Yahoo

Googie Architecture, Explained: A Guide to L.A.’s Unique and Quirky ’60s-Era Vision of the Future

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 ...
Sacramento Bee

Unusual Googie gas station could get historic status if Sacramento council approves

Marbella Sala wasn’t getting ahead of herself. Sala, president of the Gardenland-Northgate Neighborhood Association, had just watched the Sacramento Preservation Commission vote to recommend that the ...
KVIA

The midcentury architecture of the Space Age in 5 essential Googie buildings

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 ...
Hyperallergic

The Fate of LA Googie Landmark in Hands of Developer and Snobby Architect

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 ...
The New York Times

Googie, a Futuristic Style of Architecture, Is Endangered

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 ...