Googie
fifties coffee shop architecture
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Word Count
36,000 words, Guess
Page Count
144 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-100877013349
- ISBN-139780877013341
- LibraryThing412597
- Library of Congress Control Number85017089
- OCLC Control Number12720798
and 2 more
- Better World Books9780877013341
- Open LibraryOL2536263M
Classifications
- DDC725/.71/0973
- LCCNA7856 .H47 1986
- LCCNA7856.H47 1986
and 1 more
- LCCNA7856 .H47 1985
Description
The euphoria about the future that followed World War II permeated the outlooks of architects, who, influenced by Frank Lloyd Wright and with ready access to remarkable new construction material and building techniques spawned by the war technologies, faced the intriguing prospect of redesigning the postwar world. Initially the futuristic designs were outrageous, and detractors labeled these structures the Googie School of Architecture after a particularly outlandish coffee shop in Los Angeles. Googie would seem far from outlandish today, as those once controversial design elements have become commonplace in both commercial and residential architecture. Author Alan Hess traces the evolution of these early postwar designs in a lively yet learned essay profusely illustrated with both color and black-and-white photography. Googie:Fifties Coffee Shop Architecture is a nostalgic trip back to the Fifties and a look forward at the architectural future.--From publisher description.
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