First Hawaiian Center Honolulu

Oahu’s Tallest Skyscraper

“Formally powerful and elegantly assured, First Hawaiian Center interprets the Islands within the context of Kohn Pedersen Fox’s architectural vocabulary. The thirty-story building, the tallest in Hawaii at 438 feet, follows William Pedersen’s penchant to compose elements in unorthodox relationships which visually fragment a high-rise’s mass. In this building, two interlocking triangles were employed, with a predominantly beige Clandore limestone mauka elevation and a blue glass makai side. Like other Kohn Pedersen Fox compositions, the building’s ground level aims for a pedestrian-friendly relationship with the street…” – Society of Architectural Historians

Architects: Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates