280 craftsmen built Bali estate in 1994; Hawaii rebuild now asks $32.5M

The architecture adheres to traditional Balinese principles, with the residence divided into a number of independent pavilions linked by open-air decks and sheltered walkways. Imagine if a piece of Bali was carefully taken apart, shipped across the Pacific, and reassembled along one of Hawaii’s most dramatic coastlines. So the answer is a gorgeous oceanfront estate, where Indonesian craftsmanship meets the rugged beauty of Hawaii's Big Island. A three-acre parcel on the Kohala Coast near Kiholo Bay is now listed at $32.5 million. According to Land Research, the compound, owned by billionaire entrepreneur John Paul DeJoria, is less an elaborate architectural time capsule than a conventional luxury home. For the uninitiated, Indonesian temple architecture has long been a love of DeJoria’s, as old as the property itself. He employed 280 master craftsmen to construct an authentic Balinese estate in Bali, using traditional Indonesian ironwood and teak. It took 4 years to build and was finished in 1994. Instead of abandoning the structure in Indonesia, it was carefully disassembled and shipped across the Pacific to Hawaii. When it arrived, craftsmen painstakingly reconstructed the estate...