page_title: Armet Davis Newlove Architects
section_title: Buildings
hierarchical_section_title: Armet Davis Newlove Architects / Buildings
caption_attribution_description: English: Corky's restaurant on Van Nuys Boulevard in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California, viewed from the southeast. It was designed by Armet &amp; Davis and built in 1958.
context_page_description: Armet Davis Newlove Architects, formerly Armét & Davis, is a Californian 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.
context_section_description: Kerry's Coffee shop (now a Mel's Drive-In), Sherman Oaks (1947)
  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 Mel's Drive In), 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
  Biff's Coffee Shop, Oakland (1963)
  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
caption: Corky's Restaurant, Sherman Oaks, 2014.
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