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The development of the hotel was financed by Laurance S. Rockefeller and it was designed by Edward Charles Bassett for the firm Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. It opened in 1965. Original plans were to use architect John Carl Warnecke and build a series of small cottages, but those plans were abandoned.
Mauna Kea's mid-century modern architecture remains timeless a half century later. Mauna Kea Beach Hotel is marking its 50th anniversary throughout 2015. Paying tribute to the hotel's legendary Rockefeller pedigree and timeless charm, the year long celebration is appropriately themed, âWhat was, is.â.