Little Chef Restaurant Markham Moor UK - Googie Architecture on Waymarking.com

When this cafe - formerly a petrol station with the roof standing on just 4 legs - was built in the 50's it was rated as a building of national significance.
This building in Nottinghamshire is one of the neatest of his solutions to the challenge of a shape known as a hyperbolic paraboloid or hypar, a mixture of cones and curves which became a practical possibility thanks to 20th-century building materials.
The Roof of the building is made up of Hyperbolic Paraboloids joined to form a larger whole.

I met Sam Scorer, the architect, when in his late 70's. Still challenging and with a lively mind. Shame he's gone.

Type of Structure: Building Upswept Roof / Folded Plate Roof(s): yes Large Sheet Glass Window(s): yes Large Dome(s): Not Listed Boomerang and/or Arrow Shape(s): Not Listed Amoebae Shape(s): Not Listed Atomic Model(s): Not Listed Starburst(s): Not Listed Exposed Steel Beam(s): Not Listed Flying Saucer/Rocket Shape(s): Not Listed If I knew, I'd be an architect: Not Listed Physical Address: Not listed Web Address or URL: Not listed

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Date Logged Log User Rating   04/11/2008 EXFIREMANSAM wrote comment for it

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