They may be old-fashioned now but there's something welcoming, friendly and fun about them. Anything Lautner did-or inspired-fascinates me.

Hey Jop! Another great and very important video. We've all seen the pictures, but the scale models and drawings really made it possible to understand the building and how smart the design was. You seriously are a John Lautner specialist by now lol. If you ever decide to come to the states and go on a tour of the houses let me know because i would love to join you then! Greetings, Peter.

How wonderful an effort here! Cheers to this video, for all of us Lautner fans.

Great work and video. Lautner's work deserves more attention.

Tremendous job. James Dean, an insomniac, hung out at Googie’s with friends late into the night drinking coffee and smoking cigarettes, then he jumped on his Triumph motorcycle and tear up nearby Laurel Canyon to Mulholland Drive where he cruised the curvy mountaintop road into the Hollywood night. This was the Lived Fast part of his short life.

Never knew of the term "Googie" Architecture!! Now that I've seen this video, it shows me what I've seen most of my life in all the various places I've lived and can accurately put a name to it!! Thank you again!!

Thank you for this. I've seen lots of pictures, but this makes the structure and space much clearer.

I loved all of the Los Angeles Googie architecture. There was another chain, Ship's, with the same Martian Spaceport architecture and that had individual toasters at each table and booth. Very cool to make your own toast. There was one troubling thing, a stern warning printed on the bottom of the menu pages: "Warning! Parking Only While Eating at Ships!" I always wondered what might happen if the service was delayed.

I love your channel. It’s interesting how many times the critics get it wrong across so many different platforms. If the etymology of the word critic was curmudgeon I would not be surprised. Anyhow, what a wonderful video, I learned some new things so thank you.

A wonderful recreation and tour of a not so distant past!

as a child, i loved this exuberant style of architecture! thank you so much for this video! 👏👏👏👏👏🙃

Many intricate details that work. Great presentation.

Love this style! It would be cool to bring it back with designs like this on the exterior/and or the interior.

Jop your videos were already made with great care and eye for detail. Besides that they start to become mini master classes an architecture (styles). A joy to watch. Thank you.

whatever happened to googie style? So much energy and excitment and hope for the future and limitless possibilities!

More Googie style building videos please.

The age of FUN architecture! This stuff was here and there in Sacramento in the day. Like The Big Top restaurant on 16th Street. Many sexy whacked out gas stations. All replaced by garbage. I would not have included Saarinen's Dulles Airport. Thanx for the walk down memory lane!

Though Googie's was deliberately whimsical and low-cost, its sophisticated design shows that Lautner brought his whole mind to the task. It reminds me of Frank Gehry. Pity it's gone! If extant today it would probably be some hip or chic venue but still channel it's LA roots. Hard to top a picture of James Dean standing outside of Googie's...

Greay job again!! Thanks Jop!!

Well done Jop on another most interesting video 😊- Still awaiting with baited breath your take on case study house number 21. The Bailey house. Can’t wait. On another subject- what a shame that petrol stations are so boring these days! Some of the examples given on the video were stunning-🎉

I love these videos. Thank you.

thank you for this all through and history

Happy New Year Jop. What a great way to start the New Year. Thank you again for your amazing investigation and presentation of the Master. The amount of work in these videos is inspiring and the subject matter is always what I look forward to. Keep up the great work in 24 and thank you again for all of your effort. G

I had no idea that the term "Googie" was based on a style started by Lautner. That was fascinating. I wish that modern places like this were that adventurous in their architecture as they were then.

So happy 😊

So inviting and friendly

It is such a shame this building was demolished. I bet if it had still been standing after the renewed interest in MCM architecture, the building may have been renovated to its former glory. As mentioned in video, the building is very simple construction and a new building, hopefully a Googie Coffee Shop, could be built somewhere. I can picture one or two in Palm Springs area where MCM architecture thrives today.

Thanks for sharing. That's the problem of this idea of 'styles' and 'names' in architecture, the essence of design is usually forgotten because of some foolishness.

I have lived in Lala Land when most of the Googies were built. I still eat at a Googie coffee shop. I have always enjoyed the architecture it is sad to see most of them go. Comments: -the LAX theme building isn't Googie, but it is an example of why so few Googie's remain. The restaurant was built when few people flew and parking was free and easy at LAX. I can remember when my flight on PSA was canceled and a business man on the same flight treated me to lunch I the restaurant. Today one would gave to leave the secure zone to visit the restaurant, making well to do travelers unlikely to go there - running a restaurant successfully is very hard. Many Lala Land restaurants fail when the original successful owners sell out - Googie restaurants assumed low real estate costs, low food costs, and low labor costs. None of these costs is low any more. -patterns of eating out have changed dramatically - Lala Land seems to destroy its history

Good job, I love his work. How much do you think it would cost to build another one in LA? Probably crazy price per sqft

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where did you get the floor plans? I'd love to model some other Lautner buildings! thanks

the google logo seems so similar

The restaurant was pronounced with a G not like in Google, but rather like fudge or range. The Googie style therefore is pronounced like the restaurant which spawned it.

Lautners' design was tasteful and relevant for this cafe'. Too bad he was blamed for anything negative. It's not his fault if other restaurant and building designs went overboard. Critics🤛

I think it's probably more accurate to say Lautner had no in 5th

So, what's up with deleting my comment regarding the 'Googies, Coffeeshop of the Stars' books?

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I miss this style. Today's commercial buildings are ugly and boring. These buildings may be flashy but they had character. That's something this uptight world could use today.

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