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Museum Houses
In restoring a historic house for use as a museum, the architects and architectural historians at Mason Architects conduct archival and on-site research to establish the evolution of the structure through time - its modifications and additions - and to place it in the social and economic context of the era in which it was built. On this base they can accurately restore the house to its original state.
Hawaiian Hall Complex
After completing a Historic Structures Report on the building, built in 1888-1903, Mason Architects is working with exhibit designers Ralph Applebaum and Associates to bring it up to state-of-the-art museum standards yet restore the historic integrity of its Victorian-style interiors.
Hulihe´e Palace
The palace was built in 1840 and renovated by King Kalākaua and Queen Kapi´olani in 1886 as their vacation home in Kailua-Kona, Island of Hawai´i. Mr. Mason restored the interior in 1978 while with Charles Sutton and Associates. In 1995 MAI did additional restoration work on the exterior and interior of the Palace.
Shangri-La
Doris Duke built Shangri-La in the late 1930s on the oceanfront near Diamond Head and imported its art and architecture from the Islamic world. The Doris Duke Foundation hired Mason Architects to restore and adapt the home for use as a limited-access museum for the study of Islamic art.
Queen Emma Summer Palace
Mason Architects has done several projects to help maintain the Summer Palace, which was built in Nu´uanu in 1847 and has been operated as a museum since 1911 by the Daughters of Hawai´i.
Washington Place
Built in 1847 and occupied by Queen Lili´uokalani from 1862 until her death in 1917, Washington Place was the official residence of the Governor of Hawaii until 2002. Mason Architects has prepared a master plan to restore the house for use as a public museum.
´Iolani Palace Basement Gallery
MAI provided architectural services for close to $1 million of improvements to
the ´Iolani Palace basement to convert it to a museum for the display of artifacts from
the Hawaiian monarchy.
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