"Hawaiian Modern: The Architecture of Vladimir Ossipoff" Opens in Honolulu

You may not be familiar with the work of Hawaiian architect Vladimir Ossipoff, but let us assure you: He won’t be underappreciated for long. A beautiful exhibition about Ossipoff’s masterful modern Hawaiian architecture, “Hawaiian Modern,” opens today at the Honolulu Academy of Arts. And last night, they opened their doors for a record-breaking crowd as fans, friends and former clients packed the galleries, swarmed the courtyards and lined up around the block. And we spotted guest curator architect Dean Sakamoto, current director of exhibitions at the Yale School of Architecture (and Hawaiian native who actually tried to score a job with Ossipoff back in the day), greeting every single person who came through the door, his shoulders laden with leis.

Members of Ossipoff’s family (the architect died in 1998) were also easy to spot due to the amount of tropical flowers strung around their necks, and what a pleasant surprise we...

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