Breakers Hotel’s Impactful Influence. The hosts for this show are Martin Despang and DeSoto Brown. Previous week’s ‘life’ show celebrated the Breakers Hotel and CoHost DeSoto Brown’s simultaneous 70th birthdays on site in the Breakers indulging in its timeless atmosphere. This week’s second following up show continues to look at the impact the Breaker’s has […]
Bauer’s Breakers Breaks Boni (Humane Architecture)
Breakers Hotel’s Impactful Influence. The hosts for this show are Martin Despang and DeSoto Brown. Last week’s ‘life’ show celebrated the Breakers Hotel and CoHost DeSoto Brown’s simultaneous 70th birthdays on site in Breakers, indulging in its timeless atmosphere. This week’s follow up show looks at the impact Breaker’s has on its immediate and wider […]
Breakers and Brown‘s BDay (Humane Architecture)
Waikīkī’s Most Distinct Resort Hotel. The hosts for this show are Martin Despang and DeSoto Brown. Built in 1954–half a decade prior to statehood of 1959–architect Edwin Bauer trendsetted Elvis Presley’s 1961 Blue Hawaii movie scenario of an archipelago hospitality boosted by jet age. Literally and figuratively cool designed around tropical tradewind ventilation, lush green […]
Waikiki’s Hotels of the 1950s, Part 2 (Docomomo Hawaii)
The Small Hotels. The host for this show is DeSoto Brown. Waikiki grew quickly in the 1950s as tourism steadily increased. To accommodate the growing number of visitors, new hotels both large and small were quickly constructed. The small hotels often followed a similar architectural style which today is very evocative of the time period. […]