Mel’s Drive-in Restaurant in Santa Monica features retro futuristic architecture known as Googie. From inside the diner, which started as Penguin Coffee Shop in the 1950s, KCRW talks with Michael ...

Mel’s Drive-in Restaurant in Santa Monica features retro futuristic architecture known as Googie. From inside the diner, which started as Penguin Coffee Shop in the 1950s, KCRW talks with Michael ...

The term Googie architecture — pronounced GOO-gee with hard G’s — is probably foreign to you, but you are almost certainly ...

Googie Modern: Architectural Drawings of Armet Davis Newlove | By Michael Murphy, with text by Alan Hess | Angel City Press | $50. Cruise down the Strip, and you can’t miss them. Jitterbug ...

Googie architecture is considered to be an L.A.-born and bred architectural style that first rose to prominence during the economic boom years after World War II, from roughly the mid-1940’s to ...

In “Bowlarama: The Architecture of Mid-Century Bowling Alleys,” Chris Nichols and Adriene Biondo dig into a sorely unheralded golden age when Googie design flourished and bowling alleys served ...

Googie architecture is a midcentury design style characterized by dramatic rooflines, pops of color, large glass windows and flashy signs. Anna Kodé, a reporter covering design and culture for ...

“A beige blob”: Historic preservationists say new paint damaged Weller’s Dry Cleaning, an icon of Googie architecture in Silver Spring on its way to being protected.

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 ...