Texas doughnut

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A Texas Doughnut or Texas Donut is a building or group of buildings, often multi-family residential, that wraps around or encircles a multi-story parking garage.

A Texas Doughnut has the benefit of maintaining an urban streetscape while providing suburban parking ratios. In an urban setting, a disadvantage to a Texas Doughnut-style development is that its abundant parking could continue to encourage people to drive.

Origin

Examples

Multi-family development in Tampa, Florida USA

See also