'Googie' architecture. The sign is an example of what's known as "Googie" architecture — a flashy mid-20th century style that relies heavily on steel and neon.

Googie architecture is a mid-century American design style known for its futuristic shapes, bold angles and most recently on Fantastic Four.

Regardless of your stance, the Canadian Tire Gas Station at 1212 Southdown Road is, for better or worse, one of Ontario's last remaining relics of Googie architecture. The Googie style was born in ...

When I learned about Googie in my late 20s -- the architectural byproduct of California's car culture, unbridled consumerism, space-age optimism and young architects obsessed with futuristic forms ...

Mel’s Drive-in Restaurant in Santa Monica features retro futuristic architecture known as Googie. From inside the diner, which started as Penguin Coffee Shop in the 1950s, KCRW talks with Michael ...

The Norm's on La Cienega Boulevard is an eye-catching example of a lively architectural style known as Googie that became popular in the 1950s. This week, fans of mid-century architecture in L.A ...

Googie architecture: All eyes are on Mel’s Drive-in at end of Route 66. Mel’s Drive-in Restaurant in Santa Monica is an example of Googie architecture: a retro futuristic style featuring stretched ...

In googie architecture, you'll find the roots of the modern suburb, he says, and in the modern suburb is the balance of everyday life in the 21st century.

Googie architecture is a midcentury design style characterized by dramatic rooflines, pops of color, large glass windows and flashy signs. Anna Kodé, a reporter covering design and culture for ...

Southern California, with its pagoda cinemas and eateries shaped like bulldogs, has long been noted for the world's largest crop of chicken-wire-and-stucco monstrosities. This month HOUSE & ...

The beloved diner chain, founded in Los Angeles in 1949, offers some of the most famous examples of Googie architecture, the futuristic style popular in the mid-20th century, ...