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Googie Fifties Coffee Shop Architecture

Alan Hess

The euphoria about the future that followed World War II permeated the outlooks of architects, who, influenced by Frank Lloyd Wright and with ready access to remarkable new construction material and building techniques spawned by the war technologies, faced the intriguing prospect of redesigning the...

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Alan Hess's book on Googie architecture was mentioned, having been published in the late 80s and helped spark a renewed interest in the style, leading to preservation efforts.

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Hooray for Hess, right?

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Alan Hess's book on Googie architecture was mentioned, having been published in the late 80s and helped spark a renewed interest in the style, leading to preservation efforts.

"

Hooray for Hess, right?

That sort of helped reignite like an appreciation for these buildings and this architecture and more and more were protected that had not been demolished.

Googie: 50s coffee shop architecture

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