Sigrid Lorenzen Rupp

Sigrid Lorenzen Rupp
Born	1943 Bremerhaven, Germany
Died	May 27, 2004 (aged 60–61)
Alma mater	University of California, Berkeley
Occupation	Architect
Spouse(s)	Steven Rupp
Practice	SLR Architects

Sigrid Lorenzen Rupp (1943 – May 27, 2004) was a German-American architect. She ran a private practice, SLR Architects, in Palo Alto, California, from 1976 to 1998, and specialized in designing facilities for tech companies in Silicon Valley.

Rupp was born in Bremerhaven in 1943 and migrated to Oakland, California with her family at the age of 10. She became interested in architecture as a child during the German reconstruction boom after World War II and went on to study architecture at the University of California, Berkeley, graduating in 1966.

After receiving her Bachelor of Architecture, Rupp worked for various firms in the San Francisco Bay Area. She became a licensed architect in California in 1971 and established her own practice, SLR Architects, in 1976. She specialized in technical and industrial facilities and provided designs for many early tech companies in Silicon Valley, including Amdahl Corporation, Apple Computer, Claris, IBM, Raychem, Sun Microsystems and Tandem Computers. Her design of a testing facility for Apple won an American Institute of Architects (AIA) Honor Award. She designed Stanford University's Storey House and Press Building, and also completed projects for AT&T, Pac Bell, Pan Am, San Jose State University and United Airlines. SLR Architects, which was based in East Palo Alto, California, closed in 1998 when Rupp retired.

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