Budget Breakdown: It Took $1.6M and 100 Tons of Stone to Revive This ’60s Kit Home in Hawaii
Architect Brandon Jørgensen, who once studied under Tadao Ando, believes that “everything you touch and interact with should be an investment”—a philosophy he applied to his dream home in Waimea.
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For years, architect Brandon Jørgensen and his wife, Katy, had dreamed of moving from California to Hawaii with their children. Katy’s side of the family had vacationed on the islands for generations, and her parents spent their honeymoon on the Big Island.
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Brian Libby
Dwell Contributor
Brian Libby is a Portland-based architecture writer who has contributed to Dwell since 2004. He has also written for The New York Times, Architect, CityLab, Salon, Metropolis, Architectural Record and The Oregonian, among others.