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Hawaii Architecture - 3 in Chinatown

Hawaii Architecture - 3 in Chinatown

I had time for a short architecture photo session before heading to a movie screening near Chinatown in Honolulu. I call these half hour photo shoots “architecture snacks”.

mid-century, brutalist architecture, architecture, ossipoff, hawaiiCarol ChinOctober 30, 2025honolulu, hawaii, midcentury, brutalist, architecture, vladimir ossipoffComment

Hawaii Architecture - Along Ala Moana Blvd

Hawaii Architecture - Along Ala Moana Blvd

On the latest visit, I spent a couple mornings in the area around Ala Moana Beach Park. My eclectic finds: a high rise by Minoru Yamasaki, art deco details at the beach park, and a new pedestrian bridge and park in Ward Village.

hawaii, landscape, architecture, yamasakiCarol ChinOctober 23, 2025hawaii, landscape architecture, architecture, minoru yamasaki, art decoComment

A Downtown Honolulu Photo Tour

A Downtown Honolulu Photo Tour

This Mother’s Day I happened to be in Honolulu and I gifted myself a photo shoot jog in downtown.

hawaii, civic architecture, mid-century, urban architecture , architectureCarol ChinMay 24, 2025honolulu, brutalist architecture, civic architecture, modernist architecture, mid-centuryComment

Architecture Model Sightings

Architecture Model Sightings

Do you like to view buildings and the architecture models that represent those very buildings?

modern, ossipoff, Bay Area, san francisco, hawaii, architecture model, Foster + Partners, pereiraCarol ChinMay 22, 2025architecture model, foster + partners, vladimir ossipoff, ibm buildingComment