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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 ...
The Cooper Apartments, also known as Seaside Apartments, is a historic apartment building located at 421–425 Seaside Avenue in Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S..Constructed in 1939 during the Great Depression, the building is a distinguished example of a pre-war garden court apartment in Waikiki, embodying a transition between Streamline Moderne and the emerging tropical modern style, a fusion between ...
The ʻIolani Palace (Hawaiian: Hale Aliʻi ʻIolani) was the royal residence of the rulers of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi beginning with Kamehameha III under the Kamehameha Dynasty (1845) and ending with Queen Liliʻuokalani (1893) under the Kalākaua Dynasty, founded by her brother, King David Kalākaua.
[1] [2] Many homes, apartment buildings, hotels and restaurants in Hawaii are built with one or more lānais. [3] In Hawaii, the term's use has grown colloquially to encompass any sort of outdoor living area connected to or adjacent to an interior space—whether roofed or not—including apartment and hotel balconies. It may be screened in or ...
Pages in category "Hawaiian architecture" The following 69 pages are in this category, out of 69 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
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]