The State of Hawaii Department of Education (DOE) awarded the design of the Robert Louis Stevenson Middle School Science and Technology Center to Ferraro Choi in 2011. Founded in 1937, Stevenson Middle School was named after the Scottish novelist and travel writer who had spent considerable...
Ferraro Choi teamed with premier mainland architect HOK of San Francisco to design the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Daniel K. Inouye Regional Center (Laboratory and Office Complex) on historic Ford Island at Pearl Harbor. The 374,000 square-foot facility consolidates NOAA’s many Honolulu-area offices and...
The West Hawaii Explorations Academy is Hawaii’s first Charter Middle and High School. The school is a Project Based Learning (PBL) institution using innovative, hands-on educational methods. They previously were located on a 1.5-acre parcel in the Hawaii Ocean Science and Technology (HOST) Park at...
With their decision to find another space for their organization, Ulupono retained general contractor J. Kadowaki and Ferraro Choi to design and construct their new office in a very limited time frame. As a Hawai’i focused organization seeking to invest in companies with sustainable principals,...
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...
Completed in January 2012, the new 19,700 square foot cafeteria for Lahainaluna High School replaces an existing outdated cafeteria that was constructed in 1963. The program called for a modern and highly functional full-service kitchen with dining and assembly capacities for 650 and 1,000 students, respectively....
The new Cafeteria includes a conventional serving kitchen, permanent stage, and dressing rooms, restrooms, faculty dining room, back-of-house facilities, and a dining hall with capacity for 750 students. The $5.7 million cafeteria facility integrates sustainable design features and strategies and serves as a pilot LEED® Certified...
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...
Ferraro Choi teamed with rural health care specialists Smitthipong & Rosamond Associates, Inc. of Tucson, Arizona in the renovation and expansion of Molokai General Hospital (MGH). The collaboration was structured to provide the highest level of healthcare design expertise and experience to the client. The...
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...