Name Ray Kappe | Buildings Benton House Occupation Architect Structures Z6 | |
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Awards Richard Neutra International Medal for Design Excellence, the California Council/AIA Bernard Maybeck Award for Design Excellence, the Topaz Medal Practice Kappe Architects Planners Similar Constance Adams, Julian Abele, Constance Abernathy Died November 21, 2019 (aged 92) | ||
Ray kappe california modern master
Ray Kappe (August 4, 1927 – November 21, 2019) was an American architect and educator. In 1972, he resigned his position as Founding Chair of the Department of Architecture at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona and along with a group of faculty and students, started what eventually came to be known as the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc). In 2003, Kappe began working with LivingHomes to design modular homes.)
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- Career
- Archive
- Trivia
- Death
- References
Kappe was actively involved in architectural theory and practice, particularly in the areas of sustainability and the prefabrication of residences.
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Career
Ray Kappe was born in Minneapolis as the son of Romanian immigrants. He attended high school in Los Angeles. He studied for a single semester at UCLA in 1945 before being drafted in into the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, where he served as a topographical surveying instructor. After his discharge he attended the University of California, Berkeley, and earned a B.Arch degree in 1951.
Archive
The Ray Kappe Archive was housed at the Getty Research Institute and contains all of his drawings, models, and papers, offering comprehensive coverage of his long and varied career.
Trivia
The Showtime series Californication features one of Kappe's projects, the Benton House, as a major plot point in Episode Seven, "Girls Interrupted." The interior of this house is also featured on the CBS series Shark.
Another of his projects made two brief appearances in the Sea Hunt episode, "Hit and Run," as the residence of the episode's villain. This house was also featured in the Home section of the Los Angeles Times, in an article titled, "A Boat, a Bay, and a Happy House."
Death
Kappe died from respiratory failure on November 21, 2019.