The stonewalls of Lihu‘e Public Library are a continuation of the stonewall design of Kaua‘i’s first public library, a building on Rice Street that today houses the Kaua‘i Museum. The library opened in the late 1960s, and was designed by
The stonewalls of Lihu‘e Public Library are a continuation of the stonewall design of Kaua‘i’s first public library, a building on Rice Street that today houses the Kaua‘i Museum. The library opened in the late 1960s, and was designed by Noboru Oyakawa, the son of Okinawan immigrants in Honolulu who studied under master architect Frank Lloyd Wright. The sweeping roof of the building reflects the optimism of the 1960s for the technological boost to society then underway.
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