A contemporized take on a timeless, traditional style of island living

Though located as part of a resort community on Hawai’i Island’s Kona Coast, there’s nothing remotely resort-like about the residence of Kahua Kuili itself. In fact, it’s the modern reimagining of a classic island summer camp designed by California-based Walker Warner Architects-led by principal Greg Warner and senior associate Clark Sather-and built by Maryl Construction,Inc. Having roamed the grounds where the series of contextually appropriate buildings now stand, Warner brought to bear his homegrown understanding of the island’s distinct culture-and its rich agrarian tradition, in particular-to a project he calls “affecting and understated.”