Finding aid for the Ray Kappe papers, 1954-2007 2008.M.36
Special Collections
2011
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Contributing Institution: Special Collections
Title: Ray Kappe papers
Creator: Kappe Lotery Boccato Architects Planners
Creator: Kahn, Herbert
Creator: Kappe Architects Planners
Creator: Kahn Kappe Lotery Boccato
Creator: Kahn Kappe Lotery Architects Planners
Creator: Boccato, Clelio
Creator: Lotery, Rex
Creator: Kappe, Ray, 1927-2019
Identifier/Call Number: 2008.M.36
Physical Description: 374.3 Linear Feet(105 boxes, 372 flatfiles, 28 rolls)
Date (inclusive): 1954-2007
Abstract: Los Angeles architect Ray Kappe is one of Southern California's preeminent designers of modern residential architecture and
a long-time educator who founded the influential Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc). Consisting of drawings,
documents, photographs, client correspondence, and writings, the Ray Kappe papers provide a record of Kappe's contribution
as an architect in private practice, as a partner in various firms and as an educator. The archive is an important resource
for the study of postwar California modernism, and in particular the development of prefabrication and sustainability in modern
housing, as well as a valuable resource for studying the recent history of architectural education.
Physical Location: Request access to the physical materials in this inventory through the
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Language of Material: Collection material is in English.
Access
Open for use by qualified researchers, with the exception of the student records in Box 56A which will remain sealed until
2062. Contact the repository for information regarding access to the architectural models.
Publication Rights
Acquisition Information
Gift of Ray Kappe. Acquired in 2008.
Preferred Citation
Ray Kappe papers, 1954-2007, The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, Accesssion no. 2008.M.36
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa2008m36
Processing History
In 2011 with grant funding from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR), Laura Dominguez and Suzanne Noruschat
processed the collection and created the inventory under the supervision of Ann Harrison. In 2014-2015 Ann Harrison refined
Series I separating the projects into subseries by firm.
The processing of the collection remains preliminary. Drawings in flatfile folders 174**, 189**, 252**-252A**, 267**, 269**-270**,
289**, as well as Rolls 25** - 26** need conservation treatment for the removal of adhesives. Also some materials in Series
III are water-damaged.
Related Archival Materials
The papers of Kappe's partner, Rex Lotery, are held by the Art, Design & Architecture Museum of the University of California,
Santa Barbara.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Ray Kappe papers offer comprehensive coverage of his long and varied career, which began in the 1950s and encompassed
roles as architect, planner, and educator. The archive highlights Kappe's role in furthering the strong California tradition
of designing buildings in tune with nature, of experimenting with prefabricated building components and modular planning,
and of addressing such issues as sustainability. The collection is therefore a valuable resource for studying important developments
in post-war California modernism, including the development of what is today known as "green" architecture. The collection
is also a useful resource for studying the recent history of architectural education, as Kappe directed programs at both California
Polytechnic University, Pomona and Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc), one of the country's most influential
and experimental schools of architecture.
The project records in Series I form the core of the collection. Representing the first 50 years of Kappe's career, the series
encompasses the majority of the architect's oeuvre. Included here is Kappe's early independent work and his later work under
the firm name of Kappe Architects Planners, as well as projects from the intermediate period of his career as a partner in
the firms of Kahn Kappe Lotery Architects Planners, Kahn Kappe Lotery Boccato Architects Planners, and Kappe Lotery Boccato
Architects Planners. The archive does not contain Kappe's most recent work initiated or completed after 2003, such as the
energy-efficient residences designed for Steve Glenn's LivingHomes. Comprising over 300 executed and unexecuted projects ranging
from large and small residences to office buildings and parks, the archive holds drawings and models, in addition to sketches,
photographs, and project files, and it provides documentation on major projects from the early, middle, and later phases of
Kappe's career. Included, for instance, is the groundbreaking house Kappe designed for his own family in the Pacific Palisades
area of Los Angeles in 1965, which heralded the architect's expert use of post-and-beam construction and an elevated design
system that allowed the building to nestle sensitively on its awkward hillside site. Represented, too, is the 1977 Borghei
House (Santa Monica Canyon) in which Kappe responded to new building code restrictions by using concrete-block construction
and smaller window apertures, and the 1993 Shapiro House (Santa Monica Canyon) that saw Kappe experimenting with steel frames
and poured concrete while still emphasizing his core principles of uniting interior and exterior spaces and foregrounding
energy efficiency and modularity. A particularly interesting portion of the archive consists of planning projects undertaken
by the partnership firms, such as those prepared for the cities of Inglewood and Compton, that highlight a commitment to revitalizing
urban neighborhoods and commercial districts.
The two subsequent series document other facets of Kappe's professional life. Series II comprises his teaching materials and
administrative records during his tenure at Cal Poly Pomona and SCI-Arc. This documentation reveals Kappe's interest in redefining
architectural education through experimental curriculum and practice. Series III is composed of all other materials, aside
from the individual project files, relating to Kappe's professional affiliations and role as a leading Southern California
architect and planner. He maintained ample records of his decades-long involvement with the American Institute of Architects
(AIA) and with the Los Angeles Goals Program, including his Urban Design Committee collaborations with future partners Herbert
Kahn and Rex Lotery, in addition to preserving documentation of others citing his work in a variety of media. The series also
highlights his interest in energy conservation, urban design, and affordable housing.
Arrangement
Arranged in three series: Series I. Project records, 1954-2003, undated; Series II. Faculty papers, 1966-2002, undated; Series
III. Other professional papers, 1959-2007, undated.
Biographical/Historical Note
The son of Romanian immigrants, Raymond Kappe was born on August 4, 1927 in Minneapolis. After his family relocated to Los
Angeles, Kappe attended Emerson Junior High School in West Los Angeles, which had been designed by Richard Neutra in the late
1930s. The two-story steel-framed building with sliding glass doors for outdoor classrooms and rooftop terraces made a valuable
impression on him, as did Neutra's apartments in Westwood. These early experiences with modern architecture, combined with
his love of drawing and talent in mathematics and science, helped shape his career path while he was still a teenager. He
spent a single semester at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1945 before he was drafted into the postwar
U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, where he served for two years as a topographical surveying instructor. After his discharge, Kappe
attended the University of California, Berkeley, earning his B.Arch in 1951.
After graduation, Kappe worked as a draftsman for the San Francisco firm of Anshen and Allen, where he was involved in the
design of the Eichler tract homes. Later that year, he moved back to Los Angeles to work with Carl Maston, a lesser-known
but highly practiced modern architect. In 1953, the pair each designed a six-unit apartment building side-by-side on National
Boulevard in West Los Angeles. The success of the project led Kappe to open his own firm, which he operated as a private venture
until 1968.
