Hawaiian Modern: The Architecture of Vladimir Ossipoff

by Marc Treib

Book Overview

An illuminating study of the architecture of one of the 20th century's most important tropical modernists

Vladimir Ossipoff (1907-1998), known as the "master of Hawaiian architecture," was at the forefront of the postwar phenomenon known as tropical modernism. Although he practiced at a time of rapid growth and social change in Hawai i, Ossipoff criticized large-scale development and advocated environmentally sensitive designs, developing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300214162
• ISBN13: 9780300214161
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 4.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 9.5" x 10.5"