Dow, Hugh Stubbins Jr., and the Keck brothers, as well as examples of the regionAEs
Googie architecture (futurist architecture, Populuxe architecture).
Lautner's building gave its name to the poppy, space-age modernism that defined LA's postwar vernacular, and the influence of so-called
Googie architecture was obvious in the survey of Shire's ceramics recently on view at Derek Eller Gallery.
Standout essays include "Dreams of the Atomic Era," which considers midcentury
Googie architecture in Phoenix, Van Buren Street's descent into Skid Row, and the author's nostalgia for his parents' youth, all while exemplifying the intricate layering of scenes that characterizes the book.
Some recognize him only for his contribution to the space-age "
Googie architecture" of coffee shops and restaurants from the 1950s and 1960s.
The
Googie architecture of gas stations and restaurants that features in paintings of the 1960s such as Norm's, La Cienega, on Fire (1964), for instance, was already old-fashioned; 20th Century Fox, whose logo was the subject of Large Trademark with Eight Spotlights (1962; Fig.
If you don't live on the US west coast you probably haven't heard of
Googie architecture. That could mean you have avoided the worst excesses of what, in the words of one admirer, is typified by, 'futuristic outrageous designs ...