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

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 ...

Googie Architecture: The Drawings of Armet & Davis celebrates the midcentury modern architectural drawings of Armet Davis Newlove.

The car-centric architectural style, characterized by neon signs and dramatic rooflines, is now endangered. Its admirers mourn the loss of the ideals it represented.

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 ...

“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.

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 ...

May 30, 2024 Googie Architecture, Explained: A Guide to L.A.’s Unique and Quirky ’60s-Era Vision of the Future The style was heavily influenced by Southern California’s car-centric culture ...