Madeira’s Niemeyer’s Hospitality. The host for this show is Martin Despang. Continuing to compare our Polynesian and what is called the Macaronesian Hawaii being Madeira Portugal this episode looks for the equivalent of in the past five episodes featured Mauna Kea Beach Hotel and finds it in the Pastena Park Hotel by Brazilian modern master […]
Pestana Park Paradise Vol 2 (Humane Architecture)
Madeira’s Niemeyer’s Hospitality. The hosts for this show are Martin Despang and DeSoto Brown. Continuing to compare our Polynesian and what is called the Macaronesian Hawaii being Madeira Portugal this episode looks for the equivalent of in the past five episodes featured Mauna Kea Beach Hotel and finds it in the Pastena Park Hotel by […]
Pestana Park Paradise (Humane Architecture)
Madeira’s Oscar Niemeyer’s Hospitality. The hosts for this show are Martin Despang and DeSoto Brown. Continuing to compare our Polynesian and what is called the Macaronesian Hawaii being Madeira Portugal this episode looks for the equivalent of in the past five episodes featured Mauna Kea Beach Hotel and finds it in the Pastena Park Hotel […]
Beachy Brutes (Humane Architecture)
How concrete architecture becomes increasingly tropical. Timothy Schuler’s Flux Magazine article “Brutes on the Beach” and the related show with him, DeSoto Brown, Martin Despang furthers a discourse with DeSoto Brown [last week’s show], this being Martin Despang’s reflection on it. The architectural era of tropical brutalism on the Hawaiian Island being up for preservation […]
More Tropical Brutalism (Humane Architecture)
More Tropical Brutalism. Brutalism, an architectural style invented in the 1940s in France, became popular worldwide in the 1960s and ’70s. Hawaii has its share of Brutalist buildings, and this program shows an assortment of favorite examples in Honolulu, showing common and recognizable characteristics. Which Honolulu Brutalist buildings work better than others? Although unpopular with […]