Most of Kappe's early houses consisted of small post-and-beam structures with flat or shallow-pitched roofs. Inspired by the
postwar housing boom in Southern California and the Case Study House program, Kappe envisioned the single-family house as
the ideal medium for experimentation in prefabricated construction. The objective was to produce a prototype that could be
duplicated and slightly altered to meet the needs of individual sites and clients. By the early 1960s, he had developed a
structural system that rooted six or eight steel-reinforced concrete or wooden towers into the ground, effectively reducing
the footprint of the home. Also, while many of his contemporaries distanced themselves from the construction process, Kappe
embraced a system of design-build throughout his career. The design for Kappe's own residence, completed in 1967, typified
the architect's interest in multi-level and cost-effective modular construction on outwardly "unbuildable" sites. The muscular
Douglas fir composition and reliance on the surrounding landscape reflected his Bay Area training, as well as his appreciation
for vernacular traditions dating to the local Arts and Crafts movement. He would echo this complex treatment of light, space,
materials, and texture, along with the complete integration of site, in many of his other hillside projects throughout Los
Angeles.
In the early 1960s, Kappe became interested in urban design issues. He joined the America Institute of Architects' Urban Design
Committee and began working with future partners Herb Kahn and Rex Lotery on a variety of planning and design issues, including
the development of new methods of hillside building. Their successful collaborations in this context led the formation of
a firm. Kahn Kappe Lotery Architects Planners (1970-1973), Kahn Kappe Lotery Boccato Architects Planners (1974-1978) and Kappe
Lotery Boccato Architects Planners (1979-1981) undertook a number of large-scale planning and residential projects throughout
California. Concerned with energy efficiency and new state environmental laws, much of the work reveals a newfound reliance
on steel and concrete construction, as well as natural light and heating elements. With the advent of postmodernism and the
movement away from planning studies towards developer-driven implementation strategies in large cities by the early 1980s,
however, the partners amicably agreed to dissolve the firm in order to uphold the integrity of their design philosophies.
Since 1982, Kappe has worked under the firm name Kappe Architects Planners both independently and in collaboration with others,
including his sons Finn and Ron Kappe, on numerous projects. In recent years, he has returned to his interest in prefabricated
modular design. In 2003, developer Steve Glenn approached him about producing a line of prefabricated, sustainable houses
called LivingHomes. In 2007, he completed the first residence to be awarded the platinum LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental
Design) rating of the U.S. Green Building Council through this partnership.
In addition to his architectural and planning practice, Kappe has enjoyed a long career as an educator. He entered the teaching
profession in the mid-1960s as an instructor at the University of Southern California (USC). In 1967, Bernard Zimmerman, a
landscape architect at California Polytechnic University, Pomona (CalPoly), approached him about creating an architecture
program there. Kappe built a successful program based on the principle of experimentation, but left the school in 1972 as
a result of fundamental differences with the dean. Along with a group of like-minded faculty and students, he founded the
avant-garde New School, later renamed Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc). Kappe encouraged invention,
exploration, and criticism among his students, integrating courses in the social and behavioral aspects of architecture into
the design curriculum. His central interests in urban issues, technology and environmental response concerns remained at the
forefront of the program until postmodernism began to dominate architectural discourse in the 1980s. Kappe stepped down from
his director position in 1987, though he continued to teach there and at USC.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Architectural models
Architecture, Modern -- 20th century -- California, Southern
Architecture -- California -- Los Angeles
Architecture -- Study and teaching
City planning
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- 20th century
Modern movement (Architecture) -- California
Negatives (Photographs)
Photographic prints -- California -- 20th century
Prefabricated houses
Sustainable architecture
Architect-designed houses -- California
Architectural drawings -- United States -- 20th century
Architects -- California -- Los Angeles
Architects -- Archives
Kappe, Ray, 1927-2019
Project records, Series I.
1954-2003, undated
Physical Description: 355.1 Linear Feet(80 boxes, 370 flatfiles, 27 rolls)
Arrangement
The series is divided into six subseries marking the professional stages of Ray Kappe's career as an architect in private
practice and as a partner in a firm. Attributions to these subseries are taken from the block on the drawings and from a list
of projects created by Ray Kappe.
Scope and Contents note
Series I documents the architectural and planning projects of Ray Kappe as an independent practioner, as well as those of
the firms of Kahn Kappe Lotery Architects Planners (1970-1973), Kahn Kappe Lotery Boccato Architects Planners (1974-1978),
Kappe Lotery Boccato Architects Planners (1978/1979-1981) and the work of the firm Kappe Architect Planner up to 2003.
General documentation, architectural drawings, photographs and models form this series. General documentation files vary,
but may include correspondence, reports, contracts, job bids and proposals, structural calculations, receipts, specifications,
and press coverage. Occasionally a small drawing or reproduction may also be included with documentation. The architectural
drawings encompass plans, elevations, sections, details, and perspectival drawings, renderings and presentation boards, both
originals and reproductions. The reproduction drawings take a variety of formats including diazotypes, sepia prints, photostats,
and electrostatic prints. The photographic documentation principally includes photography taken at the time projects were
recently completed or under construction, and includes work by prominent architectural photographers such as Julius Shulman,
Marvin Rand, and Kent Oppenheimer.
The dates given here are project dates taken from Kappe's records or from the drawings and documentation of a project, but
earlier and later material may be present. Locations of projects are indicated when known. For the architectural drawings,
the designation "standard" refers to examples measuring up to 37" x 49", with larger drawings indicated as oversize.
The phases of Kappe's career, set out below in subseries, define his work in its independent and collaborative modes. Kappe
described the work of the firms in which he was a partner as "team design," a process of interchange and compromise among
the members. Within this framework, Kappe served as principal for many of the projects included in the archive, but projects
on which other partners — Herbert Kahn, Rex Lotery and Clellio Boccato — served as lead designer are also present and that
information is included below when known. While the partnerships' overall approach was collaborative, the exception to this
methodology was the residential work, which remained solely Kappe's territory.
Ray Kappe -- Architect, Series I.A.
1954-1969
Scope and Contents
Projects created during Kappe's independent practice from 1954 to 1969 form the subseries. During this period, Kappe's work
focused on residential structures, both single-family and multi-family, while also including a small amount of commercial
and industrial building design. Occasionally, Kappe would collaborate with other architects, including Rex Lotery and Herbert
Kahn, with whom he worked on the Urban Design Committee (See below Series III).
Arrangement
The projects are arranged in roughly chronological order, with undated material at the end of the subseries.
National Boulevard Apartments (Los Angeles, 1954)
box 42, folder 1
Black-and-white photographs
box 92, folder 1
Color photographs and negatives
Goetschel House (Tujunga, 1954)
Phineas Kappe House (Sherman Oaks, 1956)
box 42, folder 2
Black-and-white photographs
Stoner House (Long Beach, 1956)
box 42, folder 3
Black-and-white photographs
Enstedt Apartments (Los Angeles, 1956)
Waymire House (Los Angeles, 1957)
box 42, folder 4
Black-and-white photographs
Friend House (Encino, 1957)
Lowen House (Los Angeles, 1957)
flatfile 13**
Wyman-Finell Office Building (West Hollywood, 1957)
flatfile 10**
Kasof House (Culver City, 1957)
Scope and Contents
With Arthur Stephens.
flatfile 261**
Forrest Remodel (Los Angeles, 1957)
Smith House (Los Angeles, 1957)
flatfile 262**
Buzza House (Beverly Hills, 1958)
flatfile 14**
Berkus-Kappe Apartments (Los Angeles, 1958)
Taylor House (Los Angeles, 1958)
Hayes House (Sherman Oaks, 1959)
box 42, folder 5
Black-and-white photographs
Erdley House (Pacific Palisades, 1959)
flatfile 20**
Frishberg Addition (Los Angeles, 1959)
flatfile 16**
Clemmons House (Los Angeles, 1959)
flatfile 18**
Glaser Remodel (Los Angeles, 1959)
flatfile 27**
Wohlstadter House (North Hollywood, 1960)
flatfile 26**
Sarna House (Los Angeles, 1960)
flatfile 24**
Davis House (Beverly Hills, 1960)
flatfile 25**
Kosser House (Los Angeles, 1960)
Ragan House (Pasadena, 1960)
flatfile 301**
Karasick Office (1960)
Scope and Contents
Also includes undated remodel of Karasick house in Van Nuys.
