Studio di architettura e urbanistica Marco Petreschi, electronic dispenser. From Domus 621, October 1981

Service station, 1930s. Photo courtesy Quattroruote / Ruoteclassiche Editoriale Domus

Service station, 1960s. Photo courtesy Quattroruote / Ruoteclassiche Editoriale Domus

Service station, 1960s. Photo courtesy Quattroruote / Ruoteclassiche Editoriale Domus

Service station, 1970s. Photo courtesy Quattroruote / Ruoteclassiche Editoriale Domus

Esso advertisement. From Domus 119, November 1937

Agip advertisement. From Domus 129, September 1938

Agip advertisement. From Domus 134, February 1939

Giò Ponti, Illusività dell’architettura. Presentation of  Oscar Niemeyer’s Clube dos Quinhentos. The service station is mentioned amongst the club’s several structures. From Domus 277, December 1952

Ado Franchini, service station, Como, Italy. From Domus 292, March 1954

Bruno Cassetti, Max Chelli, Marco De Michelis, Maurizio di Puolo, Marco Fano, competition for the design of an AGIP service station, 1968. From Domus 470, January 1969

Giorgio Boaga, “Uno su tre”, competition for the design of an AGIP service station, 1968. From Domus 470, January 1969

Mario Dal Mas, Manfredi Greco, “Scocca 70”, competition for the design of an AGIP service station, 1968. From Domus 470, January 1969

Studio di architettura e urbanistica Marco Petreschi, electronic dispenser. From Domus 621, October 1981

Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates, Inc., service station, Orlando, Florida, 1995. Photo © Matt Wargo. From Domus 787, November 1996

Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates, Inc., service station, Orlando, Florida, 1995. Photo © Matt Wargo. From Domus 787, November 1996

Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates, Inc., service station, Orlando, Florida, 1995. Photo © Matt Wargo. From Domus 787, November 1996

Minale Tattersfield & Acton, moveable filling stations, 1997. From Domus 797, October 1997

Giuseppe Terragni, projected standardized filling station, ca. 1940. From Domus 811, January 1999

Alessandro Bragaglia, Beppe Finessi, Antonio Fortugno, Ciro Mariani, Stefano Mirti, Matteo Pastore, Mario Pegoraro, Service stations. The Modern typology, Domus Itinerary 152. From Domus 811, January 1999

Alessandro Bragaglia, Beppe Finessi, Antonio Fortugno, Ciro Mariani, Stefano Mirti, Matteo Pastore, Mario Pegoraro, Service stations. The Modern typology, Domus Itinerary 152. From Domus 811, January 1999

Alessandro Bragaglia, Beppe Finessi, Antonio Fortugno, Ciro Mariani, Stefano Mirti, Matteo Pastore, Mario Pegoraro, Service stations. The Modern typology, Domus Itinerary 152. From Domus 811, January 1999

Alessandro Bragaglia, Beppe Finessi, Antonio Fortugno, Ciro Mariani, Stefano Mirti, Matteo Pastore, Mario Pegoraro, Service stations. The Modern typology, Domus Itinerary 152. From Domus 811, January 1999

Alessandro Bragaglia, Beppe Finessi, Antonio Fortugno, Ciro Mariani, Stefano Mirti, Matteo Pastore, Mario Pegoraro, Service stations. The Modern typology, Domus Itinerary 152. From Domus 811, January 1999

Alessandro Bragaglia, Beppe Finessi, Antonio Fortugno, Ciro Mariani, Stefano Mirti, Matteo Pastore, Mario Pegoraro, Service stations. The Modern typology, Domus Itinerary 152. From Domus 811, January 1999

Camille Walala, Walala Pump & go gas station, Fort Smith, Arkansas, 2020. From Domus 1043, February 2020

Samyn and Partners, TOTALFINAELF service station and restaurant, Hellebecq, Belgium, 1999. Photo © Marie-Françoise Plissart

Samyn and Partners, TOTALFINAELF service station and restaurant, Hellebecq, Belgium, 1999. Photo © Marie-Françoise Plissart

Johnston Marklee, Office dA, Helios House, Los Angeles, 2007. Photo © Eric Staudenmaier

Johnston Marklee, Office dA, Helios House, Los Angeles, 2007. Photo © Eric Staudenmaier

Johnston Marklee, Office dA, Helios House, Los Angeles, 2007. Photo © Eric Staudenmaier

Assemble, The Cineroleum, London, 2010. Photo © Morley von Sternberg

Assemble, The Cineroleum, London, 2010. Photo © Assemble

Assemble, The Cineroleum, London, 2010. Photo © Zander Olsen