When did houses start to go Tiki? How common were they? - General Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Wed, Nov 19, 2003 1:19 PM I have to apologize that in my "Evolution of Polynesian Pop" chart on page 46 of the Book of Tiki the "Motels and Apartments Go Tiki" icon is so low that it looks like it happened in the late 60s. Ben is right, it was from 1960 to 1967, as a reaction to the statehood of Hawaii, parallel to A-frames becoming modernist jet age icons. First came the restaurants, then the Motels, then the apartments, and then the houses. In my opinion, real Tiki houses are rare individual cases, the ones you shot are modernist, based on classic Asian/Japanese houses, and are not true Tiki. Japanese style was considered more classy modern than Polynesian, because of it's simplicity and elegance. The term "outrigger"-beam stuck because of the Poly Pop influence, but the feature actually came from Japanese architecture.

I have to apologize that in my "Evolution of Polynesian Pop" chart on page 46 of the Book of Tiki the "Motels and Apartments Go Tiki" icon is so low that it looks like it happened in the late 60s.
Ben is right, it was from 1960 to 1967, as a reaction to the statehood of Hawaii, parallel to A-frames becoming modernist jet age icons. First came the restaurants, then the Motels, then the apartments, and then the houses.
In my opinion, real Tiki houses are rare individual cases, the ones you shot are modernist, based on classic Asian/Japanese houses, and are not true Tiki. Japanese style was considered more classy modern than Polynesian, because of it's simplicity and elegance. The term "outrigger"-beam stuck because of the Poly Pop influence, but the feature actually came from Japanese architecture.

Post #60875 by bigbrotiki on Wed, Nov 19, 2003 1:19 PM