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Hawaiian architecture is a distinctive architectural style developed and employed primarily in the Hawaiian Islands. Though based on imported Western styles, unique ...
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.
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.
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]
Pages in category "Hawaiian architecture" The following 69 pages are in this category, out of 69 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
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 ...
Bjarne Cato Dahl (1897–1989) was an American architect, known for his significant contributions to the architectural landscape of Hawaii from the 1920s to the 1940s. Dahl's architectural career initially took root in California before he established himself in Hawaii, where he became a key figure in shaping the region's unique architectural identity.
One example of Hawaiian architecture featuring a lānai is the Albert Spencer Wilcox Beach House on the Island of Kauai. [5] The residence of Queen Liliʻuokalani, Washington Place in Honolulu, was constructed with "open lānais" on all sides. [6]