Architect, Co-Founder, @grmhrt
Graham Hart is an O‘ahu architect, co-founder of Kokomo Studio, and lecturer at the University of Hawai‘i School of Architecture. Graham served as president of Docomomo US Hawai‘i Chapter from 2019-2021, and co-chaired the 2019 National Docomomo Symposium. He currently serves on the Hawai‘i Historic Places Review Board. Graham graduated from UH Mānoa with distinction in 2015, with his Doctorate of Architecture. His dissertation was entitled Tropical Modern Residential Architecture: Elements, Vocabulary and Language, where he cataloged and researched modernism from around the tropics in over 300 pages of text and diagrams. Graham’s professional and academic research work focuses on mid-century architecture in the tropics, where Graham has documented forgotten modern gems and led restoration and education efforts for buildings of this period. Currently, between balancing academia and practice, Graham is working on renovating his 1970s open-air apartment in Makiki.
personal research
Tropical Modern Residential Architecture: Elements, Vocabulary, and Language
Earned a Doctorate of Architecture D.Arch from the University of Hawai‘i, 2015
Mid-Century Hawai‘i Residential Architecture
documentation along with over 1000 photographs taken of prized and forgotten mid-century residential architecture in Hawai’i. Instagram
Vladimir Ossipoff’s Pālehua Cabin
documentation of Vladimir Ossipoff’s Pālehua cabin that he designed for himself and his family, which was recently restored after seventy years by the Gill Family. Article Link. Video Link.
The Work of Japanese Metabolist in Hawai’i
documentation of the work of Kenzo Tange, Sachio Otani, Kiyonori Kikutake, and Kishio Kurokawa’s work either in, or about, Hawai’i. Video Link
The Work of Edwin Bauer
ongoing research of the work of Honolulu mid-century architect Edwin L Bauer, who specialized in low-cost multi-family housing for the tropics. Video Link 1, 2, 3
The Wimberly Residence
documentation of George “Pete” Wimberly’s experimental Mānoa residence, its story, and its iterative adaptations to its micro-climate.
The Snyder Residence
documentation of Syd Snyder’s, long time partner of Vladimir Ossipoff, personal residence showcasing the careful detailing and environmental design of their office’s work. Video Link
publications and speaking engagements
Ossipoff Cabin, 11/2023
World of Interiors
Aloha, Modernism!, by Adam Štěch, 4/2023
Modern Luxury Hawaii
Little Luxuries, Photos for Good Lamp Co, 3-4/2023
Into the Woods, by Ijfke Ridgley, 9-10/2022
Designed for Paradise, 12/2021-1/2022
Docomomo US/Colorado
Oahu’s Mid-Century Modernist Masters, 1/2023
Cabin Chronicals, Magnolia Network
Season 3, Ossipoff Cabin, 12/2022
Hana Hou! Magazine
Remote Work, By Timothy Schuler, 12/2022
The Architect’s Retreat, By Martha Cheng, 8/2022
Adventurer’s Club
Vladimir Ossipoff and his Pālehua Cabin, 11/2022
Magazine B
Vol.91, Hawaii, Ossipoff’s Cabin, Hidden Gems, 10/2022
New York Times Style Magazine, 8/2022
A Painter’s Home That Celebrates Hawaii, By Matthew Dekneef
Mid-Century Modern Architecture: Adapting to a changing Hawai‘i, 7/2022
Liljestrand Foundation, Design Conversation Series:
Architecture that Moves, 3/2022
Essential Hawaii Modernists, 5/2022
O’ahu’s Mid Century Residential Architecture, 8/2022
PBS Hawaii, Home is Here, 3/2022
Docomomo International Conference in Tokyo 2020+1, 9/2021
The Work of Japanese Metabolists in Hawai‘i
Talkstory Presentation at the Ossipoff Cabin, 7/2021
YAF Pau Hana Series Presenter, 4/2021
Ossipoff Cabin
Building Voices Symposium: Foresight it 20/20, 11/2020
Crafting the Contemporary Vernacular
Docomomo Hawai‘i 2020 Tour Day virtual tours, 10/2020
Hawaii Hochi, Kenzo Tange, 1972
HECO Ward Ave, Steven Au, 1971
Hawaii Loa Campus, Gin Wong, 1971
Jean Charlot Foundation Annual Meeting Speaker, 10/2019
History of the Charlot Residence, designed by Pete Wimberly
Docomomo US National Symposium Speaker, 9/2019
Hawaii Modernism Overview
WATG Greenday Presenter, 8/2019
Passive Design Strategies in Mid-Century Hawai‘i Architecture
ThinkTech Hawai‘i
Edwin Bauer Vol 4, 7/2019
Edwin Bauer Vol 3, 1/2019
Sid Snyder, 8/2018
Edwin Bauer Vol 2, 5/2018
Book Contributor, 5/2019
E ho'i ka u'i : perspectives on placemaking in Hawai'i, Edited by Kelsy M. Y. Jorgensen
SHADE Institute Guest Juror, 2/2019
AIA Honolulu Film Event Panelist, 10/2018
SHADE Institute Speaker, 7/2018
Pechakucha Hawaii Presenter, 2017
AIA Honolulu Panelist, 2014
Paper Architecture Night Presenter, 2013
National Conference on the Beginning Design Student at Temple University, 2013
Sogetsu Ikebana: an Eastern Influence on Beginning Design
affiliations
Hawaii Historic Places Review Board, 2022-present
DOCOMOMO_US Hawai‘i Chapter, 2016-present
National Symposium Co-Chair 2019
President 2018-2020
Vice-President (President Elect) 2017-2018
Director of Events 2016-2017
The Liljestrand Foundation Advisory Board 2019-present
AIA Member 2015-present
AIAS Hawai‘i Chapter
President 2013-2014
West Quad Conference Chair 2013
Director of Events 2012-2013
HAF Ex-Officio Board Member 2013-2014
Ossipoff Document Restoration Project Director 2013
awards & distinctions
Docomomo US 2021 Modernism in America Awards
Award of Excellence, Pālehua Cabin and Guest Cottage
IIDA Ho‘ohuli Awards 2019
Dine Award given to MBC Kihei Restaurant
Work featured in the Kagu Akari show at Fishcake, 10/2019
Cite Mill Prototype B
AIA Honolulu 2018 Design Awards, 11/2018
Award of Merit given to MBC Kihei Restaurant
Licensed Architect in Hawai‘i, 3/2018
AIA Film Challenge 2016, Albezia
Finalist
AIA Film Challenge 2015, Mixed Plate Hawaii
People’s Choice Winner
Third Place Winner
Diversity and Inclusion Award
presented at the 2016 Chicago Architecture Biennial
presented at the 2016 AIA Convention in Philadelphia
Hawai‘i Architecture Foundation, 2015
Award of Distinction in Architectural Research