Boardroom at Liljestrand House: Members Only Event
Posted by [email protected] on May. 7, 2025 / Boardroom Series / Subscribe 0
On Thursday, May 7th, HSBP members were treated to a private tour of one of architect Vladamir Ossipoff's most famous projects, Liljestrand House. Only a few miles from Honolulu's city center, up the winding and shady Tantalus drive, sits a unique Pacific Modern designed home, commissioned in 1952, with sweeping views of Honolulu's coastline.
Famous since 1958, when the House Beautiful featured the property as the Pace Setter house of the year, the Liljestrand Residence was originally commissioned by then owners Betty and Howard Liljestrand. An outstanding example of architect Vladimir Ossipoff’s work and of mid-twentieth century Hawaiian modern architecture, the house and grounds are now being preserved by the Liljestrand Foundation, who makes that preservation purposeful by opening the house to the public for tours and for charitable, cultural, and educational activities. Mahalo to the Foundation stewards who hosted our members and gave rare insight into this one-of-a-kind property.
Vladimir ‘Val’ Nicholas Ossipoff (November 25, 1907 – October 1, 1998) was an American architect best known for his works in the state of Hawai'i. He moved from his native Russia, to work with California architects in 1931, to counter what he felt was poor architectural design and unrestricted development of Honolulu during that time. Ossipoff has been called “the master of Hawaii modern architecture,” “the dean of residential architects in Hawaii,” and “the premier postwar designer of kama'aina-style residences in Honolulu,” perhaps the most famous of which is the Liljestrand House built in 1952.
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