NOAA Daniel K. Inouye Regional Center Hawaii Design, Pearl Harbor Building, Architect
NOAA Daniel K. Inouye Regional Center
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Building, USA ? design by HOK & Ferraro Choi and Associates
Apr 22, 2019
NOAA Daniel K. Inouye Regional Center in Hawaii
Location: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, USA
Design: HOK ; Associate Architects: Ferraro Choi and Associates
NOAA Daniel K. Inouye Regional Center
The 350,000 square foot NOAA Daniel K. Inouye Regional Center encompasses the adaptive reuse of two historic, World War II-era airplane hangars designed by renowned architect, Albert Kahn.

Linked by a new addition on a national historic landmark site on Pearl Harbor?s Ford Island, the facility consolidates over 800 people from around the island in a high-performing, state-of-the-art, sustainable research and administrative campus rooted in NOAA?s mission, the cultural traditions of the Pacific Region and the island?s ecology. The diverse range of functions includes wet and dry research laboratories, a dive center, research library, dining hall, fitness center, auditorium, administrative offices, conference and meeting areas, and an abundance of informal collaboration space. The vision, program and concept design were developed to create:
an environment for enhanced technical and scientific research that is rooted in NOAA?s mission and the cultural traditions of the Pacific Region
a high performance, sustainably-designed facility that aspires t...