Ray Kappe

Infobox Architect


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name= Ray Kappe
nationality= American
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practice_name= Kappe Architects Planners
significant_buildings= Benton House [cite web
url = http://www.kappedu.com/benton.html
title = Benton residence, Los Angeles
accessdate = 2007-12-26 ]
significant_projects= Southern California Institute of Architecture
awards= Richard Neutra International Medal for Design Excellence, the California Council/AIA Bernard Maybeck Award for Design Excellence, the Topaz Medal

Ray Kappe is an award winning architect and educator in Southern California. In 1972, he resigned his position as Founding Chair of the Department of Architecture at California Polytechnic State 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).

As of 2007, Kappe is still actively involved in architectural theory and practice, particularly in the areas of sustainability and the prefabrication of residences.

Trivia

The Showtime series Californication features one of Kappe's projects, the Benton House, as a major plot point in Episode Seven, "Girls Interrupted." [cite episode
title = Girls, Interrupted
episodelink = Girls, Interrupted (Californication episode)
series = Californication
serieslink = Californication (TV series)
airdate = 2007-09-24
season = 1
number = 7 ] The interior of this house is also featured on the CBS series Shark. ["Ray Kappe SCI-Arc Modern Architect Kappe Architects Planners." [http://www.kappedu.com/RayKappe.html] Kappe+Du Architects. Retrieved on 10 December 2007.]

References

External links

Kappe+Du Architects [http://www.kappedu.com/RayKappe.html]