Underground Museum

Peter Mullin needed a spacious garage, but didn't want to disturb the architecture of his elegantly designed home. Although he had plenty of room behind the house, he also wanted to preserve his lavish gardens. His solution was to start digging, and he wound up with an underground museum for his collection of French cars (figure A).

The entrance to Mullin's garage is tucked around the corner of his house, and is almost completely hidden from view (figure B). The door to the garage is a unique, curved pocket door which disappears into the wall when opened. It took two years of excavation to build the garage, and after it was completed Mullin replanted his backyard garden on top of what's now the roof of the garage.

The pride of Mullin's collection is a 1939 French Delahaye, one of only two examples built (figure C).

Mullin's subterranean celebration of automobiles also includes a screening room for movies, a wet bar and other luxury amenities (figure D).