Guide to the Ray Takata architecture records

Katie Vallaire

Center for Sacramento History

551 Sequoia Pacific Blvd.

Sacramento, California 95811-0229

Phone: (916) 808-7072

Fax: (916) 264-7582

Email: csh@cityofsacramento.org

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Guide to the Ray Takata architecture records

Collection number: MS0087

Center for Sacramento History

Sacramento, CA

Processed by:: Katie Vallaire
Date Completed:: 2009
Encoded by:: Kim Hayden

Descriptive Summary

Title: Ray Takata architecture records

Dates: 1962-2006

Bulk Dates: 1986-1991

Collection number: MS0087

Creator: Takata, Ray (1931-2006)

Creator: Takata Sugioka Architects

Collection Size: 7 linear feet (2 manuscript boxes, rolled plans)

Repository: Center for Sacramento History

Sacramento, California 95811-0229

Abstract: 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.

Languages: Languages represented in the collection: English

Access

Collection is open for research use.

Publication Rights

All requests to publish or quote from private manuscripts held by the Center for Sacramento History (CSH) must be submitted in writing to csh@cityofsacramento.org. Permission for publication is given on behalf of CSH as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the patron. No permission is necessary to publish or quote from public records.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item and/or item number], [box and folder number], Ray Takata architecture records, MS0087, Center for Sacramento History.

Acquisition Information

Acquired from Adell M. Takata, wife of Ray Takata, in 2007 (accession number 2007/015).

Processing Information

Processing and finding aid by Katie Vallaire, 2009. Finding aid edited by Kim Hayden, 2020.

Biography / Administrative History

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

Takata earned his architectural engineering degree in 1957 from California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo, and in 1963, he got his license as a professional architect and became a member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA). He became a fellow of the AIA in 1991. Takata was a partner in the architectural firm Takata Sugioka Kimura Architecture and Planning, and he had a particular interest in historic preservation.

Many of Takata’s projects were located in Sacramento, including the Sacramento Zoo, the Buddhist Church, the alumni center at California State University, Sacramento, Riverview Plaza, and the restoration of the Leland Stanford Mansion. One of this notable projects outside of Sacramento was designing the monument and kiosk at the Japanese relocation center in Poston, Arizona, 1992.

Takata was involved with the Buddhist Church of America. In 1971, he was the youngest member to ever achieve the title of president of their Board of Trustees. In 1986, the Buddhist Church made him a “Kamon” (Church Elder); he was the youngest member ever to receive this status. Takata died February 17, 2006.

Scope and Content of Collection

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. The arrangement of the collection retains most of the donor’s original order.

The bulk of the material consists of records and plans from individual projects, which are filed by job number. There are also a number of plans that do not have corresponding business records or specifications. Additionally, there is a small amount of personal papers and records related to a personal rehabilitation project.

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 shade hangar additions.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Architects--Sacramento (Calif.)

Architecture--Sacramento (Calif.)

Box 1, Folder 1

Personal file 1962-2006

General

Folder contains two copies of Architecture California 10, no 4 (July/Aug. 1988); Ray Takata's obituary; nomination packet (presumably for Fellowship in the American Institute of Architects); photographs of the Sacramento Zoo chimp enclosure, Ray Takata Memorial Display, a simulation of the Camino Heights Development, and the Poston Memorial; “Ten Visits: Accounts of Visits to All Japanese American Relocation Centers,” by Frank and Joanne Iritani; and the Poston Memorial design statement (see MB 2:4 for plans).

Mapcase MB 2:4

Poston Memorial Monument plans

Mapcase MC 15:10

“The Vision: Founding the College of Architecture and Design at California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo” book signed by George Hasslein.

Mapcase MC 15:10

Nokotsudo Gardens and interior foam board renditions

Mapcase MC 15:10

Ray Takata Memorial display photograph

Box 1, Folder 2

1717 I Street Rehabilitation Project 1978-1981

General

Includes a copy of Sacramento Business article “1981 Salute to Agriculture”; and photographs and of 1717 I Street exterior and interior.

Box 1, Folder 3-6

SHRA Riverview Plaza records (job #85-20-631) 1985-1991

General

Folders include original contract and amendments; photographs of exterior and interior; clippings, Sacramento Housing Redevelopment Agency’s “Fund News”; billing; fee breakdown with consultants; renegotiaion fees; Raymond Vail Associates (Riverview) magazine; Riverview sidewalk and stairway records; oversized sidewalk plans;

Mapcase MC 15:10

SHRA Riverview Plaza plans (job #85-20-631) 1985-1991

General

Includes sidewalk and landscaping drawings; site plan with area of damage; sidewalk design plan; preliminary and master plans.

Box 2, Folder 1

Crystal Ice/USDA (Bill Gentis) records (job #89-16-821) 1989

General

Includes invoices and other financial records; communications; meeting records; USDA inspection and requirements for blueprints; copy of “Basic Blueprint Items.”

Mapcase MC 15:10, Mapcase MB 2:4

Crystal Ice/USDA (Bill Gentis) plans (job #89-16-821) 1989

General

Includes plot, site, and floor plans

Box 2, Folder 2

Sacramento Zoological Society Interpretive Center records (job #89-23-828) 1989-1991

General

Includes invoices and other financial records; communications; agreement form.

Mapcase MB 2:4

Sacramento Zoological Society Interpretive Center plans (job #89-23-828) 1989-1991

Box 2, Folder 3-4

Stanford Home records (job #89-24-829) 1989-1990

General

Folders contain contract; financial records and invoices; notes; hours recorded; consultant files.

Mapcase MB 2:3

Stanford Home complete set of plans (job #89-24-829) 1989-1990

Box 2, Folder 5

Natomas Middle School records (job #90-06-854) 1990-1991

General

Includes communications; invoices; project specifications, including “Schedule of Schlage Locks and Other Finish Hardware”; cost estimate sheets; handwritten notes, records, drawings, and calculations; “Area of Work” tabs; Polaroid photographs; consultant business cards.

Mapcase MC 15:10, Mapcase MB 2:4

Natomas Middle School plans (job #90-06-854)

General

Includes site, plot, septic tank, and floor plans.

Box 2, Folder 6

City of Sacramento Special Services Office Remodel records (job #90-11-859) 1990-1991

General

Includes invoices and financial records; communications; contract.

Mapcase MC 15:10, Mapcase MB 2:4

City of Sacramento Special Services Office Remodel plans (job #90-11-859) 1990-1991

General

Includes floor, ceiling, and other plans

Box 2, Folder 7

Tenrikyo Church records (job #91-53-900) 1991

General

Includes invoice and hours billed.

Mapcase MB 2:4

Tenrikyo Church site plans (job #91-53-900)

Box 2, Folder 8

County of Sacramento Executive Airport Shade Hangar Additions records (jobs #96-14-1045, #96-17-1045) 1996

General

Includes contract specifications; section 13121 of contract specifications; section 16000 of contract specifications; service agreement; lighting plan; shade hangar tiedown locations; correspondence; personal notes and sketches; diskettes; John Minkler’s business card.

Mapcase MB 2:4

County of Sacramento Executive Airport Shade Hangar Additions site plans (jobs #96-14-1045, #96-17-1045) 1996

Mapcase MB 2:4

29th Annual Bazaar Betsuin drawing

General