Barsha House (Sherman Oaks, 1961)
box 75*, folder 2
Oversize plan correction sheet
Beling House (Woodland Hills, 1961)
box 42, folder 6
Black-and-white photographs
Brody House (Los Angeles, 1961)
Gates House (Pacific Palisades, 1961)
box 42, folder 7
Black-and-white photographs
Gish Commercial Property (North Hollywood, 1961)
Meyer House (Sherman Oaks, 1961)
box 43, folder 1
Black-and-white photographs
Reinhart House (Pacific Palisades, 1961)
Vedanta Society Apartments (Hollywood, 1961)
box 43, folder 2
Black-and-white photographs
Mummey House (Tarzana, 1961)
flatfile 37**
Pace House (Palos Verdes, 1961)
Hammond Apartments (Los Angeles, 1961)
flatfile 44**
Etlin Apartments (Malibu, 1961)
Bernheim House (Los Angeles, 1962)
Clausen House (Los Angeles, 1962)
Gale House (Los Angeles, 1962)
Sellan Hotel-Restaurant (Torrance, 1962)
flatfile 40**
Rubin House (Los Angeles, 1962)
California Governor's Mansion Competition (Sacramento, 1962)
box 75*, folder 4
Oversize clipping and site plans
box 92, folder 4
Color photographs and negatives
Etlin Realty Offices (North Hollywood, 1963)
box 82*, folder 2-4
Presentation drawings and plans
box 43, folder 3
Black-and-white photographs
Handman House (Sherman Oaks, 1963)
box 43, folder 4
Black-and-white photographs
Carson House (Brentwood, 1963)
Moorpark Apartments for C&C Development (North Hollywood, 1963)
box 43, folder 5
Black-and-white photographs
Fredonia Apartments for C&C Development(North Hollywood, 1964)
Kling Street Apartments for C&C Development (North Hollywood, 1964)
box 43, folder 7
Black-and-white photographs
Gepner and Beck Apartments (Beverly Hills, 1964)
Scope and Contents
See also 2003 addition.
Cruz Apartments (Los Angeles, 1964)
Drane House (Los Angeles, 1964)
box 92, folder 5
Photographic negative of plan
box 43, folder 8
Black-and-white photographs
Colman Addition (Pacific Palisades, 1964)
Scope and Contents
Also includes later addition by Kahn Kappe Lotery Architects Planners.
box 92, folder 6
Photographic negatives of plans
box 44, folder 1
Black-and-white photographs
Strimling House (Encino, 1964)
Greene House (Pacific Palisades, 1964)
flatfile 51**
Kirkwood House (Pacific Palisades, 1964)
Curtis House (Topanga Canyon, 1965)
Moss House (Encino, 1965)
Lawrence Office and Apartment Buildings (Tarzana, 1965)
flatfile 288**, 306**-306A**
box 44, folder 3
Black-and-white photographs
Staw House (Claremont, 1965)
Sears House (Taos, New Mexico, 1965)
flatfile 59**
Nicosia House (Los Angeles, 1965)
flatfile 62**
Butnik House (Encino, 1966)
Pregerson House (Pacific Palisades, 1966)
box 44, folder 4
Black-and-white photographs
Ravenspur / Schultz Condominiums (Palos Verdes, 1966)
box 45, folder 2
Black-and-white photographs
box 92, folder 12
Color photographs and transparencies
LGM Apartments (Encino, 1966)
flatfile 66**
Simon Rodia Community Art Center (Los Angeles, 1966)
Scope and Contents
Project with group of architects and engineers: Ralph Bowerman, Ed Goff, Saul Goldin, Paul Greenfield, Herbert Kahn, Raymond
Kappe, Rex Lotery, Leonard Pullan, Leonard Rohr, John Connor, Koichi Shimazaki, Jerome Tong.
Wildhorn Remodel (Pacific Palisades, 1967)
Tee Pee Corporation (Torrance, 1967)
flatfile 75**
Cohee House (Los Angeles, 1967)
Industrial Brush Building (Pomona, 1967)
R.G. Harris Company Industrial Park (Torrance, 1967)
box 93, folder 1
Color photographs and negatives
Scope and Contents note
Included here are photographs of subsequent R.G. Harris Company projects.
flatfile 74**
Tridair Office Building (Redondo Beach, 1967)
Scope and Contents
With Kahn, Farrell and Associates.
Harris House (Malibu, 1967)
box 44, folder 6
Black-and-white photographs
box 92, folder 10
Color photograph and negatives
Kappe House (Pacific Palisades, 1967)
box 76*, folder 1-2
Oversize magazine clippings and printed ephemera
box 77*, folder 1
Oversize newspaper clippings
box 44, folder 2
Black-and-white photographs
box 92, folder 7
Color photographs and negatives
Gould House (Brentwood, 1968)
Scope and Contents note
Includes Jacobson addition, 1978, Kahn Kappe Lotery Boccato Architects Planners.
box 44, folder 5
Black-and-white photographs
Digby Addition (Malibu, 1967)
flatfile 77**-81**
Screwcorp (City of Industry, 1967)
Scope and Contents
With Kahn, Farrell and Associates; includes later additions by Kahn Kappe Lotery Architects Planners.
Bernard House (Oxnard, 1968)
Gershwin House (Trancas Canyon, 1968)
Scope and Contents
Begun as independent project but most drawings are labeled Kahn Kappe Lotery Architects Planners.
