Perspective View and Site Plan.

Ke Kailani

Mason Architects is one of five local architectural firms invited to present conceptual designs for custom single-family residences at Ke Kailani, a 65-acre development within the Kohala coast's Mauna Lani Resort. MAI designed this spacious three-bedroom home as an example of what we envision for the nearly 1.5-acre estate lots in Ke Kailani's shoreline community of parks, ponds, villas, and recreational facilities surrounding Mauna Lani's southern golf course.
(See www.kekailani.com)

By focusing on close collaboration with the client and a sensitivity to the site, Mason Architects allows the design of each residence to find its own form. These drawings reflect four goals that MAI attempts to accomplish in all its residential design work:

• Procession from public to private space: From the drive court, the path leads through the courtyard to the entry lanai, then diverges; one path leads to the living and dining rooms with open views of the ocean and golf course, the other to the seclusion of the bedrooms.
• Understatement: Quality of materials, proportion, and careful detailing - not ostentation - are the measure of the home's elegance.
• Indoor/Outdoor Integration: Circulation paths open onto the landscaped courtyard, large windows pierce the walls, and porous trellises for plants become part of the building itself. Single-room depth and interconnected spaces ensure ventilation.
• Use of Natural Materials: A limited palette and simplified design details reveal the grain of wood, the texture of unpainted stucco, and the colors and patterns of stone.