Honolulu Design Center

Honolulu Design Center

Nov 8, 2017

COMMERCIAL / RETAIL

Honolulu Design Center

ROLE: Architect
CLIENT: Thomas Sorensen
AWARDS:
  • Hawai`i Kukulu Hale Award of Excellence, National Association of Industrial & Office Properties
  • Award of Merit, American Institute of Architects, Honolulu
  • Grand Award (New Commercial more than 15,001 SF), Building Industry Association – Hawaii
  • Build Hawaii Award of Merit [Building Construction More Than $25 Million], General Contractors Assoc. of Hawaii
  • Project of the Year, Masonry Institute of Hawaii

The Honolulu Design Center (HDC), a 3-story, 80,000 GSF, modern retail building providing spaces that stimulate creativity, and offer highly interactive environments for all the creative arts. This high-end furniture center includes a fine dining restaurant, cafe, wine bar, and space for special events and performances.

As a showcase of contemporary architecture, the design picks up the subtle curves of the surrounding buildings while at the same time incorporating cutting edges that reflect the retail within. Clad in bold materials and colors, the orange pearlescent paint was custom-created for this project and nicknamed “Honolulu Red”. Much of the facade is transparent to show the inside contents of the building. The architectural design has two intersecting forms – a solid (the “initial” orange wave) and a void (the “reflected” curtain wall wave), with terminating wing extensions that greet visitors on Pensacola and Pi`ikoi Streets.

Alyeska Resort & Spa

Alyeska Resort & Spa

Aug 25, 1992

COMMERCIAL / HOSPITALITY

Alyeska Resort & Spa

ROLE:  Architect of Record, Construction Administration in association with Sasaki Associates, Design Architect
CLIENT:  Seibu Alaska, Inc. 
AWARDS:

Celebration of Anchorage Awards Program: 1995 Honor Award 

SNOW COUNTY Magazine: 1996 National Ski Area Design Award

The Hotel Alyeska is a highly detailed and quality-finished 8-story building containing 307 guest rooms. This resort complex is a combination of three connected buildings, composed of two, 2-story exposed wood structures and a main hotel complex. One of the buildings contains a cafe and fine dining restaurant, and the other features a swimming pool, spa, jacuzzi, and health club. The main hotel complex includes conference rooms, retail shops, ski rental and repair shops, two additional restaurants, cocktail lounges, a board room, and ski-ticketing.