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 […]
Edwin Bauer Vol. 4 (Docomomo Hawaii)
Like what you see? Please give generously. http://www.thinktechhawaii.com Design principles of Bauer’s work. This show reviews some of Bauer’s more notable works, a few forgotten ones, and extracts five key principles to learn from them – Environmental Living, Urban Oasis, Democratic Design, Human Scale, and Aesthetic Quality. The host for this episode is Graham Hart. […]
The Works of Edwin Bauer (Docomomo Hawaii)
Vol. 3. Much has been uncovered about Hawai‘i architect Edwin Bauer in the months since vol 2 was aired. From his personal life, his collaborators, exciting projects, and the mystery involving his disappearance. Join as Graham Hart and John Williams talk with journalist Denby Fawcett about what they’ve learned about this architect. The host for […]