Post #351402 by tikiyaki on Wed, Dec 26, 2007 8:42 PM

On 2007-12-26 19:22, bigtikidude wrote:
I just recently saw a show that said that there was a dinner called Googie's, and it had modern architecture and the name just kinda stuck.

don;t know if its true,
but sounded good to me.

Jeff(bigtikidude)

That would be a DINER...diNNer is what you eat inside the DINER :)

That is the correcrt answer tho'. "Googie Architecture" refers to the architectural style made famous by Armet and Davis, although, as a Google search just taught me, John Lautner was the architect for GOOGIES Coffee Shop, which is where the term comes from. Armet and Davis designed may of the great coffee shows of the 50's and 60's, tho'.

This link explains it all

http://www.spaceagecity.com/googie/

To me, there is no better and more inventive architecture than Mid Century Modern. It's too bad that most of it has been decimated in favor of bland stucco boxes, or "Taco Bell Tuscanny" (that faux mediterranian/mexican crap) that is popping up everywhere.

The jutting a frames, post and beam construction, asymmetrical roofs, walls of glass juxtaposed with lava rock or flagstone- essentially the blurring of indoor and outdoor space is what Googie is all about.

for a real great resource do yourself a favor and go to http://www.lottaliving.com, and read the message boards.

[ Edited by: tikiyaki 2007-12-26 20:43 ]