newlove architects practice information partners victor newlove john dodson paul deppe founded 1947 location santa monica california coordinates 34 01 09 n 118 28 50 w 34.0192983 n 118.4806483 w 34.0192983 ; 118.4806483 coordinates 34 01 09 n 118 28 50 w 34.0192983 n 118.4806483 w 34.0192983 ; 118.4806483 significant works and honors buildings holiday bowl norms restaurants pann s armet davis newlove architects formerly arm t & davis is a california based architectural firm known for working in the googie architecture style that marks many distinctive coffee shops and eateries in southern california . the firm designed pann s the first norms restaurants location the holiday bowl and many other iconic locations . contents 1 history 2 buildings 3 references 4 external links history edit the architectural firm was formed by louis arm t and eldon davis 1 in 1947 . 2 3 victor newlove joined the practice in 1963 and became a partner in 1972 changing the firm s name to arm t davis newlove architects . 4 according to the firm s website it has designed over 4 000 buildings in the united states canada mexico and indonesia . 4 some of the firm s design hallmarks included radically vaulted roofing a room length dining counter and an outsized comet shaped signage to beckon drivers from off the street . 5 arm t & davis have been referred to as the frank lloyd wright of 50s coffee shops . 6 according to critic philip langdon arm t & davis designs came to define coffee shop for much of america . 7 their holiday bowl bowling alley served cultural architectural and recreational purposes for the crenshaw district . 8 the firm is said to have defined 50s googie architecture . 8 pann s was designed by helen liu fong who joined the firm in 1951 2 6 9 and included tropical landscaping . 7 she also designed the holiday bowl johnie s coffee shop and the original norms restaurant . 2 on the 90th birthday of eldon davis fans joined him for a meal at norms and a tour of some of the buildings the firm designed . 5 the firm also designed schwab s drugstore on sunset boulevard . 10 photographer jack laxer took stereoscopic photos of the firm s work like the holiday bowl bowling alley on crenshaw boulevard circa 1957 and norms restaurant on slauson avenue using a stereo realist camera . arm t & davis was one of his key clients . these slides were shown at california science center imax theater in november 2001 where the 3d effect could be experienced by visitors using polarized glasses . 11 12 the firm also designed hotels such as a sheraton in canada a lutheran church 13 animal shelter 14 and schools . 15 16 17 l & b manufacturing in santa monica produced seating for many of the coffee shops that were designed by arm t & davis . 18 buildings edit 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 1957 ship s restaurant la cienega & olympic blvd los angeles ca 1950s holiday bowl crenshaw blvd & w 38th st los angeles ca demolished 2007 1958 pann s restaurant 1958 wich stand wilshire 1958 conrad s originally donly s then conrad s now astro family restaurant silver lake 1958 stanley burke s then lamplighter now corky s sherman oaks 1958 denny s van nuys 1958 the steak house restaurant & nightclub 8622 s western ave los angeles ca now a laundromat 1959 penguin coffee shop now dr. beauchamp s santa monica 1959 denny s north hollywood 1960 twain s restaurant studio city 1960 hope international university fullerton sam s cafe glendale glen capri motel glendale prebles later sandi s family restaurant alhambra bob s big boy 23 alhambra 34 northridge bob s big boy 135 now coco s mission hills 147 now coco s pasadena 158 glendale 181 van nuys 1980 lulu s restaurant van nuys norms 6 hawthorne boulevard ; norms 8 slauson ave. huntington park ; norms restaurant long beach ron dee coffee shop san fernando demolished 2004 st. andrew s presbyterian church redondo beach 20 references edit friedlander whitney 2008 05 16 . going on a hunt for googie architecture in southern california . los angeles times . retrieved 2009 02 11 . a b c woo elaine 2005 04 26 . helen liu fong obituary . los angeles times . pp . b10 . retrieved 2009 02 11 . nelson valerie j. 2011 04 26 . eldon davis dies at 94 ; architect designed googie coffee shops . los angeles times . retrieved 2011 05 15 . a b arm t davis newlove architects . archived from the original on 27 april 2011 . retrieved 2011 04 28 . a b brown august 2007 02 05 . it s googie a go go ; architect eldon davis marks his 90th birthday with a tour of sites he helped put on the map . los angeles times . p. e3 . retrieved 2009 02 11 . a b well that and the look of the place . for pann s is a classic example of 50s coffee shop architecture a style called googie named after a los angeles restaurant . shindler merrill 2009 06 02 . pann s dishes up blue plate specials amid googie decor . daily breeze los angeles . retrieved 2009 02 11 . a b wallace amy 1993 04 01 . you can still get a cup of nostalgia at l.a. s ... coffee shops modern . los angeles times . p. b1 . retrieved 2015 01 15 . a b leibowitz ed 1999 08 08 . the best ... the beautiful ... and the bizarre ; the shaw ; holiday bowl strike or spare . los angeles times magazine . p. 8 . retrieved 2015 01 15 . hess alan 2004 . googie redux ultramodern roadside architecture . chronicle . p. 93 . isbn 978 0 8118 4272 3 . whiteson leon 1990 09 01 . short future for futuristic coffee shop architecture although the wichstand was granted historic landmark status by los angeles county the googie style building may still face the wrecking ball . los angeles times . p. e1 . retrieved 2009 02 21 . stevens kimberly 2001 11 29 . the 50 s and 60 s through 3 d glasses . new york times . retrieved 2015 01 15 . bryant kathy 2001 11 22 . all three sides of the story ; photographer jack laxer brought 50s googie architecture to life on stereographic film . los angeles times . p. e2 . retrieved 2015 01 15 . new lutheran church ready . los angeles times . 1958 06 08 . p. f16 . plans for new animal shelter okd by bureau . los angeles times . 1958 03 02 . p. g17 . plans for parochial schools church set . los angeles times . 1959 04 19 . p. f13 . retrieved 2009 02 21 . parochial school set for malibu area . los angeles times . 1958 02 16 . p. f13 . restaurant design is not the chief concern of arm t & davis ... arm t & davis has turned out 139 schools and churches 80 commercial buildings . socked by sockeye he turns to designing . los angeles times . 1964 11 22 . we manufactured the booths tables stools and chairs for several ship s and norm s tiny naylor s pann s and others . letter to the editor l.a. s wealth of historic trends . los angeles times . 2005 11 17 . p. f7 . mel s drive in sherman oaks . archived from the original on 31 january 2009 . retrieved 2009 02 11 . new redondo beach church is opened los angeles times september 7 1958 f15 . subscription required external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to armet & davis . official website victor newlove on googie architecture on youtube googie art website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title armet davis newlove architects & oldid 743528845 categories architecture firms based in californiarestaurant designgoogie architecture in californiacompanies based in santa monica californiadesign companies established in 19471947 establishments in californiaarchitects from los angeleshidden categories pages containing links to subscription only contentcoordinates on wikidatacommons category with local link same as on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages add links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 02 19 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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