Alfred Preis Displaced: The Tropical Modernism of the Austrian Emigrant and Architect of the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor

Architect, planner, and arts advocate Alfred Preis (1911-1994) dedicated his many creative talents to his beloved, adopted home, Hawai'i. Born, raised, and educated in Vienna, Preis had to escape from Nazi-occupied Austria in 1939. Following an arduous journey, he and his wife emigrated to Honolulu, Hawai'i. Briefly imprisoned as "enemy aliens" after the United States joined World War II, Preis emerged as one of Hawaii's leading modern architects in the 1950s and 1960s. His celebrated archi...