Los Angeles is a design and architecture nerd’s sun-drenched paradise. Here, lookie-loos can find examples of everything from historic Spanish Mission Revival apartment houses to midcentury-modern ...
The term Googie architecture — pronounced GOO-gee with hard G's — is probably foreign to you, but you are almost certainly familiar with buildings that exemplify the style. This distinctive kind of ...
A woman walks outside Googies Coffee Shop and Schwab’s Pharmacy in Los Angeles. Googie architecture touched down in Los Angeles in 1949 thanks to John Lautner’s futuristic design of the long-gone ...
new video loaded: Googie, a Futuristic Style of Architecture, Is Endangered Googie architecture is a midcentury design style characterized by dramatic rooflines, pops of color, large glass windows and ...
LOS ANGELES — When we last reported on Norms Coffee Shop in January, the new owner of the Southern California chain had just been issued a demolition permit for the building, leading to a massive ...