Armet and Davis, AIA, Architects (Partnership)

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Louis Logue Armet, Eldon Carlyle Davis, Helen Liu Fong, Victor M. Newlove

Active 1947-1972

Los Angeles-based, Armet and Davis, designed over 4,000 buildings across Southern California. The firm became renowned for its eccentric, eye-catching "Googie" coffee shops of the 1950s. The successor firm is known as Armet, Davis and Newlove.

PCAD id: 350

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Buildings and other works

NameDateCityState
Azar's Big Boy Restaurant, Denver, CODenverCO
Bob's Big Boy Restaurant, Cerritos, CACerritosCA
Bob's Big Boy Restaurant, Fresno, CAFresnoCA
Bob's Big Boy Restaurant, San Jose, CASan JoseCA
Burke's, Stanley, Restaurant, Van Nuys, Los Angeles, CA1958Los AngelesCA
Carolina Motel, Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA1959Hollywood, Los AngelesCA
Carolina Pines, Jr., #1 Restaurant , Los Angeles, CALos AngelesCA
Carolina Pines, Jr., #2 Restaurant , Los AngelesLos AngelesCA
Conrad's Drive-In, Silver Lake, Los Angeles, CA1958Los AngelesCA
Frisch's Big Boy Restaurant, Indianapolis, INIndianapolisIN
Holiday Bowl, Crenshaw District, Los Angeles, CA 1957Los AngelesCA
Holly's Restaurant, Hawthorne, CA1956HawthorneCA
Huddle Bundy Restaurant, Santa Monica, CA 1954-1955Santa MonicaCA
Kerry's Restaurant, Los Angeles, CALos AngelesCA
Norm's Coffee Shop, Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CALos AngelesCA
Norma's Restaurant, 470 La Cienega Boulevard, West Hollywood, CA1957West HollywoodCA
Pann's Restaurant, Ladera Heights, Los Angeles, CALos AngelesCA
Pann's Restaurant, Westchester, Los Angeles, CA1958Los AngelesCA
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles, Saint Elizabeth Parish Church, Van Nuys, Los Angeles, CA1948Los AngelesCA
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles, Saint Pancratius Parish Church, Lakewood, CA1959LakewoodCA
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles, Saint Pancratius Parish Plant, Lakewood, CA1959LakewoodCA
Romeo's Times Square Restaurant, Los Angeles, CA1955Los AngelesCA
Ron Dee Restaurant, Sylmar, CA1955SylmarCA
Saint Andrew's Presbyterian Church, La Puente, CA1957La PuenteCA
Saint Anthony's School, Oxnard, CA1957OxnardCA
Tropicana Lodge and Restaurant, Fresno, CA1961FresnoCA
Wich Stand, West Slauson Avenue and Overhill Drive, Los Angeles, CA1957Los AngelesCA
Wich Stand, Windsor Hills, Los Angeles, CA1957Windsor Hills, Los AngelesCA
Yorba Linda Country Club, Yorba Linda, CA1960Yorba LindaCA

Publications

"Davis, Eldon C[arlyle]", American Architects Directory 1962, 156, 1962. Morris, Edward Bateman, Century of AIA, 33, 1957. Hess, Alan, Googie Fifties Coffee Shop Architecture, 47, 1985. Hess, Alan, Googie Redux, 104, 2004. Hess, Alan, Googie Redux, 105, 2004. Hess, Alan, Googie Redux, 108, 2004. Hess, Alan, Googie Redux, 109, 2004. Hess, Alan, Googie Redux, 109-110, 2004. Hess, Alan, Googie Redux, 107, 2004. Hess, Alan, Googie Redux, 97, 2004. Hess, Alan, Googie Redux, 100-101, 106-107, 2004. "The Origins of McDonald's Golden Arches", Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, 45: 1, 60-67, 3/1986. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, Los Angeles An Architectural Guide, 180-181, 1994. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, "Carolina Motel Building, 1959", Los Angeles An Architectural Guide, 158, 1994. Brown, August, "It's Googie a go-go", Los Angeles Times, E3, 02/05/2007. Hong, Peter, "Lanes may be declared landmark", Los Angeles Times, B1-B2, 09/12/2000. Daniels, Cynthia, "Googie Fans Have Goo-Goo Eyes for L.A. Coffee Shop", Los Angeles Times, B2, 7/15/2004. Gettleman, Jeffrey, "Panel Wants Bowling Alley Preserved", Los Angeles Times, 2001-07-07. Woo, Elaine, "Helen Liu Fong; 78; architect created futuristic designs for coffee shops", Los Angeles Times, B10, 2005-04-26. Kurashige, Scott, "Can Holiday Bowl Be Saved?", Rafu Shimpo, 2000-05-05. Saito, John, Jr., "End of an Era: Holiday Bowl, 1958-2000", Rafu Shimpo, 2000-05-12. Dubrow, Gail, Graves, Donna, "Holiday Bowl", Sento at Sixth and Main, 176, 2002. "Adams and Armet and Davis plan Saint Elizabeth Parish Church, Van Nuys", Southwest Builder and Contractor, 57, col 1, 08/06/1948. "Adams and Armet and Davis plan Saint Elizabeth Parish Church, Van Nuys", Southwest Builder and Contractor, 57, col 1, 08/06/1948.
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