This post contains a selection of projects by Neptune and Thomas Associates, mostly educational buildings with a performing arts center thrown in. I appreciate the modern style of these buildings, some more brutalist than others.

san gabriel valley, Caltech, pasadena, san diego, architecture, architectCarol ChinMay 19, 2024neptune and thomas, architecture, architect, midcentury, 70s architectureComment

Architecture Field Trip - 3 City Halls in the San Gabriel Valley

If you’re a fan of civic architecture, here are 3 city halls to visit in the San Gabriel Valley, each expressed in a different architecture style!

architecture, civic architecture, field trip, mid-century, brutalist architecture, san gabriel valleyCarol ChinApril 2, 2024architecture, civic architecture, san gabriel valley, midcentury, brutalist architectureComment

Hawaii Architecture - Waikiki, 3 in Pink

A short, sweet post to celebrate 3 distinct pink designs - Waikiki Cove, Apartments on the Coral Strand and Ilima Hotel.

hawaii, architecture, streamline moderne, ossipoff, modernist, mid-centuryCarol ChinFebruary 28, 2024hawaiianmodernism, hawaii, modernist, midcentury, streamline moderneComment

Architect Corner - Stephen Oyakawa

This post is a survey of architect Stephen Oyakawa’s projects on Oahu that I have had the pleasure to view and photograph.

Oyakawa studied and worked for fourteen years with Frank Lloyd Wright.

mid-century, modernist, hawaii, architecture, architectCarol ChinFebruary 10, 2024architect, hawaiianmodernism, midcenturyComment

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