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Southern California can include the counties of Imperial, Kern, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura. Katherine Bashford [14] Barbara Bestor [9] Ingalill Wahlroos-Ritter [15] Cory Buckner [9] [10] Jeanine Centuori [10] Olive K. Chadeayne [16] Annie Chu [10] Mary Colter [17 ...
Influenced by the coming of the Space Age, the Googie-themed architecture popularity was most notable from the mid-1940s to early 1970s, among motels, coffee houses and gas stations. The term "Googie" comes from a now defunct coffee shop and cafe built in West Hollywood [ 1 ] designed by John Lautner .
She is the first woman to receive the award. In 2018 Scarpa received the Gold Medal in Architecture from the American Institute of Architects Los Angeles Chapter. In 2014 Brooks + Scarpa was the recipient of the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum Award in Architecture. [6]
Norms Restaurant, Los Angeles, 2009 Pole signs at Pann's Restaurant, Los Angeles, 2009 Corky's Restaurant, Sherman Oaks, 2014. Kerry's Coffee shop (now a Mel's Drive-In), Sherman Oaks (1947) [19] Romeo's Times Square / Johnie's Wilshire (1955) Holly's / Hawthorne Grill (1956) Falcon Coffee Shop, Hawthorne (1956) Norms Restaurant, West Hollywood ...
In 1999, the house was declared a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument. [5] In 2007, the American Institute of Architects listed the Stahl House (#140) as one of the top 150 structures on its " America's Favorite Architecture " list, one of only eleven in Southern California , and the only privately owned home on the list.
Helen Liu Fong (January 14, 1927–April 17, 2005) was an American architect and interior designer from Los Angeles, California. Fong was an important figure in the Googie architecture movement, designing futuristic buildings like Norms Restaurant, the Holiday Bowl, Denny's, Bob's Big Boy, and Pann's Coffee Shop that helped usher in an era of boomerang angles, dynamic forms and neon lights.
Pamela Grace Burton (born September 16, 1948) is a landscape architect known for her interdisciplinary approach to private and public projects, bringing together plant materials, art, and architecture. In 2006 she became a fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA).
Rachel Allen (born 1970) is an American architect based in Los Angeles, California. She is the principal and president of RADAR, Inc. (previously Rachel Allen Architecture) founded in 2002. [1] Examples of the firm’s wide range of clients include Grand Central Market, [2] Califia Farms, California State Parks, and Supreme.