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.

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

Architect Corner - Ladd and Kelsey

In no particular order, this post is a survey of works by architects Ladd and Kelsey mostly in LA County - churches, museum, commercial and residential.

architect, architecture, LA County, pasadenaCarol ChinDecember 3, 2023architect, architecture, modernist, laddandkelseyComment

Architect Corner - Frank Lloyd Wright, Marin County Civic Center

After landing at Oakland Airport last year, my son the architect whisked me straight away to Frank Lloyd Wright’s Marin County Civic Center - a perfect start for our time together in the Bay Area!

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