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a garage that gave up on walls and somehow looks more confident for it
means A roofed shelter for a car, open on one or more sides, typically attached to a house and lacking the full enclosure of a garage.
from A plain English compound of "car" and "port," the latter borrowed long ago from Latin "porta" (gate, doorway) and "portus" (harbor, shelter) — the same root that gives "porch" and "portal." So a carport is, quite literally, a harbor for your car. The term is a 20th-century coinage, popularized in America as suburbs and automobiles multiplied; the architect Frank Lloyd Wright is often credited with championing the word and the form in his mid-century houses.
- origin
- Frank Lloyd Wright coined the term in 1936
- cheaper build
- costs a fraction of an enclosed garage
- open design
- named for being half-shelter, no doors required
- hot climates
- shades cars without trapping summer heat inside
tesla supercharger carport — tesla's covered charging stations at locations like fremont, california factory since 2012
mcmanus carport design — mid-century modern carport prototype by architect eichler homes in california, 1950s