Casa Bahama, Wildwood Crest, NJ (motel) - Locating Tiki

TS Tiki Shaker Grand Member (8 years) Menifee, CA Joined: Jun 28, 2008 Posts: 775	TS Tiki Shaker Posted posted on Sun, Nov 8, 2009 9:36 PM Yes, yes, yes.... I seem to have read that too somewhere! I guess my point was the fact that this place has a-frames that are all evenly spaced, and appear to all be the same height. It looks like a heart monitor. It's as if the a-frame itself isn't the main design element. It's the pattern and rhythm created by the a-frames that the architect was going for. Most other places that have repeating a-frames use them as an element to frame an entrance, frame the name of the place or as design flourish. Does that make sense? Actually, the more I look at these photos, I wonder if the architect was even thinking polynesian. If it wasn't for the fake palm trees, I wouldn't have even thought it was polynesian. I fact, when I look at this part of the architecture, with the big brick fireplace, I think it looks more like an IHOP.

Yes, yes, yes.... I seem to have read that too somewhere!

I guess my point was the fact that this place has a-frames that are all evenly spaced, and appear to all be the same height. It looks like a heart monitor. It's as if the a-frame itself isn't the main design element. It's the pattern and rhythm created by the a-frames that the architect was going for. Most other places that have repeating a-frames use them as an element to frame an entrance, frame the name of the place or as design flourish. Does that make sense?

Actually, the more I look at these photos, I wonder if the architect was even thinking polynesian. If it wasn't for the fake palm trees, I wouldn't have even thought it was polynesian. I fact, when I look at this part of the architecture, with the big brick fireplace, I think it looks more like an IHOP.

Post #492844 by Tiki Shaker on Sun, Nov 8, 2009 9:36 PM