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Aeʻo Readies to Take Flight
It’s a sunny fall afternoon on the corner of Kamake’e and Queen street and a battalion of workers are busy constructing Ae’o, a new Ward Village residential tower set to open in 2018. Since breaking ground last year, significant progress has been made to bring the building to life. When completed, Ae’o will raise the collective bar when it comes to…
Designed to Endure
Among the contemporary and state-of-the-art high-rise residential towers that define the present architectural persuasion of Ward Village, there’s a mid-century modern marvel that is the cornerstone of the neighborhood’s commitment to honoring design and art from decades past to centuries ago. The IBM building, located at the corner of Ala Moana Boulevard and Queen Street, was built in 1962 by…
Ke Kilohana and Keaomelele
In the Islands, it’s customary to look to the stories of the gods found in chants, songs, and hula to pay homage and respect to Hawaiian culture. This practice gives a deeper meaning and significance to our modern, built environment, which informs how we use spaces and their aesthetic in relation to the natural world. Ke Kilohana, one of Ward…
Shaped By Nature: A Look at Ae‘o’s Architecture
As an architecture firm, Bohlin Cywinski Jackson (BCJ) has built themselves an impressive reputation for their ability to consistently produce elegant and environmentally sensitive buildings. While they’ve been in business for more than five decades and have produced leagues of legendary designs, Ae’o, a forthcoming residential development in Ward Village, is going to be particularly mesmerizing. Ae‘o, one of the…
The Life and Legacy of Victoria Ward
‘O Ke’alekūpuna ke kilo, nāna nō e kuhikuhi nei i ke ala e naue aku ai. The pathways once traversed by our ancestors are the same paths that we should follow toward success. Just as Victoria Ward cared for her beloved land, so to do we; following in her footsteps to preserve her unique heritage. It can not be denied…
Then and Now: The IBM Building
With its sturdy-yet-graceful lines and dripping façade, Honolulu’s IBM building is one of the city’s most recognizable landmarks. Designed by famed mid-century architect Vladimir Ossipoff for the IBM corporation in 1962, this iconic structure now houses the Howard Hughes Hawai’i offices, a Ward Village Master Plan Information Center as well as showrooms for future Ward Village projects. The fate of…
Waiea’s Living As Art With Tony Ingrao
The Talented Man Behind the Ward Village Honolulu Waiea Interiors: Designer Tony Ingrao Life is what you make of it, and what you surround yourself with is an intrinsic part of this picture. Believing in the philosophy of “living as art,” Waiea at Ward Village’s interior designer Tony Ingrao defines his spaces as such. A busy and talented man who…