From Sea to Shining Sea: Historic hangars at Pearl Harbor have been renovated and expanded as offices and labs for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The albizia saman tree—with its natural gift for self-cooling—was one of HOK's design inspirations for the Daniel K. Inouye Regional Center, the new home for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in Hawaii. These broad-canopied trees, which thrive near the building site on Ford Island, off Oahu's coast, capture water vapor as their leaves open and close with changing light. It's hard to imagine a better design influence for a federal agency with a focus on weather and climate.
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