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    Googie architecture (/ˈɡuːɡi/ GOO-ghee) is a type of futurist architecture influenced by car culture, jets, the Atomic Age and the Space Age. It originated...
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  • its name to Googie architecture, a genre of modernist design in the 1950s and 60s. Interest in the style was revived by the 1986 book Googie: Fifties Coffee...
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    Googie architecture structures in the United States which includes a photographic gallery with a brief description of some of the structures. Googie was...
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    Theme Building (category Googie architecture in California)
    example of the Mid-century modern design movement later to become known as "Googie". The Airport Theme Building Exterior and Interior was designated as a historic-cultural...
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    Norms Restaurants (category Googie architecture in California)
    distinctive angular and brightly colored style that came to be known as Googie architecture. Key characteristics include angular walls, large glass windows,...
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    McDonald's No. 1 Store Museum (category Googie architecture)
    The McDonald's #1 Store Museum was housed in a replica of the former McDonald's restaurant in Des Plaines, Illinois, US, opened by Ray Kroc in April 1955...
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    US Futurist architecture 1909 Europe Georgian architecture 1720–1840s UK & US Googie architecture 1950s US and Canada Gothic architecture Gothic Revival...
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    Space Needle (category Googie architecture)
    Landmarks Preservation Board designated the tower a historic landmark. The architecture of the Space Needle is the result of a compromise between the designs...
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    popularized 'Googie' style". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 26, 2013. Hess, Alan (2004). Googie Redux: Ultramodern Roadside Architecture. Chronicle...
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  • Populuxe (category Googie architecture)
    and overlaps with mid-century modern architecture, Streamline Moderne, Googie architecture (Doo Wop architecture), and other futuristic and Space Age...
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    Age design has become more closely associated with kitsch and with Googie architecture for popular commercial buildings such as diners, bowling alleys,...
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    Pann's (category Googie architecture)
    architecture. The restaurant was opened by husband and wife George and Rena Poulos in 1958. It is also known for its neon sign, Googie architecture,...
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    Eva Zeisel Architecture portal Atomic Age Butterfly roof Case Study Houses Danish modern Dingbat Googie architecture Miami Modern architecture Miller House...
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    Futurist architecture is an early-20th century form of architecture born in Italy, characterized by long dynamic lines, suggesting speed, motion, urgency...
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    Mel's Drive-In (category Googie architecture in California)
    maint: archived copy as title (link) Hess, Alan (2004). Googie Redux: Ultramodern Roadside Architecture. Chronicle Books. p. 222. ISBN 978-0811842723. OCLC 249477365...
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    Raygun Gothic (category Googie architecture)
    visual and architectural style that, when applied to retrofuturistic science fiction environments, incorporates various aspects of the Googie, Streamline...
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    Johnie's Coffee Shop (category Googie architecture in California)
    Coffee Shop is a former coffee shop and a well-known example of Googie architecture located on the corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue in...
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    Retrofuturism (category Architectural styles)
    imagination of that future, or a reembracing of the futuristic vision of Googie architecture. The once-futuristic Los Angeles International Airport Theme Building...
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    This is a list of Googie architecture structures in Canada which includes a photographic gallery with a brief description of some of the structures which...
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    the Sakiba Lounge with live musical acts. Its historic Modernist Googie architecture style has been refurbished by the buildings new tenants, Starbucks...
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    Dulles International Airport (category Googie architecture)
    Source Book of American Architecture: 500 Notable Buildings from the 10th Century to the Present. New York: Princeton Architectural Press. pp. 448–449. ISBN 978-1568982540...
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    Modern architecture, also called modernist architecture, was an architectural movement and style that was prominent in the 20th century, between the earlier...
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    Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign (category Googie architecture)
    in blue on the fourth line. The design is characteristic of the Googie architecture movement. The sign was built and installed in 1959 by Las Vegas-based...
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    Bob's Big Boy (category Googie architecture in California)
    anticipating the freeform 1950s coffee shop architecture". The style's often referred to as 'Googie architecture', which originated in Southern California...
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    Constructivist architecture Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne (1937) (1937 Paris Exposition) Googie architecture PWA Moderne...
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    Skylon Tower (category Googie architecture)
    floor for conventions is also available, but is seldom utilized. Googie architecture Tower Hotel (Niagara Falls), formerly the Konica Minolta Tower Centre...
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    Oldest McDonald's restaurant (category Googie architecture in California)
    July 9, 2010. Hess, Alan (14 August 2013). "The Oldest McDonald's as Architecture". Retrieved March 2, 2014.[self-published source] "Entrepreneur channels...
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    Anaheim Convention Center (category Googie architecture in California)
    The Anaheim Convention Center is a major convention center in Anaheim, California and is the largest exhibition facility on the West Coast of the United...
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  • Armet Davis Newlove Architects (category Googie architecture in California)
    formerly Armét & Davis, is a Californian architectural firm known for working in the Googie architecture style that marks many distinctive coffee shops...
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  • Tiny Naylor's (category Googie architecture in California)
    building to "a huge bird about to take off.". The restaurant featured Googie architecture and carhop service, and claimed to be the birthplace of the Patty...
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