On Van Nuys Boulevard, Corky’s Restaurant, designed by Armet & Davis, has a sweeping rooftop that’s classic Googie. Liz Kuball While Southern California is rich in architectural variation, ...

It was the 1950s. America was a superpower, and the Los Angeles area was the center of it. The space race was on. A car culture was emerging. So were millions of postwar babies. Businesses needed ways ...

Metal swoops and fiberglass fins and sails. Perpendicular planes of glass and concrete jutting at 90-degree angles, bordered by tropical plants. A gleaming, skewed canopy painted in primary colors ...

At the peak of the modern era, a meshing of car culture and the Space Age brought about the gaudy and garnished Googie architecture. The signatures Googie style lie in sweeping arches and hard angles, ...

The car-centric architectural style, characterized by neon signs and dramatic rooflines, is now endangered. Its admirers mourn the loss of the ideals it represented. The car-centric architectural ...

This article was originally published on June 16, 2016. To read the stories behind other celebrated architecture projects, visit our AD Classics section. Built in the early days of airline travel, the ...