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Still Image
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Architect or Designer
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Skidmore, Owings and Merrill<br /><br />Eckbo, Dean, Austin and Williams, Landscape Architects<br /><br />Wimberly, Allison, Tong and Goo, Lower Level Wing (1968)<br /><br />John Hara, Post Earthquake Renovation (2006)
Year of Construction
1965 with additions 1968
Building Name
Mauna Kea Beach Hotel
62-100 Mauna Kea Drive
Kohala Coast, Hawaii Island
Original Format
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Post card
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Description
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Post Cards of the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel. <br /><br />The hotel is completely open on the interior with landscaped gardens and terraces.
<p>The Mauna Kea was developed by Laurance S. Rockefeller. His original concept was a cluster of individual cottages along the beach, with no televisions or air-conditioning to interfere with the natural environment of the Kohala Coast.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p>The final concept by architects Skidmore Owings Merrill was a single-building refined by lead architect Charles Bassett. Air-conditioning proved to be crucial in the warm, nearly always sunny South Kohala climate. But from 1965 to 1995, the hotel operated without guestroom televisions as Rockefeller had always intended.</p>
<p>When it opened in July 1965 with 154 guest rooms after a $15 million build-out, Mauna Kea Beach Hotel was the most expensive hotel ever built. What were viewed as exorbitant room rates started at $43 per night, including breakfast and dinner in the Pavilion, which featured international cuisine.</p>
<p>A new Beachfront Wing was added in 1968, designed by Honolulu architects Wimberly, Whisenand, Allison, Tong and Goo, with interior design by Phyllis Brownlee. Original paintings by John Young were commissioned for the guest rooms, and the Batik restaurant and Lounge was also added.</p>
<p>The original 18-hole championship golf course was designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr.</p>
Title
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Mauna Kea Beach Hotel
Kohala Coast, Hawaii
Contributor
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Spencer Tolley
Creator
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Spencer Tolley Collection
1965
Hawaii Island
Kohala Coast
Mauna Kea Beach Hotel
Resort Hotel
Skidmore Owings and Merrill