Structure Type: built works - dwellings - houses

Designers: Jacobsen, John T. , Architect (firm); John Theodore Jacobsen (architect)

Dates: constructed 1957

2189 Roundtop Drive
Makiki - Lower Punchbowl - Tantalus, Honolulu, HI 96822

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Overview

This now- demolished residence demonstrated a high-degree of openness that the gentle Hawaiian climate afforded. The building didn't have traditional walls but used sliding shoji to demarcate spaces.

Demolition

A new owner bulldozed the unusual Jacobsen House soon after buying it.

PCAD id: 22299