8-acre Pavilions Estate
Location, Location: Kauai, Hawaii
March 1, 2002
Facts & Stats
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Understating It: Kauai is known as the Garden Isle, which barely describes this lush, mythical place of tropical rain forests, waterfalls, an extinct volcano and pink sand beaches.Rainfall: Kauai is wet, but 70 percent of the rainfall occurs at night. The north shore gets an average of 70 inches per year; the northeast is a bit drier at 40 inches. (Click image to enlarge)
Tourism: The wholesale variety that sustains Maui, Oahu and the Big Island is nonexistent here; ecotourism is expected to rebound to pre-September levels.
Simple Pleasures: By law, no building can be taller than a coconut tree; deeds are often written in Hawaiian and a property line is defined as “from that rock to this stream.”
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Paradise Style: According to Los Angeles–based interior designers Illya Hendrix and Tom Allardyce (310.659.8721), recent émigrés to the northeast shore, the smartest residential interiors are modern versions of plantation and Asian design, or their firm’s signature fusion of the two.
Appeasing the Gods: Strict low-density zoning since 1972 has made the entire island a virtual green belt. Kauai County has begun a 20-year water conservation program; Peter Guber gave an easement on his estate for a public trail to Papaa Bay. (Click image to enlarge)
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