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Horizontal siding, louvered awnings, and false gable ends suggest the residential use of the building.
Kulaokahua Apartments
The Kulaokahua Apartments were designed as transitional housing for O'ahu's homeless elderly. The property, at the corner of Ward and Kinau Streets in Honolulu, had been vacant for 30 years, since the construction of the H-1 Freeway in the mid-1960s. Its presence along a freeway on-ramp, its odd shape, and the easement for the widening of Ward Avenue hindered development of the lot.
- Despite these restrictions, Mason Architects designed a four-story building on the site
- It houses six one-bedroom and twenty-four studio apartments built over the parking area and a ground-floor manager's apartment.
- The building is built of concrete and masonry, with design elements - horizontal siding, louvered awnings, false gables - that emphasize its residential appearance.
- The $1.4- million project won a Merit Award from the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment.
Photos: MAI
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 Trees shade a courtyard at the rear of the building.
 Louvered awnings shade the sunny side of the building.
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