de Reus Architects is a Hawaii-based architectural practice with an established reputation for designing resorts and residences that stand out and fit in.
Our search is for the meaning of each particular place, expressed and experienced as a unified whole of site, buildings and landscape.
The following principles guide our firm:
– Attaining a quality of permanence through elegance, simplicity, natural materials and craftsmanship;
– Infusing structures and environments with comfort, livability, and appropriate scale;
– Maintaining a sense of order while allowing elements of surprise to emerge from honest problem solving;
– Designing environments that are timeless and informed by the culture and architecture of their region.
Creating places with a profound appreciation for the factors that have shaped them is a philosophical cornerstone of our practice.
LOCATION: Kamuela, Hawaii
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The 6,000-square-foot home’s architecture by de Reus Architects is both contemporary and casual befitting its coastal neighborhood, intended family use and a less-is-better approach that results in a minimalist aesthetic.
The assignment—a $100 million transformation and rebranding of an aging hotel into a five-star Four Seasons Resort in Oahu, Hawaii.
Overlooking coastal anchialine ponds where ancient Hawai’ians raised fish, this 13,497-square-foot home for an extended family was designed so that all its major living spaces capture views of Uluweuweu Bay and Kikaua Point.
Local agricultural vernacular and a minimalist concept drove the design of the Big Wood Residence, situated just south of Sun Valley, Idaho.
Situated alongside a lava flow dating from 1801 on the leeward coast of Hawaii, this 10,361-square-foot residence was designed as a modern interpretation of indigenous island architecture
