Googie Periods and Styles Historic Buildings Architecture Arts and Entertainment United States

Googie

A playful 1950s American style developed in California and named after Googie's coffee shop in Los Angeles. It was used mainly for commercial architecture in roadside locations. It made use of popular escapist themes, notably the Space Age and the South Seas.

• Top/Regional/North America/United States/Arts and Entertainment/Architecture/Roadside

• - Article from the Anaheim Bulletin by Brady MacDonald, giving the history of the style and regretting its loss in Anaheim, once a great center of Googie. From Historic Anaheim.
  
• - Renderings of diners and coffee shops of the 1950s and 60s: limited edition reproductions from the archives of Armet Davis Newlove Architects.
  
• - Article by Shelby Grad from the Los Angeles Times on the attempts of preservationists to halt the loss of Googie buildings in the county. From Historic Anaheim.
  
• - A look at this 1950s space-age style from Roadside Peek.
  
• - Chris Jepsen's exploration of the 1950s American style named after Googie's coffee shop in Los Angeles, designed by John Lautner (1949). History, news, images of examples with commentary.
  
  

Copyright © 1995-2007 Internet Advertising Solutions, Inc.
Copyright Notice | Privacy Policy | Site Map | APR