Architectural Styles in Los Angeles

Look out for examples of the following architectural styles in Los Angeles:

Programmatic Architecture (1925-1935) – roadside structures shaped like a product they sold (ice-cream cones, donuts, hotdogs, chili bowls, coffee pots, milk cans, oranges, tamales, shoes, igloos, wigwams, windmills, owls, pigs, toads, dogs) = “California Crazy”

Spanish Colonial
Monterey
Georgian
Greek Revival
Italianate
Gothic Revival
Stick Style
Second Empire
Eastlake
Queen Anne
Chateauesque
Egyptian Revival
Mission Revival
Shingle
Colonial Revival
Tudor Revival
Spanish Colonial Revival (1915-1940)
Beaux-Arts (1890-1920s)
Bungalow (1890-1930)
Craftsman (1890-1920)
Prairie
Art Deco
Moderne
International Style (1920-1950)
Case Study Houses

Googie Architecture (1950s)
– named after an establishment in West Hollywood called Googie’s, designed by architect John Lautner in 1949, that epitomized mid-century coffee-shop style

Armet & Davis was the architectural firm known for working in the Googie architecture style that marks many distinctive coffee shops and eateries in Southern California. The firm designed the first Norm’s Restaurant, the Holiday Bowl and many other iconic locations.