Thursday, December 20, 2018

Big Island Whiskey Bar


















Working with Studio Becker of Honolulu, DSA designed this prefabricated whiskey bar and kitchen renovation for a private house on the Big Island of Hawaii. Native ohia wood millwork and state of the art LED lighting mix with the finest spirit collection in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. 

Monday, September 17, 2018

Boathouse at Canal Dock Opens! 

  


 
 
 

Over 20 years in the making, the Boathouse at Canal Dock, is a one-of-a kind public complex which reconnects the City of New Haven to its historic waterfront. This new $37m, 30,000 square foot building placed on an elevated public plaza houses a community rowing facility and docks, event spaces, marine biology research lab, and historical interpretive displays. A grand ribbon-cutting ceremony and reception was opened by New Haven Mayor Tony Harp (pictured above, right side, with Dean Sakamoto). Commissioned by the New Haven City Plan office, DSA worked under contract with Langan Engineering and in collaboration with WRT of Philadelphia and Greg Wies Gardner Architects of New Haven. Since 2009, DSA was responsible for conceiving and developing the historic mitigation component of this project. DSA's strategy was realized through interpretive design elements  which includes site signage, a 21 panel timeline of New Haven Harbor's history, and a permanent, museum quality exhibition titled The Adee Memorial Boathouse and the Boathouse at Canal Dock which tells the story of how this new 21st century waterfront development replaces the razed former Yale boathouse from 1911 in order to make way for the I-95 bridge widening project. This project was funded primarily by the Federal Highways Administration and the Connecticut State Department of Transportation.

DSA is extremely proud to be associated with this landmark project and would like to acknowledge its team members who contributed to its content and design (2009-2018): 

Angie Hurlbut, Monica Perez del Rio, Jim Reilly, Anne Sommer, Betsy Fox, Connie Kwan, Colin Caplan, Natalina Lopez, Chris Mackey, Lance Hirai, Jieun Cha, Geoffrey Lawson, David Marcoux, Benjamin Breton, Diana Sheil, and Lei Naomi Sakamoto

For more info see: 
https://www.nhregister.com/news/article/Canal-Dock-Boathouse-opens-in-New-Haven-with-13237088.php
http://www.canaldock.org/

Monday, August 27, 2018

Hurricane Preparedness is REAL


As Hurricane Lane churned toward the Hawaiian islands last week, every property owner determined the degree of preparedness to realize. In the case of the Pacific Heights House, a two story historic wood framed structure perched over 500 feet above sea level, the decision was made to install a custom window protection system, which was designed, procured and installed in 3.5 days. Translucent corrugated PVC panels cut to overlay existing openings and secured with Velcro, over-sized washers and screws to window casing is pictured here. Thankfully, Lane was weakened off shore by wind shear and this house now has a ready-made system for future events.  

Saturday, August 11, 2018

Hawaiian Modern House at Kukui‘ula in Ke Ola


Named Hale ‘Ike Māla (house with a view of the garden), this new custom home in the Kahalawai neighborhood of Kukui‘ula on Kauai's south shore is featured in a story by Malia Mattoch McManus in Ke Ola. Malia describes Dean Sakamoto's design which was informed by the principles of Hawaiian Modern master Vladimir Ossipoff. Insight from executive architect Keith Kelly and interior designer Marion Philpotts round out this eloquent article which is illustrated by Greg Blore's dramatic photos. 

For more info on Hale ‘Ike Māla see: 

Saturday, July 21, 2018

SHADE Summer Institute Envisions Honolulu's River Walk

Join us at SHADE CityLab at 850 Richards Street, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Mahalo to the Yang Tse Foundation 

http://www.shadegroup.org/news/


Friday, March 23, 2018

DSA/SHADE sponsor AIA Honolulu Pecha Kucha

Architecture Month Kick-off - PechaKucha: Night of Design Presentations
When: Thursday, April 5, 2018            5:30pm-8:00pm
Where: AIA Honolulu Center for Architecture            828 Fort Street Mall            Suite 100            Honolulu, Hawaii  96813             United States
Contact: AIA Honolulu                contact@aiahonolulu.org                (808) 628-7243

Under the thematic umbrella of “Community: Design Matters,” AIA Honolulu will celebrate with a Pecha Kucha night on Thursday, April 5 from 5:30 to 8pm at the Center for Architecture. 
Please help usher in Architecture Month with presentations by AIA member architects, interior designers, educators, fine artists and writers in the fast-paced Pecha Kucha-style: a total of 20 slides per presenter with only 20 seconds of commentary per slide.
Presenters:
  • Michael Ah Chong
  • Fred D'Angelo
  • Renee Espiau
  • Kris Goto
  • Kris Jugueta
  • Bundit Kanisthakhan
  • Emiko Miyazawa
  • Tim Schuler
  • Woody Simpson
  • Brian Wolf
Register: Please register online for planning purposes. Walk-ins welcome!
Mahalo PechaKucha Sponsors:
 



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