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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. The school later became widely known as part of the Mid-Century modern style, elements of which represent the populuxe aesthetic, as in Eero Saarinen's TWA Flight Center. The term "Googie" comes from a now defunct coffee shop and cafe built in West Hollywood designed by John Lautner.〔(John Lautner ) Why Do Bad Guys Always Get The Best Houses? October 31 by Rory Stott ArchDaily〕 Similar architectural styles are also referred to as Populuxe or Doo Wop.〔''(Doo Wop Motels: Architectural Treasures of The Wildwoods )'' by Kirk Hastings 2007, p.2〕〔 Features of Googie include upswept roofs, curvaceous, geometric shapes, and bold use of glass, steel and neon. Googie was also characterized by Space Age designs symbolic of motion, such as boomerangs, flying saucers, atoms and parabolas, and free-form designs such as "soft" parallelograms and an artist's palette motif. These stylistic conventions represented American society's fascination with Space Age themes and marketing emphasis on futuristic designs. As with the Art Deco style of the 1930s, Googie became less valued as time passed, and many buildings in this style have been destroyed. Some examples have been preserved, though, such as the oldest McDonald's stand (located in Downey, California) that was put on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. ==Origins== The origin of the name Googie dates to 1949, when architect John Lautner designed the West Hollywood coffee shop Googies, which had distinct architectural characteristics.〔Hess 2004, pp. 66–68〕 The name "Googie" had been a family nickname of Lillian K. Burton, the wife of the original owner, Mortimer C. Burton.〔Hess 2004, pp. 73–74〕 Googies was located at the corner of Sunset Boulevard and Crescent Heights in Los Angeles but was demolished in 1989.〔Langdon 1986, p.114〕 The name Googie became a rubric for the architectural style when editor Douglas Haskell of ''House and Home'' magazine and architectural photographer Julius Shulman were driving through Los Angeles one day. Haskell insisted on stopping the car upon seeing Googies and proclaimed "This is Googie architecture."〔 He popularized the name after an article he wrote appeared in a 1952 edition of ''House and Home'' magazine.〔Abbott 1993, p.174〕 Though Haskell coined the term Googie and was an advocate of modernism, he did not appreciate the Googie aesthetic. In his article he used the fictional Professor Thrugg’s overly-effusive praise to mock Googie, at the same time lampooning Hollywood, which he felt informed the aesthetic. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Googie architecture」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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