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Little Chef Restaurant Markham Moor UK
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Googie Architecture
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N 53° 15.419 W 000° 55.680
30U E 638217 N 5902861
Cafe on the A1 near to Newark Nottinghamshire
Waymark Code:
WM1XR5
Location:
East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted:
07/29/2007
Published By:
Team Farkle 7
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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):
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Boomerang and/or Arrow Shape(s):
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Amoebae Shape(s):
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Atomic Model(s):
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Starburst(s):
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Flying Saucer/Rocket Shape(s):
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If I knew, I'd be an architect:
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