Ray Kappe: California Modern Master - Forty Years of Modular Evolution

Name: Ray Kappe: California Modern Master - Forty Years of Modular Evolution
Director: Muffie Dunn
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2009-01-01
Duration: 26 min
Cast: Ray Kappe

200926m

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Explorations in 21st Century American Architecture Series: Ray Kappe has long been a cult figure in the architectural scene in and around Los Angeles. In 1972, he founded the influential, avant garde Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-ARC), where many of the younger-generation architects have studied or taught.

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