A Guide to Architecture in Honolulu

(forward) Harry W. Seckel

Published by American Institute of Architects, Hawaii Chapter, Honolulu, 1957

About this Item

Architectural survey of Honolulu. Oblong 8vo, 67 pages, pictorial wrappers with plastic comb binding, black-and-white images throughout. A brief historical recap, but mostly focused on modernist architecture, landscapes, and interiors. Includes residential and commercial projects--most completed between 1950 and 1955--by Richard Dennis, Alfred Preis, Harry Seckel, Vladimir Ossipoff, Kenji Onodera, Haydn Phillips, Albert Ely Ives, Johnson & Perkings, Philip Clark Fisk, Clifford Young, Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue, Gardner Dailey, Edwin Bauer, and Hart Wood. Features a wrap-around bird's eye panorama of Honolulu set in a Mondrian-like grid. A handsome and well- designed, albeit fragile, document. Closed tear to top of front joint, open tear to bottom. Moderate creasing down the length of front wrappers, with half inch open tear to fore edge. Light soiling to wrappers. Open tear to bottom of first leaf at hinge. Content clean and bright. Uncommon.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1651433455921

Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Guide to Architecture in Honolulu
• Publisher: American Institute of Architects, Hawaii Chapter, Honolulu
• Publication Date: 1957
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Architecture
  • Design