Googie architecture is a form of modern architecture, a subdivision of futurist architecture influenced by car culture, jets, the Space Age, and the Atomic Age.
Originating in Southern California during the late 1940s and continuing approximately into the mid-1960s, Googie-themed architecture was popular among motels,coffee houses and gas stations.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Googie_architecture
And here is a drive in billboard in Ohio
Thought is said Google style at first! I was like, "Whaaaat?"
ReplyDeleteKind a reminds me of the movie "Cars". I wonder if the artist at Pixar looked at these structures and incorporated the designs into there works?
ReplyDeleteI think you're right! That gas station in Radiator Springs was in this style
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