Gertler House (Santa Monica Canyon, 1968)
Scope and Contents
Includes later alteration drawings by Kahn Kappe Lotery Boccato Architects Planners.
box 45, folder 1
Black-and-white photographs
box 92, folder 11
Color photographs and negatives
flatfile 112**-112A**
Spratt Optical Company (Los Angeles, 1968)
Scope and Contents
Includes specifications and bid instructions.
flatfile 338**
Foote House (Woodland Hills, 1968)
Faivus House (Santa Monica Canyon, 1969)
flatfile 85**
Lesser House (Malibu, 1969)
Greeven House (Palos Verdes, 1969)
Industrial Building for Jack Nadel (1969)
flatfile 7**
Nass Apartments (Los Angeles, circa 1957-1967)
Scope and Contents
Includes plans for triplex by William E. Foster, 1956-1957.
flatfile 338**
Bajor House Landscape Plan (circa 1957-1967)
flatfile 339**
Bloom Remodel (circa 1957-1967)
flatfile 277**
2-unit Apartment Project for Brown Enterprises (North Hollywood, circa 1957-1967)
flatfile 338**
Delgado Office (circa 1957-1967)
flatfile 338**
Elias House Patio Enclosure (circa 1957-1967)
flatfile 292**
Frantz Addition and Remodel (Sherman Oaks, circa 1957-1967)
flatfile 293**
Fry House (Los Angeles, circa 1957-1967)
flatfile 295**
Gepner Remodel (Royal Oaks, circa 1957-1967)
flatfile 298**
Hurd House (Los Angeles, circa 1957-1967)
flatfile 299**
KD 12-unit Apartments (Van Nuys, circa 1957-1967)
flatfile 338**
Portal to America/Lower East Side Exhibit
(circa 1965-1966)
flatfile 307**
Lee Remodel (Monterey Park, circa 1957-1967)
flatfile 308**
Leveson Remodel (Los Angeles, circa 1957-1967)
flatfile 338**
Light House Addition (circa 1957-1967)
flatfile 310**
Luskin Remodel (Los Angeles, circa 1957-1967)
flatfile 311**
Margolis Remodel (Sherman Oaks, circa 1957-1967)
flatfile 282**
Beck House (Los Angeles, circa 1957-1967)
flatfile 283**
Berkus House Remodel (Los Angeles, circa 1957-1967)
Scope and Contents
Also includes later remodel.
flatfile 339**
Redlich House (Los Angeles, circa 1957-1967)
flatfile 319**
Rockney House (Los Angeles, circa 1957-1967)
flatfile 320**
Rosenfeld Remodel (Los Angeles, circa 1957-1967)
flatfile 321**
Schneider House (Beverly Hills, circa 1957-1967)
flatfile 339**
Sherman House (circa 1957-1967)
flatfile 339**
Sommers House Room Addition (Los Angeles, circa 1957-1967)
flatfile 337**
Webservice Building (Los Angeles, circa 1957-1967)
flatfile 338**
Berkus Warehouse Remodel (Los Angeles, circa 1968-1969)
flatfile 279**
Allen House Remodel (Pacific Palisades, circa 1968-1969)
flatfile 338**
Enstedt House Kitchen Remodel (Pacific Palisades, circa 1968-1969)
flatfile 338**
Lewis Remodel (Pacific Palisades, circa 1968-1969)
flatfile 323**
Singer House (Los Angeles, circa 1968-1969)
flatfile 338**
24-unit Apartment for Martin Schultz
flatfile 338**
33-unit Apartment for Martin Schultz
flatfile 278**
42-unit Apartment Building, Burbank Boulevard (Proposed) (Encino)
flatfile 338**
42-unit Camarillo Street Development
flatfile 338**
Del Mar Garden Apartments
flatfile 338**
Irwin House Kitchen Remodel (Los Angeles)
flatfile 300**
Kaplan-Rowitch Medical Building
flatfile 337**
Marcus House Kitchen Remodel
flatfile 312**
Marsh Remodel (Los Angeles)
flatfile 328**
Southern California Institute of Architects (Santa Monica)
flatfile 338**
Torrance Professional Building
flatfile 339**
Planned Residential Development for A.D. Schultz
Kahn Kappe Lotery Architects Planners, Series I.B.
1970-1973
Scope and Contents
This subseries contains projects designed by the firm Kahn Kappe Lotery Architects Planners. Herbert Kahn, Ray Kappe and Rex
Lotery had begun working together on planning issues as part of the Urban Design Committee of the Southern California Chapter
of the AIA in the early 1960s. This working relationship developed over time and culminated in the formation of the firm in
1970. Kahn Kappe Lotery Architects Planners had a varied practice. The bulk of its work revolved around urban design and planning
studies, with some commercial and residential projects. While the firm's working methodology was collaborative overall, different
partners would take the lead on projects. The partner (or associate) chiefly responsible for the design of a project is indicated
when known.
Arrangement
The projects are arranged in roughly chronological order, with undated material at the end of the subseries.
Pepper Townhouse Manor (Pasadena, 1970)
Scope and Contents
Designers: Herbert Kahn, Raymond Kappe, Rex Lotery (and Clelio Boccato for commercial); includes residential and commercial
components.
box 46, folder 1
Black-and-white photographs
box 94, folder 3
Color photographs and negatives
City Service Center / Corporation Yard (Inglewood, 1970)
Scope and Contents
Designers: Herbert Kahn, Raymond Kappe, Rex Lotery and Clelio Boccato.
box 45, folder 3-4
Black-and-white photographs
Ramona Gardens Park (Los Angeles, 1970)
Scope and Contents
Joint venture with Barrio Planners.
flatfile 104**
Igo House (Pacific Palisades, 1970)
flatfile 108**
Rubin House (San Diego, 1970)
flatfile 294**
San Buenaventura Garden Apartments (Ventura, 1971)
Scope and Contents
Designer: Raymond Kappe.
flatfile 109**-110A**
Wells Fargo Bank - Pepper Townhouse Manor (Pasadena, 1971)
Scope and Contents
Designer: Raymond Kappe.
flatfile 88**-89A**
Gerard-Klein Office Building (Beverly Hills, 1971)
Scope and Contents
Designer: Herbert Kahn.
9629 Brighton Way Office Building (Beverly Hills, 1971)
Scope and Contents
Designers: Raymond Kappe, Rex Lotery, Clelio Boccato.
box 46, folder 2
Black-and-white photographs
New Town / Land Use Plan for Tasker Industries (Newhall / Saugus), 1971)
Scope and Contents
Designers: Raymond Kappe, Herbert Kahn, Richard Barron.
flatfile 111**
416 Bedford Drive Office Building (Beverly Hills, 1971)
flatfile 113**
Constitution Savings and Loan Association (Westminster, 1971)
City Portal (Inglewood, 1972)
Scope and Contents
Designers: Herbert Kahn, Richard Barron.
flatfile 116**
Montessori School (Brentwood, 1972)
Scope and Contents
Designer: Rex Lotery.
flatfile 123**
Spanner Remodel (Woodland Hills, 1972)
Charmlee Regional Park and Nature Center (Malibu, 1973)
Scope and Contents
Park designers: Herbert Kahn, Raymond Kappe, Rex Lotery; Museum designer: Raymond Kappe.
flatfile 136A**
Aerial photographs of site
Stone Condominium (Venice, 1973)
Scope and Contents
Designer: Raymond Kappe.
box 46, folder 3
Black-and-white photographs
box 94, folder 5
Color photographs, transparencies and negatives
Student Housing / Apartments (Cal Poly San Luis Obispo & Cal State Sonoma) (1973)
Scope and Contents
Designer: Raymond Kappe.
flatfile 121**-122**, 124**-125**, 129**, 330**-331**
box 47, folder 1
Photographs of drawings and model
Massey House (Pasadena, 1973)
Scope and Contents
Designer: Raymond Kappe.
