WhiteSpace Architects is currently overseeing the construction of Punahou School’s Mary Kawena Pukui Learning Commons, a state-of-the-art center designed for collaborative and individual learning.

Designed as a 53,840-square-foot intellectual hub by WhiteSpace Architects’ Laura Ayers and Shawn Halvorson, as well as our late founder Philip “Pip” White, the Mary Kawena Pukui Learning Commons is a complete overhaul and expansion of the School’s 1964 Cooke Library. The new LEED certified sustainable design will create collaborative new spaces for learning and innovation, dramatically increase indoor and outdoor gathering areas and enhance project-based learning.