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Vladimir Ossipoff: Hawaii's modern architect revisited
When the Honolulu Academy of Arts opened the exhibition Hawaiian Modern: The Architecture of Vladimir Ossipoff last November, it coincided with the centennial of the birth of one of Hawai'i's most influential architects. Vladimir Ossipoff, born in 1907 in Vladivostok, the son of a Russian military attaché, was raised in Tokyo where he attended western schools until he was 16.
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Maui Nui Botanical Garden
Even in Hawaii, a garden is not always about flowers. “I wish I had a nickel for every tourist that came in and said, ‘Don’t you have anything with flowers?’ We are coastal and dry forest garden. That’s our thing.” So says the director of Maui Nui Botanical Garden, Hawai`i’s first such facility dedicated to native plants.
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