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 ...

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SHERMAN OAKS, Calif. – To most locals Corky's in Sherman Oaks is simply a comforting classic diner that offers up staples like BLTs and fresh pies a la mode. For architect and historian Alan Hess, the ...

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 ...

Metal swoops and fiberglass fins and sails. Perpendicular planes of glass and concrete jutting at 90-degree angles, bordered by tropical plants. A gleaming, skewed canopy painted in primary colors ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Los Angeles diner celebrated as a classic example of mid-20th century Space Age-style Googie architecture was granted historic monument status by city officials on Wednesday, ...

To the editor: I find the complaints of the Los Angeles Conservancy to be quite ironic: The group argues that the former Lytton Savings building at Sunset and Crescent Heights boulevards should ...

Reuters –A west Los Angeles diner that is celebrated as a classic example of mid-20th century Space Age-style Googie architecture has been mentioned on a record by singer Tom Waits and depicted with ...

The Googie-style Norms diner on Pico Boulevard in Rancho Park, a neighborhood just south of Westwood, will shutter just before midnight on December 24. “A 47-year fixture within the Westwood community ...

So, what exactly is Googie-style architecture? Think of George Jetson's home or the newest Fantastic Four movie. Born in ...