What was McDonald's first restaurant design to feature the modern Golden Arches prominently?

The Red and White design was McDonald's first restaurant design to feature the modern Golden Arches prominently.

Architect Stanley Clark Meston developed the original arched restaurant form for McDonald's in the 1950s. The building used two large yellow arches at opposite sides of the structure, creating a distinctive silhouette visible from the road. The design was paired with red-and-white exterior styling and became an important foundation of McDonald's visual identity.

The arches initially served a functional architectural role as part of the building rather than existing only as a flat corporate symbol. In 1962, Jim Schindler combined the shapes into the familiar M-shaped logo. That logo gradually became more important than the physical building arches as restaurants adopted new architectural styles.

The Red and White design should not be confused with the later Mansard Roof design, which became widespread in the 1960s and 1970s. The term describes an architectural style and color treatment, while the Golden Arches logo describes the corporate mark derived from the building form.