Article source: Ruhl Walker Architects

Anticipated completion, November 2011

The Hawai’i Wildlife Center is a non-profit conservation organization which will operate Hawai’i’s first wildlife recovery center when this building is completed in late 2011. Located in Halaula, North Kohala, on the Big Island of Hawai’i, the HWC is dedicated to the conservation and recovery of Hawai’i’s vulnerable, too often endangered native wildlife through hands-on treatment, research, training, science education, and cultural programs. The new complex will consist of three integrated and sustainably designed components: a wildlife care and response facility, an interpretive and outreach lanai and native species garden, and an open-air education pavilion.

Front facade (Images Courtesy William Ruhl)

• Architect: William T. Ruhl, AIA – Ruhl Walker Architects
• Name of Project: The Hawai’i Wildlife Center
• Location: Halaula, Hawai’i
• Client: Linda Elliott – Hawai’i Wildlife Center
• Landscape Architect: Jason Umemoto, ASLA, Nancy Cassandro, ASLA, Umemoto Cassandro Design Corporation
• Photo Credits: William Ruhl
• Software used: AutoCAD, plus 3DViz for rendering (modeling was also done in AutoCAD)

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