For sale: Ray Kappe's Freeman House - Palm Springs, CA

[DavidC]

This Is the Last Home Ray Kappe Ever Designed—and It’s Now Up for Sale


David

[SDR]

Nice ! And nicely furnished, too . . .

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Kappe

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[Roderick Grant]

Kappe's work is consistently excellent. It is also hard to understand spatially through photographs alone. Kappe deserves an in-depth analysis, chockfull of drawings.

[SDR]

Indeed. I'd love to see section drawings of his own house in Rustic Canyon. Perhaps they're out there somewhere . . .?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hUoMr1SgGM

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/512284526364429035/ Typically for Pinterest, no enlargement of the image is possible; following links leads one nowhere.

This is more helpful: https://www.facebook.com/spazioprojects ... 818320732/

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[SDR]

A late Kappe comes on the market in Venice.

https://yovenice.com/2023/11/26/renowne ... t-over-4m/

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/938- ... 2494_zpid/?

"Homage to a Rectangle" ? Check out the glass floor panels inserted into a stairwell. And, instead of piano hinges, Soss concealed hinges. Quietly deluxe . . .

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[JimM]

Always found it interesting that as an architect and founder, Kappe's aesthetic was at such odds with the mostly pretentious architectural menagerie of SCI-Arc...

[Paul Ringstrom]

I was fortunate enough to visit Ray Kappe at his own home. After touring I remember telling him he was genius. Photos and section drawings do not come close to explaining his designs. Ray thinks in 3D and his designs show it.

[DavidC]

Ray Kappe

Kappe Architects


David