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Buildings of Hawaii (Buildings of the United States)
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Hardcover. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 29. Weight in Grams: 907.
With elegance and authority, Buildings of Hawaii presents the architecture of the six major islands in the Hawaii chain. Don J. Hibbard delves into the development of the state’s distinct blending of the building traditions of the East and West within a subtropical island context. The first in-depth examination of the architecture of the Islands, Buildings of Hawaii covers structures from the early nineteenth century through the first decade of the new millennium. Included are Japanese temples, Chinese society halls, the only royal palaces in the United States, the earliest known reinforced concrete public buildings in the country, and the ... Read more
With elegance and authority, Buildings of Hawaii presents the architecture of the six major islands in the Hawaii chain. Don J. Hibbard delves into the development of the state’s distinct blending of the building traditions of the East and West within a subtropical island context. The first in-depth examination of the architecture of the Islands, Buildings of Hawaii covers structures from the early nineteenth century through the first decade of the new millennium. Included are Japanese temples, Chinese society halls, the only royal palaces in the United States, the earliest known reinforced concrete public buildings in the country, and the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Charlottesville, United States
ISBN
9780813930947
SKU
V9780813930947
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99-99
About Unknown
Don J. Hibbard administered the Hawaii state historic preservation office from 1981 to 2002, and now works as a heritage specialist. He has written or co-authored several books on Hawaii’s architecture, including The View from Diamond Head: Royal Residence to Urban Resort, Designing Paradise: The Allure of the Hawaiian Resort, and Hart Wood: Architectural Regionalism in Hawaii.
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