Hattenbach House (Santa Monica Canyon, 1973)
Scope and Contents
Designer: Raymond Kappe.
box 46, folder 4
Black-and-white photographs
box 94, folder 6
Color photographs and transparencies
Katzenstein House (Pacific Palisades, 1973)
Scope and Contents
Designer: Raymond Kappe.
box 46, folder 6
Black-and-white photographs
box 94, folder 7
Color photographs and negatives
box 96, folder 9
Photographic negatives of drawings
flatfile 314**
Miller Remodel (Santa Monica)
flatfile 317**
Railroad Museum (Inglewood)
Siskin, Rancho Sierra (Riverside)
Scope and Contents
Continues under Kahn Kappe Lotery Boccato Architects Planners.
flatfile 333**-334**
VSI Corporation Facility (Fillmore)
Kahn Kappe Lotery Boccato Architects Planners, Series I.C.
1974-1978
Scope and Contents
The projects of Kahn Kappe Lotery Boccato Architects Planners form this subseries. In 1974, the earlier firm of Kahn Kappe
Lotery Architects Planners transitioned when Clelio Boccato, who had previously been an associate, became a partner. In the
same year, Herbert Kahn started a private practice in Santa Cruz, although he continued to work on the firm's Los Angeles
projects. In 1976, Kahn opened a Santa Cruz office of Kahn Kappe Lotery Boccato Architects Planners, before leaving the partnership
entirely in 1978. During this period from 1974 to 1978, the firm continued the earlier emphasis on on urban design and planning,
including several projects aimed at revitalizing the cities of Inglewood and Compton and studies addressing transportation
issues, such as the Downtown Peoplemover. The firm also created a small body of residential, institutional and industrial
designs. While the firm's working methodology was collaborative overall, different partners would take the lead on projects.
The partner (or associate) chiefly responsible for the design of a project is indicated when known.
Arrangement
The projects are arranged in roughly chronological order, with undated material at the end of the subseries.
Water Treatment Plant (Inglewood, 1974)
Scope and Contents
Designers: Herbert Kahn, Raymond Kappe, Rex Lotery, Clelio Boccato.
Open Space and Conservation General Plan (San Clemente, 1974)
Scope and Contents
Designer: Herbert Kahn.
In-Town Redevelopment Plan/Market Street Improvement (Inglewood, 1974-1977)
Scope and Contents
Market Street Improvements 1974 Designers: Herbert Kahn, Dean Nota, Richard Barron. Also includes residential development.
Market street improvements 1977 Designers: Dean Nota, Rex Lotery.
flatfile 140**, 157**-159**
Morningside Park Street Improvement (Inglewood, 1974)
Scope and Contents
Designers: Herbert Kahn, Clelio Boccato.
Fink House (Montecito, 1974)
Scope and Contents
Designer: Ray Kappe.
flatfile 146**
Boston Store (Inglewood, 1975)
Scope and Contents
Designers: Clelio Boccato, Rex Lotery, Dean Nota.
North Inglewood Industrial Park (Inglewood, 1975)
Scope and Contents
Designers: Herbert Kahn, Rex Lotery; continues under Kappe Lotery Boccato Architects Planners.
Penn-Crowell House (Long Beach, 1975)
Scope and Contents
Designers: Raymond Kappe, Clelio Boccato; begun by Kahn Kappe Lotery Architects Planners.
box 46, folder 6
Black-and-white photographs
box 95, folder 1
Color photographs and negatives
Sultan-Price House (Santa Monica Canyon, 1976)
Scope and Contents note
Designers: Raymond Kappe, Clelio Boccato; project begun 1972 by Kahn Kappe Lotery Architects Planners. Also includes plans
for a 1977 remodel of a house on Brooktree in Pacific Palisades for Sultan.
box 91*
Model,
Physical Description: 9 x 16 x 25 1/2 inches;
Physical Description: particleboard, cardboard, wood and plastic
box 9, folder 10
Downtown Development (Culver City, 1975)
flatfile 150**-153**
Voi-shan Industrial Building (Chatsworth, 1976)
Scope and Contents
Designers: Herbert Kahn, Dean Nota.
Transportation Planning/Downtown People Mover (Los Angeles, 1976)
Scope and Contents
Designers: Herbert Kahn, Raymond Kappe, Dean Nota.
box 41, folder 5
Bunker Hill and Central Business District Circulation Distribution reports
flatfile 154**
Loyola Marymount University Ministry Center (Los Angeles, 1976)
Scope and Contents
Designer: Clelio Boccato.
Westminster Avenue School (Los Angeles, 1976)
Scope and Contents
Designer: Clelio Boccato.
flatfile 155**
Hellinger House (Brentwood, 1976)
Scope and Contents
Designer: Raymond Kappe.
flatfile 143**-145**
Collen House (Pacific Palisades, 1976)
Scope and Contents
Designer: Raymond Kappe; begun by Kahn Kappe Lotery Architects Planners.
Corporation Yard Site Development Plan (Placentia, 1976)
box 9, folder 13
C.T. Engineering Corporation Office Building (1976)
Municipal Service Center (Beverly Hills, 1977)
Scope and Contents
Designers: Raymond Kappe, Dean Nota.
Dunaway-Chappell House (Los Angeles, 1977)
Palms Park Activity Building (Lakewood, 1977)
Lockhaven Neighborhood Development Program/Community Center (Inglewood, 1977-1978)
box 11, folder 7
Schoenberg Music Hall, University of California Los Angeles (1977)
box 11, folder 8
University of California, Compact Shelving Facility Site Selection Study (1977)
box 11, folder 9
Santa Clarita National Bank (Santa Clarita, 1977)
Scope and Contents
Designer: Herbert Kahn.
box 11, folder 10
Municipal Wharf (Santa Cruz, 1977)
Scope and Contents
Designer: Herbert Kahn.
box 11, folder 11
Southern Pacific Railroad Overpass Project (Santa Fe Springs, 1977)
box 11, folder 12
Master Plan of County Government Center, San Bernardino County (1977)
box 11, folder 13
Coastside Community Center Planning Study (Santa Cruz, 1977)
Scope and Contents
Designer: Herbert Kahn.
box 12, folder 1
Downtown Study (San Juan Capistrano, 1977)
box 12, folder 2
Coastside Community Center Study, County of San Mateo (1977)
Scope and Contents
Designer: Herbert Kahn.
box 12, folder 3
Pacific Garden Mall Feasibility Study (Santa Cruz, 1977)
Scope and Contents
Designer: Herbert Kahn.
box 12, folder 4
Civic Center Rehabilitation (Monterey Park, 1977)
box 12, folder 5
NEA Proposal for Visual Improvement of Central Business District (Inglewood, 1977)
box 12, folder 6
Arbor Village Neighborhood Traffic Design Study (Inglewood, 1977)
box 12, folder 7
Swimming Pool Proposal, Los Angeles Community College District (1977)
box 12, folder 8
Neighborhood Preservation Program (Inglewood, 1977)
box 12, folder 9
Energy Conservation Program (Inglewood, 1977)
box 12, folder 10
Elderly Residential, Medical, and Social Services Complex (Los Angeles, 1977)
box 12, folder 11
State Office Building, Department of General Services (Long Beach, 1977)
box 12, folder 12
Roxbury Memorial Park-La Cienega Park Renovation Projects (Beverly Hills, 1977)
Greystone Mansion and Park Restoration (Beverly Hills, 1977)
box 13, folder 1
Veteran's Memorial Auditorium Renovation Proposal (Culver City, 1977)
box 13, folder 2
City Hall/Corporation Yard Study (Culver City, 1977)
box 13, folder 3
Space/Facility Needs Analysis for City of Carlsbad (1977)
box 13, folder 4
City Hall/Neighborhood Facility Proposal for City of Compton (1977)
Heritage House Relocation Proposal for City of Compton (1977)
flatfile 305**-305A**
Laurel Park (Santa Cruz, 1977)
Scope and Contents
Designer: Herbert Kahn.
