Bachman Hall
University of Hawaii at Manoa
The University of Hawaii Administration building's groundbreaking was on July 22, 1948 and it was completed around May 1949 at a cost of $379,600. It was renamed Bachman Hall on March 25, 1957 after the fifth president of the University of Hawaii, Dr. Paul S. Bachman. He had been the Dean of Faculties until he became the acting president in July or August 1955. He died unexpectedly at the age of 55 on January 9, 1957 after being in the position for only 16 months. In May 1968 during a 10-day sit-in political demonstration, protestors renamed it "Liberation Hall" on a quickly-made banner.<br /><br />The collaborating architects were Philip Clark Fisk, Allen Johnson, Vladimir Ossipoff, and Alfred E. Preis.<br /><br />The second image is a postcard of the building around 1955, before it was renamed Bachman Hall.
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Bachman Hall Details
University of Hawaii at Manoa
First Image: Postcard ca. 1950. The lobby of the University of Hawaii Administration Building / Bachman Hall has a large fresco mural designed by Jean Charlot, based on research he did on traditional Hawaiian culture at Bishop Museum. It was paid for by donations from the UH classes of 1949, 1950, 1951 and 1952. In late 1949, small sections of fresh plaster daily were applied to the wall and Charlot and two student assistants painted in that portion of the overall picture.<br /><br /><span>Second Image: Courtyard of Bachman Hall at the University of Hawaii in 1959. The plantings have been changed a number of times over the years. <br /><br />Third Image: Brise soleil latticework on the left side of the Bachman Hall facade, 2018. <br /><br />Fourth Image: Open hallway on the makai side the facade of Bachman Hall, 2018.</span>
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Docomomo US-Hawai'i 2019 Fall Walking Tour (11 pages)
University Avenue in Honolulu starts in the Moilili Neighborhood and extends uphill past the campus of the University of Hawai'i Manoa. This Walking Tour examines some of the buildings that were influenced by the Post WWII expansion of the campus.
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Bachman Hall
University of Hawaii Manoa
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Fung Associates, Inc.
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1950s Buildings in Waikiki and Honolulu
A photographic survey of 1950s buildings in Waikiki and Honolulu. The document includes buildings that were extant at the time of its creation as well as buildings that had been demolished.<br /><br /><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>Click on "Other Media" below to open the full copy of '1950s Buildings in Waikiki and Honolulu.'</strong></span>
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