Archive

IBM Information Center

Posted by Shannon Bonilla in

The historic IBM Building was designed by Vladimir Ossipoff and completed in 1962. The building’s iconic precast concrete brise-soleil referenced the IBM computer punch cards of the time and help shade the building interiors from sun. A recent master plan by the property’s prior owners...

Linekona Art Center, Honolulu Museum of Art School

Posted by Shannon Bonilla in

Condemned because of the original strucutre’s poor condition, the two-story historic building had to be fully reconstructed. Bill Brooks (with CJS Group) was the project architect for the renovation and adaptive reuse of Linekona School, which is now an art instructional facility for the Honolulu...

Ala Moana Pump Station

Posted by Shannon Bonilla in

Designed by renowned architect Oliver G. Traphagen and built in 1900, the Kakaako Pumping Station was Honolulu’s first waste disposal facility, needed to address the serious sanitation problems of the rapidly growing city. Constructed of locally quarried bluestone and concrete, the Industrial Romanesque style building...

Honolulu Art Museum Historic Renovations

Posted by FCA in

Founded by Anna Rice Cooke and designed by New York architect Bertram Goodhue, the Honolulu Art Museum (formerly Honolulu Academy of Arts) opened its doors in April of 1927. The Museum is accredited by the American Association of Museums and is listed on both the...

Hawaii Theatre -Historic Exterior Renovation

Posted by FCA in

Following Hawaii Theatre’s interior restoration under New York theater design firm Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer, Ferraro Choi was commissioned as the architect to guide the renovation and preservation of the theatre’s historic exterior. The renovation followed the Secretary of the Interior’s Preservation for the Treatment of Historic...

YWCA of O’ahu at Laniakea

Posted by FCA in

  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...