 First Hawaiian Center is the tallest building in downtown Honolulu and Hawai ʻi.
The image above is a candidate for speedy deletion. It will be deleted on 2006-11-27. It should be possible to replace this fair use image with a freely licensed one. If you can, please do so as soon as is practical. First Hawaiian Center is the tallest building in the City & County of Honolulu and the State of Hawaiʻi. Located at 999 Bishop Street in downtown Honolulu near Bishop Park, the First Hawaiian Center is the world corporate headquarters of First Hawaiian Bank, Hawaiʻi's oldest bank and multi-billion dollar company established by Charles Reed Bishop, consort of Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop. First Hawaiian Center photo by the marketing division of the First Hawaiian Bank to promote construction and opening of its new bldg This work is copyrighted. ...
First Hawaiian Center photo by the marketing division of the First Hawaiian Bank to promote construction and opening of its new bldg This work is copyrighted. ...
2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
November 27 is the 331st day (332nd on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
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Downtown Honolulu is the current and historic central part of Honolulu—bounded by Nu‘uanu Stream to the west, Ward Avenue to the east, Vineyard Boulevard to the north, and Honolulu Harbor to the south—situated within the larger Honolulu District. ...
A philanthropist and businessman, Charles Reed Bishop founded the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Kamehameha Schools and First Hawaiian Bank. ...
Lady Bernice Pauahi Bishop was the last surviving member of the Kamehameha dynasty. ...
First Hawaiian Center features the 24,000 square feet (2,200 m²) of open plaza, park space and waterways in the middle of downtown Honolulu's financial district cityscape of towering commercial buildings and congested streets. It is within walking distance of the Aliʻiōlani Hale, Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace, Hawaiʻi State Capitol and ʻIolani Palace. Considered a "unique marriage of commerce and the arts," First Hawaiian Center features three floors devoted to the Contemporary Museum for an art gallery of local Hawaiian works. Aliiolani Hale is today the home of the Hawaii State Supreme Court and the statue of Kamehameha the Great. ...
The Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace is the oldest Roman Catholic cathedral in continuous use in the United States. ...
The Hawai‘i State Capitol is the official statehouse or capitol building of Hawai‘i. ...
Iolani Palace was the official residence of King David Kalakaua and Queen Julia Kapiolani and then Queen Liliuokalani and Prince Consort John Owen Dominis. ...
Development
First Hawaiian Center was completed and opened in 1996 by Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of First Hawaiian Bank Walter A. Dods, Jr. With over 645,834 square feet (60,000 m²) of space and a height of 429 feet (131 m), the building cost over USD $175 million to construct. The architects were from the firm Kohn Pedersen FoxAssociates, famous for building the Sothebeys's Worldwide Headquarters and the World Bank Headquarters. They are currently building the Shanghai World Financial Center, Shanghai's tallest building when completed. The architectural firm of Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) was founded in 1976 by A. Eugene Kohn, William Pedersen, and Sheldon Fox. ...
A comparison of different building versions of the center before construction: 1. ...
Architecture First Hawaiian Center planning was met with controversy as Hawaiʻi residents became concerned about the effect skyscrapers would have on the natural beauty of the Hawaiian landscape. Architects compromised with the use of Hawaiian architectural principles used in most contemporary Honolulu urban projects like those employed by architects of the Hawaiʻi Convention Center. Metaphoric designs were used in reference to natural phenomena found in Hawaiʻi. Hawaiian architecture is a distinctive style of architectural arts developed and employed primarily in the Hawaiian Islands of the present-day United States — buildings and various other structures indicative of the people of Hawaii and the environment and culture in which they live. ...
Hawaii Convention Center logo The Hawaii Convention Center, located at 1801 Kalakaua Avenue in Honolulu, Hawaii on the Hawaiian island of Oahu in Waikiki, is the flagship civic exhibition center in the State of Hawaii. ...
 First Hawaiian Center devotes as much as 60% of its city block to open public spaces like parks.
The image above is a candidate for speedy deletion. It will be deleted on 2006-11-27. It should be possible to replace this fair use image with a freely licensed one. If you can, please do so as soon as is practical. Two distinct architectural forms resulted in the compromise, one for the makai side facing the ocean and one for the mauka side facing the mountains. Horizontally louvered windows framed views of the sea and the horizon while vertically proportioned windows faced the mountains. A great deal of effort was made to incorporate as much natural light into the building interiors. First Hawaiian Center photo by the marketing division of the First Hawaiian Bank to promote construction and opening of its new bldg This work is copyrighted. ...
First Hawaiian Center photo by the marketing division of the First Hawaiian Bank to promote construction and opening of its new bldg This work is copyrighted. ...
2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
November 27 is the 331st day (332nd on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
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