What is Ray Kappe?
'''Ray Kappe''' (August 4, 1927 – November 21, 2019) was an [[Americans|American]] [[architect]] and [[educator]]. He was born in [[Minneapolis]], [[Minnesota]]. In 1972, he resigned as Founding Chair of the [[Cal Poly Pomona College of Environmental Design|Department of Architecture]] at [[California State Polytechnic University, Pomona]]. He soon founded the [[Southern California Institute of Architecture]] (SCI-Arc).<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=History of SCI-Arc|url=https://www.sciarc.edu/institution/about/history|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=October 20, 2019|website=sciarc.edu}}</ref> Kappe died from [[respiratory failure]] caused by [[pneumonia]] on November 21, 2019 in [[Los Angeles]] at the age of 92.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archpaper.com/2019/11/ray-kappe-dies-at-92/|title=Ray Kappe, founding director of SCI-Arc, dies at 92|date=2019-11-22|website=Archpaper.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-24}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.kappearchitects.com/RayKappe.html '''Kappe Architects''' website] * [http://archives2.getty.edu:8082/xtf/view?docId=ead/2008.M.36/2008.M.36.xml;query=;brand=default Getty.edu: Ray Kappe papers] — ''finding aids'''. * [http://www.ncmodernist.org/kappe.htm U.S. Modernist Masters Gallery — Ray Kappe] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170905140342/http://www.ncmodernist.org/kappe.htm |date=2017-09-05 }} {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kappe, Ray}} [[Category:1927 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from respiratory failure]] [[Category:Deaths from pneumonia]] [[Category:Disease-related deaths in Los Angeles]] [[Category:American architects]] [[Category:Educators from Minneapolis]] [[Category:Businesspeople from Minneapolis]] [[Category:Businesspeople from Los Angeles]] [[Category:Educators from Los Angeles]]