Tiki Temple architect meets the Big Builder in the Sky - General Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Tue, Apr 26, 2011 8:54 AM Eldon Davis, the right hand in the team of Armet & Davis, has passed on. He was best known for his "Googie" coffee shops, but Armet & Davis also designed some of Stephen Crane's Kon Tikis, Marriot's Kona Kai in Philadelphia and Chicago, and the Polynesian Village apartments in Playa Del Rey. I am glad to have met the man, and happy to know that he saw his work appreciated as art in his lifetime. Alan Hess' "Googie" book was an inspiration to a whole generation of urban archaeologists and preservationists that will see to it that Eldon Davis' work will not be forgotten. http://www.latimes.com/ Eldon, his wife, and Alan Hess, at his 90th birthday at Pann's Armet & Davis' designs provided some of the most enigmatic images to inspire the Tiki Revival. In memory of a great Tiki Temple builder:

Eldon Davis, the right hand in the team of Armet & Davis, has passed on. He was best known for his "Googie" coffee shops, but Armet & Davis also designed some of Stephen Crane's Kon Tikis, Marriot's Kona Kai in Philadelphia and Chicago, and the Polynesian Village apartments in Playa Del Rey. I am glad to have met the man, and happy to know that he saw his work appreciated as art in his lifetime. Alan Hess' "Googie" book was an inspiration to a whole generation of urban archaeologists and preservationists that will see to it that Eldon Davis' work will not be forgotten.

http://www.latimes.com/

Eldon, his wife, and Alan Hess, at his 90th birthday at Pann's

Armet & Davis' designs provided some of the most enigmatic images to inspire the Tiki Revival.
In memory of a great Tiki Temple builder:

Post #586580 by bigbrotiki on Tue, Apr 26, 2011 8:54 AM