By: Angelica Rockquemore As thousands of our young keiki head back to school, I reflect on my favorite memories of being in elementary school. The favorite part of my day was recess. I simply loved being outdoors. Our playground was simple, it was an open field with no play structure or toys, just a majestic […]
By: Tina Bushnell and Ryan Masuda On a warm afternoon last week, the Historic Hawai‘i Foundation (another great HHF!) hosted its Historic Downtown Pau Hana Tour. The tour highlighted three of downtown’s historic buildings: the Dillingham Transportation Building, the Alexander & Baldwin Building on Bishop Street, and the Stangenwald Building on Merchant Street. Volunteer docents led […]
A Travel Blog By: Chris Chavez I just returned from a trip to Hong Kong, one of the most densely populated cities in the world. With a population of over 7 million residents squeezed into 426 square miles, Hong Kong faces many planning challenges. Despite the density, I found great examples of park space, sustainability and […]
By: Richard Quinn Although small in size, the native Hawaiian garden at the IBM building, designed by HHF Planners, represents an important demonstration of the incorporation of a native ecosystem approach to the design and installation of an urban native Hawaiian landscape. Until very recently, the existing landscapes of Waikīkī and urban Honolulu suffered from […]
An article by our principal, Richard “Rick” Quinn, was featured in the most recent issue of the Landscape Industry Council of Hawai‘i’s (LICH) Landscape Hawai‘i Magazine (July/August 2014). Here’s a look! Drywells – A Micro Scale Storm Water Management Tool By: Richard Quinn, ASLA It’s such a simple and old idea that it can be easily forgotten. […]
By: John Hagihara The Nature Conservancy recently launched a “Hawai‘i Challenge” to identify and map invasive species in Hawai‘i’s forests via DigitalGlobe’s crowdsourcing project, Tomnod. Tomnod has previously been used to help search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 and to help map damage caused during Super […]
By: Erin Higa On a recent Sunday morning, HHF Planners staff, family and friends came to volunteer at Waimea Valley undaunted by flash flood warnings. On hand were HHF Principal, Rick Quinn, his son Shawn and friends; the wonderful Cindy Gamiao, her husband Jesse and daughter, Chelsea; Senior Planner, Aaron Mann and myself. We were […]
By: Tina Bushnell Sustainability received a boost at HHF Planners this last month as five planners received their LEED Green Associate accreditation. Many people know that LEED is the world’s most widely used and recognized green building rating system, but not so many know that LEED also encompasses Smart Growth through their LEED for Neighborhood Development rating […]
By Erin Higa The staff at HHF Planners gets out to do volunteer work…a lot. I’m sure this has much to do with the mentality of the community of planners and architects, always wanting to be involved with improving their community (like our catchphrase, “places for people”). In the short time that I’ve been at […]
By: Erin Higa At the Historic Hawai‘i Foundation’s 40th Annual Preservation Honor Awards on Friday night, HHF was recognized for multiple projects: Preservation Commendation Award, Hickam Building 1102 Cultural Landscape Report Tree Protection Plan Preservation Commendation Award, Fort Kamehameha Historic District Cultural Landscape Report Historic American Landscapes Survey Interpretive Trail Plan Preservation Award, IBM Building […]