garage will usually have a standard rectangular one piece up and over door. But thinking outside the box, beyond the standard types of doors, and instead designing the garage around a bespoke door can open up vast creative potential, and enable the garage itself to take on a whole new form or purpose.


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What is the garage for? Is the garage intended to be used for parking the car, or will it serve another purpose, such as accommodating a workshop or home office? And anyone involved in high end residential will be aware of many more unusual purposes for garages, including where clients want the garage to accommodate a collection of classic cars, so it becomes their own personal museum or showroom. In many cases the garage door is more of an afterthought in terms of how it is integrated into the rest of the building. Usually, unless a specific type of garage door is requested by a client


Designing the garage around a bespoke door can open up vast creative potential, and enable the garage itself to take on a whole new form or purpose


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