Tahara'a InterContinental bar
Title
Tahara'a InterContinental bar
Description
When Prince was designing the Tahara'a InterContinental Hotel, which operated from 1968-1974, he was catering to an American fantasy of the South Pacific, formed by movies like Blue Hawaii and the tiki bars of the 1960s. In the more casual indoor and outdoor dining spaces, common features include oversized carved tikis, walls of volcanic rock, hanging lamps fashioned from puffer fish, garlands of draped conch shells, driftwood, nautical rigging, and bamboo and wicker seating.
Architecture by Wimberly, Allison, Tong & Goo
Interiors designed by Neal Prince.
Décor manufactured by Oceanic Arts Tropical Décor
Photograph by Arie deZanger
Creator
Prince, Neal A.
Contributor
deZanger, Arie
Date
1968
Subject
Inter-Continental Hotels and Resorts
Hotels--French Polynesia : Island--Tahiti
Bars (Drinking establishments)
Interior decoration
Wimberly, Allison, Tong & Goo
Hotels--French Polynesia--Papeete
Hotels--Decoration
Rights
Neal A. Prince Special Collection & Archives, New York School of Interior Design, New York, NY, United States
Coverage
Pape’éte, Tahiti, French Polynesia
Files
Collection
Citation
Prince, Neal A., “Tahara'a InterContinental bar,” Designing the Luxury Hotel: Neal Prince and the Inter-Continental Brand, accessed April 19, 2024, https://nealprince.omeka.net/items/show/80.