Loyola Marymount University Student Athletic and Recreational Pavilion (Los Angeles, 1978)
Scope and Contents
Designers: Clelio Boccato, Raymond Kappe; continues under Kappe Lotery Boccato Architects Planners.
flatfile 164**, 184**-189**
flatfile 173**-174**
Silber-Grauel Condominium (Canoga Park, 1978)
Scope and Contents
Designer: Raymond Kappe.
Central Area Circulation Analysis (Santa Monica, 1978)
Scope and Contents
Designers: Dean Nota, Rex Lotery.
flatfile 163**, 269**-270**
Colony Four/La Jolla Shores (San Diego, 1978)
Scope and Contents
Some plans signed by Rex Lotery.
flatfile 169**
Bloom Office Modifications (Los Angeles, 1978)
box 14, folder 1
Kroehler Manufacturing Company, Rehabilitation Project (Inglewood, 1978)
box 14, folder 2
Portola Drive Design Proposal (Santa Cruz, 1978)
Scope and Contents
Designer: Herbert Kahn.
Westa Development Commercial Building Proposal (Encino, 1978)
box 14, folder 4
Pacific Avenue Design Plan (Santa Cruz, 1978)
Scope and Contents
Designer: Herbert Kahn.
box 14, folder 5
Residential Apartment Complex, University of California-Santa Barbara (1978)
box 14, folder 6
Office Building and Parking Facilities, Department of Motor Vehicles (Arleta and Oceanside, 1978)
Leisure World Service Center Proposal (Laguna Hills, 1978)
Loyola Law School Building and Renovation Program Proposal (Los Angeles, 1978)
box 14, folder 9
Rodeo Drive Pedestrian Amenity and Sidewalk Beautification Program Proposal (Beverly Hills, 1978)
box 14, folder 10
La Cienega Reservoir and Roxbury Memorial Park Tennis Facilities Renovation Proposal (Beverly Hills, 1978)
box 14, folder 11
Multi-Purpose Facility at La Cienega Park Proposal (Beverly Hills, 1978)
box 14, folder 12
Coldwater Canyon Park Facilities Renovation Proposal (Beverly Hills, 1978)
Retail and Parking Development Proposal (Beverly Hills, 1978)
box 77*, folder 4
Oversize clipping and site map
Central Business District Study for City of Compton (1978)
flatfile 267**
Apartment Rehab for Residential Investments (Los Angeles, 1978)
General Services State Office Building Proposal (Van Nuys, 1978)
flatfile 289**
Corporation Yard Study (Compton)
Crenshaw Imperial Business District (Inglewood)
flatfile 309**
Loyola Marymount University Faculty Modular Offices (Los Angeles)
flatfile 313**
Miller House (Sherman Oaks)
Scope and Contents
Drawings signed by Raymond Kappe.
flatfile 322**
Schneider House (Los Angeles)
Scope and Contents
Drawings signed by Raymond Kappe.
flatfile 336**
Whitmore House (Beverly Hills)
flatfile 339**
Zukin Addition (Sherman Oaks)
Kappe Lotery Boccato Architects Planners, Series I.D.
1978-1981
Scope and Contents
The 1978 departure of Herbert Kahn led the firm to transition in 1979 to Kappe Lotery Boccato Architects Planners, the work
of which forms this subseries. The firm continued to produce urban design and planning studies, but residential work now played
a greater role. This decline in planning study work, due to the City of Los Angeles shifting from commissioning studies to
actual implementation, eventually led to the dissolution of the firm in 1981. While the firm's working methodology was overall
collaborative, different partners would take the lead on projects. The partner (or associate) chiefly responsible for the
design of a project is indicated when known.
Arrangement
The projects are arranged in roughly chronological order, with undated material at the end of the subseries.
Bus Administration Building (Santa Monica, 1979)
Scope and Contents
Designers: Raymond Kappe, Rex Lotery, Dean Nota.
box 47, folder 7
Black-and-white photographs
box 95, folder 7
Color photographs and negatives
Gurnee House (Santa Barbara, 1978)
Scope and Contents
Designer: Raymond Kappe; begun under Kahn Kappe Lotery Boccato Architects Planners.
Borghei House (Santa Monica Canyon, 1978-1982)
Scope and Contents note
Designer: Raymond Kappe; begun under Kahn Kappe Lotery Boccato Architects Planners.
Block House (Los Angeles, 1978-1981)
Scope and Contents
Designer: Raymond Kappe, Dean Nota, Clelio Boccato; begun under Kahn Kappe Lotery Boccato Architects Planners.
box 47, folder 3
Black-and-white photographs
Freedman House (Santa Monica, 1978-1981)
Scope and Contents
Designer: Raymond Kappe; begun under Kahn Kappe Lotery Boccato Architects Planners.
box 47, folder 6
Black-and-white photographs
box 95, folder 5
Color photographs and negatives
Siskin Ranchos, San Joaquin Bluff Plan (Fresno, 1979)
Scope and Contents
Designers: Rex Lotery, Manuel de la Iglesia.
Broida House (Pacific Palisades, 1979)
Scope and Contents
Designer: Raymond Kappe.
Rozet House (Pacific Palisades, 1979)
Scope and Contents
Designer: Raymond Kappe.
Beverly Glen Arbor Apartments (Beverly Hills, 1979)
Scope and Contents
Designers: Raymond Kappe, Clelio Boccato.
box 15, folder 5
Revitalization Study (Redondo Beach, 1979)
flatfile 192**
Crocker Bank Rehabilitation (Gardena, 1979)
Scope and Contents
Designer: Dean Nota.
box 15, folder 6
Fire Station No. 5 Proposal (Santa Monica, 1979)
box 15, folder 7
Compton Boulevard, North Side Commercial Revitalization Proposal (Compton, 1979)
box 15, folder 8
Fire Station Facility Proposal (Cerritos, 1979)
Nissan Motor Corporation Proposal (Carson, 1980)
Scope and Contents
Designer: Clelio Boccato.
flatfile 194**
UCB Ontario Branch Drive-Up Teller Facilities (Ontario, 1980)
box 15, folder 9
Dutch Village Revitalization Study (Lakewood, 1980)
box 15, folder 10
Lancaster Downtown Redevelopment Proposal (1980)
box 15, folder 11
Garvey/Garfield Commercial Business Area Proposal (Monterey Park, 1980)
box 15, folder 12
Transit Operation and Maintenance Facility Proposal (Torrance, 1980)
box 15, folder 13
Proposal for Market Analysis of Non-Residential and Residential Uses of Property (Ruidoso, New Mexico, 1980)
box 15, folder 14
Pasadena Central Business District Proposal (1980)
box 15, folder 15
Barrington Avenue Redevelopment Proposal (Brentwood, 1980)
Feasibility Study for Ramos Property (Los Angeles, 1980)
box 16, folder 1
Beach Community Center Proposal (Port Hueneme, 1980)
box 16, folder 2
Economic Development Strategy Proposal (Inglewood, 1980)
flatfile 339**
Kolodziejski Condominium (Marina del Rey, 1980)
Scope and Contents
Designer: Raymond Kappe.
flatfile 193**
Puro House (Santa Monica, 1980)
Advanced Technology House (1980)
flatfile 296**
Green Acres Condominiums (Maricopa County, AZ, 1980)
Scope and Contents
Designer: Raymond Kappe; with J. Barry Moffit and Associates.
