Stokes started his own firm in 2000 after working as an associate with the acclaimed architecture firm Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates Inc. In 2007, he won an American Institute of Architects Philadelphia Honor Award for Community Planning and Urban Design for his work in Wildwood, NJ.

Join us as Stokes takes us through a lively presentation of his firm’s whimsical and award-winning work. His lecture is free to Museum Members or with paid Museum admission.

“The style shows a period in our history when there was a lot of interest in the space age so motels were given names like ‘Satellite’ and ‘Astronaut,’” Stokes said when discussing the ‘Doo Wop’ style with Architecture Week magazine in 2001. “The most important part of the Doo-Wop style is the signage — neon signs in lollipop colors. The motels pick up the colors of the signs, and it is these signs and colors that make the buildings different.”

This event is part of the ongoing Up for Discussion lecture series at the Museum and is held in conjunction with the exhibition Pleasant Journeys and Good Eats Along the Way: A Retrospective of Paintings by John Baeder.