Ray Kappe

Ray Kappe
Born	August 4, 1927 Minneapolis, Minnesota
Nationality	American
Occupation	Architect
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
Buildings	Benton House
Projects	Southern California Institute of Architecture

Ray Kappe (born 1927) is 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 2006, Kappe began working with LivingHomes to design modular homes.

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

The Ray Kappe Archive is housed at the Getty Research Institute and contains all of his drawings, models, and papers, offering comprehensive coverage of his long and varied career.

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."

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