Docomomo Hawaii
The Start of Government Housing. The host for this show is DeSoto Brown. Hawaii’s low-income, government-subsidized housing began in the 1930s. Here’s the history of how this occurred, and the earliest examples of these developments in Honolulu. The ThinkTech YouTube Playlist for this show is https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6kPVsRvRizfPyGT2Vd8TYY4 Please visit our ThinkTech website at https://thinktechhawaii.com and see […]
Plagues in Hawaii, Past & Present (Docomomo Hawaii)
What Can We Learn? The host for this episode is DeSoto Brown. While COVID is a new danger for us in 2020, infectious diseases have caused many problems in Hawaii in the past. Much of this history is forgotten today. What was done in the 20th century, and what is relevant for today? ThinkTech Hawaii […]
Docomomo US National Symposium 2019 Hawaii (Docomomo Hawaii)
Like what you see? Please give generously. http://www.thinktechhawaii.com Celebrating Hawaii’s midcentury tropical modernism excellence. Around 20th midentury Hawaii was boosted from having replaced the indigenous invasive missionary architecture to an exciting exotic spin on modernism that is unique and made the built environment as spectacular as the natural environment in this paradise. The national docomomo […]
Modern Churches (Docomomo Hawaii)
Like what you see? Please give generously. http://www.thinktechhawaii.com A brief look at the many places of worship built in a Modern style. How places of worship in Hawaii have been influenced by the multitude of cultures and the modern movement. The host for this episode is Laura McGuire. The guests for this episode are Tonia […]
Island Kitsch: Polynesian Pop (Docomomo Hawaii)
Like what you see? Please give generously. http://www.thinktechhawaii.com Docomomo Hawaii. In the middle of the 20th century, some significant Polynesian-themed buildings were constructed in Hawaii that mixed some traditional elements of Polynesian design with the modernist elements popular at the time. Many of these are now demolished and lost forever. The host for this episode […]
The Rise of the Subdivision (Docomomo Hawaii)
Like what you see? Please give generously. http://www.thinktechhawaii.com Docomomo Hawaii. Subdivisions grew tremendously on the island of Oahu in the middle of the 20th century. How did this occur, what factors led to this change, and what were the characteristics of this new world of suburbia in and around Honolulu? The host for this episode […]
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 Lost Art of Metalwork and Railings (Docomomo Hawaii)
Like what you see? Please give generously. http://www.thinktechhawaii.com Docomomo Hawaii. Custom metalwork, usually in the form of railings, frequently appeared on mid-century buildings in Hawaii. While some examples are ornate and expensive, a great deal of this material was created for middle-class homes. Numerous examples of these railings can still be seen today. Changing construction […]
Modernizing in Mid Century (Docomomo Hawaii)
Like what you see? Please give generously. http://www.thinktechhawaii.com Docomomo Hawaii. Modernizing both exterior architecture and interior decoration is an ongoing process for all businesses, and has been for many decades. This program will show how modernizing in mid-century Hawaii occurred, and the various changes which this brought to some of Honolulu’s notable buildings. Some are […]
Alfred Preis and the Veteran’s Village in Palolo Valley (Docomomo Hawaii)
Like what you see? Please give generously. http://www.thinktechhawaii.com Building Housing in Postwar Honolulu Through Collective Community Action. This episode discusses Alfred Preis’s design for Veteran’s Village in Palolo Valley, which was built in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Through collective action, veterans financed and constructed their own homes in the midst of one of […]