what are you looking to store?

just trying to prove to a client that he can still make an economical well designed contemporary storage facility...

so i wanted to provide an image board of examples...

Modena cemetery. And that cemetery by Enric Miralles; don't remember the name. Similar, right?

Rand Elliot's Will Rogers Airport Snow Barn
http://www.e-a-a.com/commercial/snow_brn.html

and

Wiel Arets' Lensvelt Factory and Offices found in the book Architecture Now

Enric Miralles cemetery in Igualada, Catalonia, it's a wonderful place to store dead bodies... definitely.

the future of storage biz. as easy as
1,2,3
then they go to that cemetery (landfill).

do you mean cmu, orange garage door, store-your crap storage facilities? why bother.. pick your battles. This doesn't need to be a well designed building..

They did put a storage building in an historic building in Seattle, I don't know if it's documented anywhere though. Basically kept the historic shell, and put storage facility on the inside. It's near Fred Hutchison cancer center if you're in that area.

feel free to edit.

You might check into the fire-safe storage structures that they built in cities across the country in the late 19th/early 20th century. Some of the later ones advertised air conditioning. Usually just tall decorative brick boxes, but very imposing and a big impact on the urban landscape. The ones we have in Louisville have become local landmarks. I can think of at least 5 that I admire on a regular basis. Sorry I don't have any pictures on hand.

Abelos & Herrera recent industrial work.
Herzog & De Meuron Ricola Warehouse.
UPS Louisville Central Logistics Facility.

There's actually an article in the latest issue of Metropolis (January 2005) about a nicely designed storage facility. I think there may be a link on the web to it soon (currently their website is only on the December issue) so if you don't want to buy the magazine, you might be on the lookout in the future.

jas- i don;t know as this is the one pencrush was talking about - but check this out http://www.andrewmaynard.com.au/prm02.html i think i saw it in arch record- any how - a self storage place in tasmania.
rather nice actually- though i don;t know about the rest of his work.
Is this a way to sart from the bottom ? offer to design cool storage facility @same cost to the client, they don't care what it looks like anyway- ..and you get to do a nice piece of work, and esp. if young, get publicity & boost portfolio..... it seems so easy there must be a catch.

nice site, c.

self storage in topeka, ks revitalization project.

http://www.elwoodllc.com/moving_in___moving_out.htm

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that's the one I was talking about. It's the nicest one I've ever seen. Well, ok, that one c posted was the only other nice one I've seen..

what your client will object to, more than anything, is paying for you to DESIGN a contemporary storage facility. your best bet is probably just to design the damn thing and, as long as it IS economical (and not hideous), your client may go for it. your client will probably not care about what's on an image board--the bottom line will be what's important. let the nice design slip in hidden within a nicer dollar amount.