Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Googie architecture" in English language version.
It was the 1950s. America was a superpower, and the Los Angeles area was a center of it. The space race was on. A car culture was emerging. So were millions of postwar babies. Businesses needed ways to get families out of their automobiles and into coffee shops, bowling alleys, gas stations and motels. They needed bright signs and designs showing that the future was now. They needed color and new ideas. They needed Googie.
Googie architecture, says House & Home, is 'Modern Architecture Uninhibited ... an art in which anything and everything goes—so long as it's modern'
It was the 1950s. America was a superpower, and the Los Angeles area was a center of it. The space race was on. A car culture was emerging. So were millions of postwar babies. Businesses needed ways to get families out of their automobiles and into coffee shops, bowling alleys, gas stations and motels. They needed bright signs and designs showing that the future was now. They needed color and new ideas. They needed Googie.
Googie architecture, says House & Home, is 'Modern Architecture Uninhibited ... an art in which anything and everything goes—so long as it's modern'
