It’s no secret: I’m a bit fickle. I love some parking garages because they are extreme, some for their sheer physical beauty, some for
their history, or because they are iconic, some for cutting-edge and just plain cool design, some for their intelligence, and some for being practical and sustainable. I have a particular soft spot for the ones that are artsy and have a poetic sensibility.

I am in the process of putting together a list of the parking structures I love best, and I’d like to meet a few new ones, too.  Please visit IPI’s Pinterest site to see photographs of a work-in-progress hot list of cool parking places:

• 1111 Lincoln Road, Miami
• Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee
• Santa Monica Civic Center, Santa Monica
• Michigan Theater, Detroit
• Autostadt Car Towers, Wolfsburg
• Car Park One, Oklahoma
• Greenway Self Park, Chicago
• Eureka Carpark, Melbourne
• Kansas City Public Library, Kansas City
• Nelson-Atkins Museum Parking Garage, Kansas City
• The Poetry Garage, Chicago
• Umihotaru, Tokyo
• Parkhaus Zoo, Leipzig
• Mineta San Jose International Airport, San Jose
• Marina City, Chicago

By the way, this is my personal list, not an officially IPI-sanctioned list!  But, we will be surveying parking professionals soon, and with your input, this list will grow. Please share names, places, and photos of  parking facilities with a big wow factor that you love  —  on Valentine’s Day, and beyond.