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Opened in 1901, the Moana Hotel is a model for contemporary Hawaiian architectural design. Hawaiian architecture is a distinctive architectural style developed and employed primarily in the Hawaiian Islands. Though based on imported Western styles, unique Hawaiian traits make Hawaiian architecture stand alone against other styles.
Hale is a traditional form of Hawaiian architecture, known for its distinctive style, practicality, and close relationship with the natural environment. These indigenous structures were designed to be highly functional, meeting a menagerie of needs in Hawaiian society.
The Hawai'i Hochi Building is a notable edifice that exemplifies a meld of Brutalist aesthetics with the tropical ambiance of Hawaii. Located at 917 Kokea St., Honolulu, Hawaii, the building was conceived by the distinguished Japanese architect Kenzo Tange, a laureate of the Pritzker Prize, and was constructed in 1972, marking it one of Tange's two completed architectural ventures in the ...
In 2022, after Kinsel's restoration, the house won a project award from the Historic Hawaii Foundation. [8] In 2023, it was an Editor's Pick for the 2023 Architect's Newspaper Best of Design Award in residential restoration, [9] and was also accepted for inclusion on the Hawaii State Historic Register. [10]
Ossipoff has been called “the master of Hawaii modern architecture,” [12] “the dean of residential architects in Hawaii,” [3] and “the premier postwar designer of kama'aina-style [13] [14] residences in Honolulu,” [15] perhaps the most famous of which is the Liljestrand House built in 1952. [7]
Dickey’s California firm designed the plantation office building for the Hawaiian Commercial and Sugar Company (HC&S) at Puunene, Maui in 1917 (and his Honolulu firm designed renovations to the building ten years later). HC&S, a division of Alexander & Baldwin, Inc., was the last remaining sugar plantation in Hawaii when it closed in 2016.