Googie architecture

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architectural style modernist architecture movement

Googie architecture is a futuristic, mid-20th-century architectural style characterized by bold angles, sweeping curves, and space-age motifs inspired by car culture, jets, and the Atomic Age.

Aliases (2)

Doo Wop architecture ×1
Googie architecture (Space Needle) ×1

Statements (68)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	architectural style → modernist architecture movement →
associatedWith	American roadside culture → Los Angeles → Southern California → automobile-oriented development →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
culturalContext	Cold War era optimism → consumer culture → space race →
designGoal	to attract motorists → to express futurism → to symbolize technological progress →
developedIn	United States →
endTime	late 1960s →
era	mid-20th century → post–World War II period →
hasAlternativeName	Doo Wop architecture → Googie →
hasCharacteristic	asymmetrical forms → bold angles → boomerang shapes → bright colors → cantilevered structures → dynamic rooflines → exaggerated signage → futuristic imagery → large plate-glass windows → neon signage → space-age motifs → starburst motifs → sweeping curves → upswept roofs → use of glass steel and concrete →
influencedBy	Atomic Age → Futurism → Mid-century modern → Streamline Moderne → car culture → jet age → space age →
namedAfter	Googies Coffee Shop → Googies restaurant →
namedAfterLocatedIn	Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles →
notableArchitect	Armet & Davis → Douglas Honnold → Eldon Davis → John Lautner → Louis Armet → Wayne McAllister →
perceptionHistory	later recognized as historically significant → once considered kitsch →
relatedStyle	Mid-century modern architecture → Populuxe → Space Age design →
startTime	1950s → late 1940s →
typicalBuildingType	bowling alley → coffee shop → drive-in restaurant → gas station → motel → roadside commercial building →
visualMotif	atomic starbursts → flying saucers → parabolic shapes → rockets → satellites →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
1962 World’s Fair ("Googie architecture (Space Needle)") → Space Needle → TWA Flight Center → Theme Building →	architecturalStyle
Googie architecture ("Doo Wop architecture") →	hasAlternativeName
Encounter Restaurant →	hasArchitecturalStyle