Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 4, Number 9, 1 September 1987 — Pauling Home Gets Architectural Award [ARTICLE]

Pauling Home Gets Architectural Award

The Pauling residence on Round Top Drive has been recognized as an outstanding example of architecture whieh reflects Hawaii's unique natural and cultural environments and thus has been selected as winner of the 1986 Hawaiian Architectural Arts Award sponsored by the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts. In a ceremony held Aug. 11, Gov. John David Waihee III presented the award to Dr. Linus Pauling Jr. and the architect commissioned to design his home, Vladimir Ossipoff, FAIA.

In making the presentation in his office, the Governor said: "This award is not just a recognition of good design, although without good design the project it eelebrates would not succeed, but it honors the people who commission and create architecture that expresses Hawaii, the beauty and diversity of its land and its people." The award was established in 1984 and past winners include Aotani and Oka, architects, and the State Department of Transportation for Ke-ahole Airport in Kona (1984) and Architects Hawaii Ltd. and First Hawaiian Bank for its Kapiolani branch (1985).