Compton Boulevard North Side Renovation Project and Transit Center Proposal (Compton, 1981)
Maxwell House (Malibu, 1981)
Scope and Contents
Designer: Raymond Kappe, Manuel de la Iglesia.
Goldstein House (Brentwood, 1981)
Scope and Contents
Designer: Raymond Kappe.
box 16, folder 8
Clifford D. Rome Associates, Proposal for Eight Residences (1981)
flatfile 281**
Andreas Development Company Condominiums (Glendale)
flatfile 302**
Kihei Residential Unit (Wailuku, Maui, Hawaii)
Kappe Architects Planners, Series I.E.
1982-2003
Arrangement
The projects are arranged in roughly chronological order, with undated material at the end of the subseries.
Scope and Contents
With the dissolution of the firm Kappe Lotery Boccato Architect Planners, Ray Kappe returned to private practice. He did still
collaborate, especially with his sons, and this working relationship was formalized in 1985 with the creation of Kappe Architects
Planners. The practice is overwhelmingly residential, with limited commercial and institutional design.
Scheimer House (Manhattan Beach, 1982)
Scope and Contents
Designers: Raymond Kappe, Dean Nota.
box 48, folder 1
Black-and-white photographs
box 95, folder 8
Color photographs and negatives
flatfile 245**
Price Addition to Sultan House (Los Angeles, 1982)
Finegood House (Malibu, 1983)
Scope and Contents
Designers: Raymond Kappe, Finn Kappe.
box 19, folder 4-5
Cookston Addition to Borghei House (Santa Monica Canyon, 1983)
California State University San Bernardino Faculty Building (1984)
Scope and Contents
Designers: Raymond Kappe, Clelio Boccato, Finn Kappe.
box 48, folder 2
Black-and-white photograph
flatfile 211**-212**
Apres Moi (Beverly Hills, 1984)
Scope and Contents
Designers: Raymond Kappe, Finn Kappe.
Kapelovitz House (Denver, Colorado, 1984)
Scope and Contents
Designer: Raymond Kappe.
box 48, folder 3
Black-and-white photographs
box 95, folder 11
Color photographs and negatives
Bel Air Sands Hotel Restoration (Los Angeles, 1985)
Scope and Contents
Designer: Raymond Kappe.
flatfile 230**-231**
Harkham House (Beverly Hills, 1986)
Scope and Contents
Designer: Raymond Kappe.
Greene House (Los Angeles, 1986)
Scope and Contents
Designer: Raymond Kappe; also includes unrealized residence on Sunset Plaza Drive, designers: Raymond Kappe, Finn Kappe.
Roven House (Beverly Hills, 1986)
Scope and Contents
Designers: Raymond Kappe, Finn Kappe.
Melcher-Keeler House (Pacific Palisades, 1986)
Scope and Contents
Designer: Raymond Kappe.
Lederman Office Building (Beverly Hills, 1986)
box 29, folder 6
University of California Los Angeles Northwest Campus Student Housing and Recreation Development Proposal (1986)
box 29, folder 7-10
Padgett House (Long Beach, 1987)
Scope and Contents
Designer: Ron Kappe.
Benton House (Los Angeles, 1987)
Scope and Contents
Designers: Raymond Kappe, Ron Kappe.
Unger House (Pacific Palisades, 1987)
Scope and Contents
Designer: Finn Kappe.
Behling House (Los Angeles, 1987)
Scope and Contents
Designers: Raymond Kappe, Finn Kappe.
box 98**
Ormand Beach Hotel (Oxnard, 1987)
Scope and Contents
Designer: Raymond Kappe.
Pacific Amphitheater (Costa Mesa, 1987)
R.G. Harris Company Buildings (Carpinteria, 1988)
Scope and Contents
Designer: Raymond Kappe.
Slotkin House (Los Angeles, 1988)
flatfile 237**
Vasile Condominium (Venice, 1988)
Gallay Project (Los Angeles, 1988)
box 34, folder 1
R.G. Harris Company Resort Hotel (Malibu, 1989)
Scope and Contents
Designer: Raymond Kappe.
R.G. Harris Company Offices (Malibu, 1989)
Scope and Contents
Designer: Raymond Kappe.
Tamer/Investcal House (Venice, 1989)
Scope and Contents
Designer: Raymond Kappe.
flatfile 242**-243**
Svensson House (Corona del Mar, 1989)
Scope and Contents
Designer: Raymond Kappe.
Secof Remodel (Bel Air, 1989)
Srebnik House (Palos Verdes, 1990)
Scope and Contents
Designers: Raymond Kappe, Finn Kappe.
Kapelovitz House (Beverly Hills, 1990)
Carson-Lindsey House (Manhattan Beach, 1992)
Scope and Contents
Designer: Raymond Kappe.
Hatzer House (Long Beach, 1993)
Scope and Contents
Designer: Raymond Kappe.
Shapiro House (Santa Monica Canyon, 1993)
Scope and Contents
Designer: Raymond Kappe.
box 48, folder 6
Black-and-white photographs
flatfile 252**-252A**
Housing for the Homeless (Las Vegas, 1994)
Scope and Contents
Designers: Raymond Kappe, Ron Kappe.
Brown House (Sherman Oaks, 1995)
Scope and Contents
Designer: Raymond Kappe.
Frankel House (Clemmons, North Carolina, 1996)
Culbert House (Malibu, 1998)
Scope and Contents
Designer: Raymond Kappe.
Levy House (Los Angeles, 2001)
Scope and Contents
Designer: Raymond Kappe.
flatfile 260**
Gepner and Beck Apartments Addition and Remodel (Beverly Hills, 2003)
Scope and Contents
See also 1964 original project.
Miscellaneous projects, Series I.F.
1959-1969, undated
Scope and Contents
Two categories of miscellaneous project material form this subseries. The first group is work connected to Ray Kappe for
which the firm or the date is unknown, as well as individual drawings and other documentation which are currently unidentified.
The second group is comprised of the work of other architects, primarily partners of Kappe, but either from before or after
their association with him.
Arrangement
The projects are arranged by creator.
University of California Arts Center (Los Angeles)
box 82*, folder 5
Presentation drawings and plans
flatfile 335**
Westwood Village Mixed Use Development (Los Angeles)
flatfile 297**
Heller-Kingson House (Hawaii)
Scope and Contents
Possibly not a Kappe-related project, plans signed by Charles G. Kanner.
