Spearheaded by the State of Hawaii’s Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority (NELHA) and funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, the Hawaii Gateway Energy Center visitor center is the first phase of a 6.5-acre campus for renewable and distributed energy research and development. The 3,600...
Background and Project Purpose: Located at 1040 Richards Street in Honolulu’s Historic Capitol District, Laniākea is the flagship facility of the YWCA of O'ahu and is listed on both the National and State Historic Registers. Designed by noted architect Julia Morgan and completed in 1927, it...
An Exciting New Space Reflects A Creative Company And Enhances The Bottom Line BACKGROUND: In 1994, Starr Seigle Communications, Hawaii's largest advertising agency, knew it was time to reorganize their creative teams to somehow improve work methodologies. By 1995, after having observed the structure and work processes...
The USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station is a 32,320 square-foot laboratory and research facility for the Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry in Hilo, Hawaii. The complex is linked by covered walkways and landscaped courtyards and will include an administration building, multi-purpose building, research...
In 2006, Ferraro Choi participated in a competitive selection process for the design of a new 25-person Antarctic research station for India’s National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research (NCAOR). Ferraro Choi was invited to the table because of the firm’s deep experience in designing...
Ferraro Choi teamed with the prime architectural firm of SRG Partnership Inc. to design the replacement hospital for Shriners Hospitals for Children in Honolulu. The project is a phased replacement of the present buildings originally constructed in the 1960s. The design of the new...
Completed in 2010, the new Amundsen-Scott station is strategically situated at the geographic South Pole, at an elevation of 2,800 meters. The station sits on a 2700-meter-thick glacier that moves with a velocity of 11 meters per year. It is one of the premier...
When Ferraro Choi was engaged to design the new AIA offices, the selected lease space proved to be the perfect opportunity to create a sustainable office space in a historic building. Large operable windows and high ceilings were the main elements that led to the...