architecture – Adam Keawe Manalo-Camp

Hawaiian Ali’i and Western Architecture

There always was criticism about the houses and dress of Hawaiians in the 19th century particularly the ali’i. I have heard Hawaiians say “Oh they wear haole clothes” and “Oh they live in haole houses”. Statements such as that are totally poho and po’opa’a. In this century, we live in a time that Hawaiians can — read more

Feb 5, 2017
The Hawai’i State Capitol

The Hawai’i State Capitol: Hawaiian International or Modernist Colonial? Architecture has long been used as a political tool. Ramses II built temples and statues of himself along the Egyptian border with Nubia (modern day Sudan) to emphasize Egyptian sovereignty and might. Alexander the Great, Augustus Caesar, Napoleon, and Hitler all used architecture as a way to legitimatize — read more

Oct 6, 2011

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