Tropical Exotic Bavaria / Saxony with DeSoto Brown (Humane Architecture)

Like what you see? Please give generously. http://www.thinktechhawaii.com Extreme tempered climates everyday dream of moderate tropical exotic ones. 40 % of the world’s climate zones being tropical are envied by the other 60 % of tempered ones with more extreme heat and cold. This jealousy is pop culturally commercially exploited embodied in manifestations from small […]

The Tiki Token (Human(e) Architecture)

Like what you see? Please give generously. http://www.thinktechhawaii.com Tiki as tacky / traditional / transitional to be observed on both ends of the world in Germany and Hawaii. Hawaii is considered the epicenter of Tiki culture. In fact however Tiki has mostly been extinct in architecture and interior design. DeSoto and Martin examine potential of […]

Honolulu’s [temporary floating] Horizontal Highrises (Humane Architecture)

Like what you see? Please give generously. http://www.thinktechhawaii.com Post contact pre aviation era large sail and later steam and diesel ships opened the Hawaiian Islands to the world.. Oahu’s future urban fabric is confined between two main mountain ranges so only vertical high-rise dwelling can serve the rising need for housing. The show looks into […]

MUC HNL Crime Prime Time Architecture (Human(e) Architecture)

Like what you see? Please give generously. http://www.thinktechhawaii.com Essentialist architectural projects by Despang Schlüpmann Architekten in Munich and Tadpole Studio in Honolulu play active roles in TV crime series.. Television is a popcultural tool shaping the general public’s opinion. So architecture being portrayed on TV informs the public taste and take on it. Despang Schlüpmann […]

Waikiki Circle Classic (Human(e) Architecture)

Like what you see? Please give generously. https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=wOeJJadtCKGg5vYrkwGrAxeTPcjiElKt4Sa2G1y_Oir0nKbFgEa7SE-6K8vrP1t8jM6Vp0&country.x=US&locale.x=US The Circle Hotel being one of the most vintage hospitality projects in the coastal urban holiday jungle in Waikiki. Waikiki’s midcentury heydays gave birth to a timeless tube-shaped small tower: the Waikiki Circle Hotel. Given the constant renovation, redevelopment trend in the hospitality business DeSoto and Martin […]

Outriggering Hospitality the Outrigger Hotel on Kalakaua Avenue revisited (Human(e) Architecture)

Like what you see? Please give generously. https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=wOeJJadtCKGg5vYrkwGrAxeTPcjiElKt4Sa2G1y_Oir0nKbFgEa7SE-6K8vrP1t8jM6Vp0&country.x=US&locale.x=US With many hotels being rebranded this show is looking into the vintage and potential related future potential of the Outrigger Hotel on Kalakaua Avenue.. The international Outrigger Hotels chain originates on Oahu Hawaii. DeSoto and Martin exemplary pick the one hotel across the Prince Kaiulani Hotel on […]

Proletarian People Power Towers (Human(e) Architecture)

Waikiki Parc Hotel being rebranded as the Halekulani’s Halepuna makes DeSoto and Martin contemplate the evolution of Waikiki’s innovative hospitality legacy. The Waikiki Parc Hotel is one of modernist architect Edward Killingsworth’s final hotel projects on the island of Oahu. It’s remodeling into the Halekulani’s Halepuna raises the question of Waikiki’s future as it’s facing […]

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- Maya King and Katie Glueck
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- Rick Rojas and Maya King
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His narrow win there in 2020 was seen as a sign of Georgia’s emergence as a battleground state. But in 2024, President Biden faces a changed landscape there. [...]

- Roger Cohen
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Moscow continues to make military gains in the Kharkiv region as Ukraine struggles with resources. [...]

Boil water notice mostly lifted in Devon

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Attacked Navalny ally will 'never give up' fight

Leonid Volkov says his fight against Vladimir Putin will never end. [...]

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- John Helton
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A helium leak pushed back a planned launch to May 25. Boeing's program that would shuttle astronauts to and from the International Space Station has been plagued with problems. [...]

- Ron Elving
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- The Associated Press
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Dabney Coleman, the mustachioed character actor who specialized in smarmy villains like the chauvinist boss in "9 to 5" and the nasty TV director in "Tootsie," has died. [...]

- Sarah Donaldson
Ohio reviewing race-based scholarships after Supreme Court affirmative action ruling

Higher education officials in Ohio are reviewing race-based scholarships after last year's Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action. [...]

- Michael Scaturro
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- Victoria Bisset

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- Siobhán O'Grady, David Stern, Isabelle Khurshudyan

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- Justine McDaniel

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