The collection documents Sacramento projects that Ray Takata and Takata Sugioka Architects worked on during the mid-1980s through the mid-1990s. Documents include project files, invoices, consultation records, timesheets, correspondence, drawings, notes, and plans. Some of the projects include 1717 I Street, Riverview Plaza, Crystal Ice, Sacramento Zoological Society Interpretive Center, Stanford Mansion, Natomas Middle School, City of Sacramento Special Services Office, Tenrikyo Church, and Sacramento County Executive Airport.

Architect Ray Takata was born October 19, 1934, in Sacramento. During World War II, he and his family were incarcerated as part of Executive Order 9066 at Tule Lake Relocation Center, then Amache Relocation Center in Colorado. After the war, Takata and his family returned home and he finished high school

7 linear feet (2 manuscript boxes, rolled plans)

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Collection is open for research use.