Main entry:

Hibbard, Don.

Title & Author:

Buildings of Hawaii / Don J. Hibbard ; photographer Augie Salbosa.

Publication:

Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2011.

Description:

xiv, 334 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.

Series:

Buildings of the United States

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction. Hawaiian building traditions ; The impact of Western contact ; Few materials for Western forms ; Gold, whales, and private land ; Victorian Hawaii ; Sugar and its impact on Hawaii ; The overthrow of the monarchy ; Annexation : the territory of Hawaii ; Social progressivism and the Pan-Pacific movement ; Toward a regional architecture ; Regionalism meets the modern movement ; Statehood ; The visitor industry -- Kauai. Waimea ; Kumakani ; Hanapepe ; Koloa ; Poipu ; Lihue and vicinity ; Wailua-Kapaa ; Kilauea ; Princeville ; Hanalei and vicinity -- Oahu. Honolulu and vicinity ; Kailua and Kaneohe ; Laie ; Haleiwa ; Mililani ; Ewa ; Kapolei ; Waipahu, Pearl City, and Aiea ; Pearl Harbor ; Halawa and Moanalua -- Maui. Wailuku and Kahului ; Wailea ; Lahaina ; Kaanapali ; Kapalua ; Paia ; Hana and Piilani Highways ; Upcountry Maui -- Molokai. Maunaloa and vicinity ; Hoolehua ; Kalamaula ; Kaunakakai ; Kamalo ; Kaluaaha ; Pukoo ; Kualapuu ; Kalae -- Makanalua Peninsula -- Lanai. Lanai City ; Manele Bay -- Hawaii. Kailua-Kona and the Kona district ; Keaau ; Hilo ; Hamakua coast ; Honokaa ; Waimea ; North Kohala : Hawi, Kapaau, and Halawa ; South Kohala-North Kona coast -- Glossary.

Summary:

A sampling of Hawaiian buildings included in this volume, clockwise from top (photographs by Augie Salbosa): Byodo-In Temple, Royal Mausoleum (Mauna Ala), Honolulu Academy of Arts, all on Oahu, and Hamakua Joda Mission on Hawaii.
Buildings of the United States is a series of books on American architecture compiled and written on a state-by-state basis. The primary objective of the series is to identify and celebrate the rich cultural, economic, and geographical diversity of the United States as it is reflected in the architecture of each state. The series has been commissioned by the Society of Architectural Historians, an organization dedicated to the study, interpretation, and preservation of the built environment throughout the world.

ISBN:

9780813930947 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0813930944 (cloth ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Architecture Hawaii.
Architecture.
Architektur
Hawaii.

Added entries:

Salbosa, Augie.
Buildings of the United States.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 275098
Call No.: BIB 209096
Status: Available