Googie architecture

Googie (also populuxe ) is a form of architecture and design, which has been developed in the late 1940s in southern California, and lasted until the mid- 1960s. Googie has a very futuristic design and has been heavily influenced by the then American car culture that still plug end in its infancy American aerospace and the nuclear age. Typical and best-known example of Googie design is the lava lamp (originally "Astro Lamp" ). Also in 1962, completed the Space Needle in Seattle is influenced in its design by the Googie style. A prominent example was the California drive-in restaurant Johnie 's Broiler in Downey in Los Angeles.

As one of the most famous representatives of the commercial Googie architecture is John Lautner, the design for Googie 's Coffee Shop designed in 1949, whose name was used to designate the style.

Gallery with style examples

TWA Flight Center at John F. Kennedy Airport

Classic Googie - style sign in a coffee house chain in the 1950s in Los Angeles

Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign

Motel sign in the Googie style of the 1950s in San Francisco, California.

The Malibu Surfer Motel, Malibu, California.

The sign of a plumber on Westwood Boulevard shows what supporters call the style " Googie signage ".

Gas station in Beverly Hills, California, designed in the Googie style.

The Lava Lamp, marketed since 1965, was originally called the " Astro Lamp".

Googie ashtray of the industrial designer Maurice Ascalon, produced by the Pal- Bell Company circa 1950.

Building in Paris

Space Needle in Seattle