With the world in such chaos today, many of us have come to focus on what is most critical in our lives: our loved ones.

As we navigate a new world where group fitness classes are restricted and many worry about exercising in enclosed gyms with strangers, home fitness has taken on new relevance. Many homeowners would be surprised to learn they actually do have space for a dedicated exercise room on their existing properties.

In recent months, many of us have experienced sharing spaces with our families in ways we had not been before. What was once a living room suddenly morphed overnight into a classroom and a home office – or perhaps a classroom and two home offices!

If there is a design trend for 2020 and beyond, it is flexibility. Particularly because we tend to live in more crowded housing because of the cost of living and smaller properties in Hawaii, we need to make the most of square footage by designing multi-purpose residential spaces for maximum flexibility.

It will welcome its first students – keiki as young as two years of age – this fall.

It was over five years ago when WhiteSpace first began discussing the project with Kimo Steinwascher, chairman of the KCAA Board of Trustees, and Christina Cox, KCAA president.

The Atherton Preschool desperately needed more classrooms. Though the non-profit’s budget was extremely tight, the Atherton Preschool did have the space: A derelict, 1940s-era cottage existed on the property, but it was unusable and unsafe.

New Searider Productions’ facility moves towards spring completion Wai‘anae High School’s New Searider Productions’ facility moves towards spring completion WhiteSpace Architects’ design for the new

Cool your home naturally Thoughtful Architectural Design Can Cool Your Home Naturally We lived – and sweated! – through record-breaking heat this summer in Hawaii.

HICraft Kitchen HICraft Kitchen in Kakaako is a recently completed WhiteSpace design that highlights the critical role the client relationship plays in a project’s success.