It was a confluence of West Coast optimism, Hollywood imagination, and California’s come-up during the automobile age that created the Golden State’s peculiar roadside attractions. All along the ...

Buildings shaped like unusual objects are part of the Southern California experience. What could be more LA than eating a doughnut underneath the giant replica of one at Randy’s Donuts? That kind of ...

Some buildings aren’t just made to house things; they’re built to actually look like things. Known as novelty, mimetic, or programmatic architecture, these quirky creations are all about turning heads ...

Los Angeles used to be famous for its programmatic architecture, (also known as mimetic architecture, and more simply defined as buildings shaped like other things). Some of the more notable examples ...

It may not be unique to California, nor even America, but novelty architecture – a superbly condescending name for roadside buildings shaped like hot-dogs, boots, icebergs and hats – has its ...

Buildings shaped like unusual objects are part of the Southern California experience. What could be more LA than eating a doughnut underneath the giant replica of one at Randy’s Donuts? That kind of ...