Designed and built on Oahu.
A design-led renovation practice for Honolulu's most considered homes. Mālama — the kind of care that earns trust, not just signatures. Paid design engagements, coordinated trades, premium finishes.
A home is not a commodity. It is a slow accumulation of intention — of rooms that know what they are for, of materials that age with grace, of light that lands the way it should.
Ikena begins every project the way it ends: with care, restraint, and an insistence that the work be worthy of the place it occupies. Laulima — many hands, one build. We are a small practice by choice. Two projects at a time. One standard.
Three deliberate phases. Nothing hurried.
A paid engagement.
Design is not a courtesy estimate. It is a billable professional service, earned from the first sketch. $5,000 — $15,000 depending on scope, credited toward the build.
Read more →Our own crew. Coordinated trades.
Finish carpentry, tile, cabinetry, paint — performed in-house by tradesmen we know by name. Licensed subs for structural, electrical, plumbing. One point of accountability.
Three to five months. Done once.
Most projects complete in 90 to 150 days. We commit to two active projects at a time — so yours gets the attention it was quoted.
Projects underway.
Portfolio forthcoming.
Software, native — not stitched.
A few of the things we use every day.
Every parcel + building + address.
384,262 statewide TMK parcels, 239,458 Honolulu building footprints with real heights, 204,775 address points — encoded as TypeScript, served as a 3D map. So we always know what we’re standing on.
maps.ikenagroup.com →LiDAR scans, native.
Our iOS measuring app uses Apple’s RoomPlan + Object Capture to scan a room or an object on-site, then drops it straight into the project portal. No Polycam wrapper. No subscription tax.
In private TestFlightPlans, scans, change orders — one view.
Every Ikena client gets a private space at portal.ikenagroup.com: live blueprints, scanned 3D models, daily logs, AIA-grade invoices, selections, change orders. Not a SaaS rental — ours, end to end.
portal.ikenagroup.com →
Currently accepting design engagements for 2026 – 2027 projects.
If you are considering a renovation of consequence on Oahu, we invite you to introduce yourself.
Begin a design engagement →