Siskin Ranchos Community Center (Bullard)
flatfile 338**
Seal Beach Downtown Revitalization Study (Seal Beach)
box 41, folder 10
Housing Proposal (Inglewood)
box 95, folder 13
Slides of models and plans
Other projects,
1959-1984, undated
flatfile 21**
Seligman House (Los Angeles, 1959)
Scope and Contents
Plans by Arnold A. Aveis.
flatfile 42**
Financial Center Building (Van Nuys, 1962)
Scope and Contents
Original plans from 1962 by Larsen, Kahn & Farrell; includes sheet for 1966 parking lot redesign by Kahn, Farrell and Associates.
flatfile 87**-87A**
Wasserman House (San Diego, 1969)
Scope and Contents
Plans by Rex Lotery.
box 16, folder 6
First Interstate Bank Proposal (Rancho Mirage, 1981)
Scope and Contents
By Clelio Boccato.
flatfile 276**
Loyola High School Theater (Los Angeles, 1982)
Scope and Contents
By Clelio Boccato.
box 18, folder 1
Residential Entryway Portals Proposal (Santa Ana, 1982)
Scope and Contents
By Rex Lotery.
box 18, folder 2
Downtown Revitalization Study (Seal Beach, 1982)
Scope and Contents
By Lotery Boccato Architects Planners.
box 18, folder 3
Atlantic Avenue Proposal (Long Beach, 1982)
Scope and Contents
By Lotery Boccato Architects Planners.
box 18, folder 4
Central Phoenix Redevelopment Agency Streetscape Design Proposal (1982)
Scope and Contents
By Lotery Boccato Architects Planners.
box 18, folder 5-6
Downtown Huntington Beach Design Proposal (1982)
Scope and Contents
By Lotery Boccato Architects Planners.
box 18, folder 7
Transfer Station Design and Associated Services (Inglewood, 1982)
Firestone Boulevard Corridor Revitalization Proposal (Downey, 1983)
Scope and Contents
By Lotery Boccato Architects Planners.
flatfile 343**
Oversize schedules and diagrams
box 25, folder 5
Library/Media Center Proposal, Marymount High School (Los Angeles, 1984)
Scope and Contents
By Lotery Boccato Architects Planners.
box 25, folder 6
Third Street Mall Proposal (Santa Monica, 1984)
Scope and Contents
By Rex Lotery with Jerde Partnership.
flatfile 338**
Moss House (Mr. Nathan) (Los Angeles),
Scope and Contents
Plans by David Hyun.
Faculty papers, Series II.
1966-2002, undated
Physical Description: 7.5 Linear Feet(9 boxes, 1 flatfile, 1 roll)
Scope and Contents note
Materials relating to both teaching and administration from Kappe's tenure at California Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal
Poly Pomona) and Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) comprise this series. While there is limited documentation
from his time at Cal Poly Pomona, Kappe maintained thorough records of his career at SCI-Arc. Course materials include syllabi,
handouts, notes, surveys and student projects. Administrative materials include accreditation documents, expansion proposals,
general correspondence, and papers relating to the Institute for Future Studies.
Arrangement
The series is arranged into four groupings: SCI-Arc, Cal Poly Pomona, miscellaneous and sealed materials. The large section
of Sci-Arc material is further subdivided by topic.
SCI-Arc papers,
1972-2002, undated
Administrative materials,
1972-2002, undated
box 49, folder 1
Admissions and scholarships,
1976-1978, undated
box 52, folder 8
AIA student chapter,
undated
box 50, folder 1-6
Arcade building,
1983-1986
box 49, folder 2
Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture,
1976-1984
box 49, folder 3
Board of directors,
1983-1986
box 49, folder 4
California educational associations,
1976-1978
box 55, folder 6
Community college review,
1978
box 52, folder 9
Correspondence,
1977-1982
box 49, folder 5-6
Education evaluation/NCARB,
1982-1984
box 49, folder 7
Energy/environment/access materials,
1974-1981, undated
flatfile 350**
Event posters,
1972-1989, undated
box 49, folder 9
Exhibition and competion notices,
1976-1978, undated
box 51, folder 6
Fire inspections,
1978-1981
box 51, folder 7
Funding and financial papers,
1975-1981, undated
box 51, folder 1-4
Institute for Future Studies,
1982-1985, undated
box 52, folder 1
Intern and volunteer programs,
1975-1978
box 52, folder 2
Licensing and continuing education,
1977-1980
box 52, folder 3
National Architectural Accrediting Board,
1978-1985
box 52, folder 6
Proposal for Topanga campus expansion,
1977, undated
box 52, folder 7
Report on the history and theory program,
1985
Course materials,
1972-1987, undated
box 53, folder 1
General curriculum,
1982-1987
box 53, folder 6
ARC 3/3rd year design,
1974
box 53, folder 7-10
ARC 4/Year 4 design seminar,
1972-1984, undated
box 54, folder 1-2
Introduction to Architecture,
1982
box 54, folder 3
Seminar on Human Behavior and Environment,
1973
box 54, folder 4
Community design studio,
1975-1976
box 54, folder 5
Study abroard program,
1978-1986
box 54, folder 6-7
Miscellaneous student work,
1976-1977, undated
box 55, folder 1-5
Theses and thesis proposals,
1972-1986
box 54, folder 8-9
SCI-Arc/New School history,
1972-1979, undated
box 56, folder 1-3
Miscellaneous materials,
1976-1984, undated
Cal Poly Pomona,
1970-1976, undated
box 56, folder 4
General,
1970-1976, undated
roll 28**
Oversize course chart,
undated
box 56, folder 5
Miscellaneous,
1966, undated
box 56A
Sealed materials,
Scope and Contents note
Materials containing student evaluations and confidential information, sealed until 2062.
Other professional papers, Series III.
1959-2007, undated
Physical Description: 11.7 Linear Feet(16 boxes, 1 flatfile)
Arrangement
The series is arranged by topic.
Scope and Contents note
The series is comprised of materials relating to a broad range of Kappe's professional activities and affiliations. It includes
awards and honors received, professional service and memberships, office records, Kappe's writings and lectures and reference
materials. Of particular interest are the materials relating to Kappe's work with the Urban Design Committee of the Southern
California Chapter of the AIA. It was within the context of this committee from circa 1963 to 1969 that Kappe developed relationships
with Herbert Kahn and Rex Lotery and found that they shared similar approaches to urban design and planning, especially as
regards social and housing issues. Collaboration on committee studies, including the Gray Area Study and the Circulation Distribution
Study for the Community Redevelopment Agency, led to the formation of their partnership in 1970. The series also contains
newspaper and magazine articles that Kappe assembled over the course of his career that chronicle both his work as well as
his professional interests. Due to water damage, access to some items in this series may be limited.
Awards and honors,
1965-2001
box 57, folder 1
General correspondence,
1965-1976
box 79*, folder 1
Newspaper clippings,
1969
AIA Triennial Honor awards,
1966-1974
box 79*, folder 2
Newspaper documentation,
1966
box 57, folder 4
AIA Kappe awards materials,
1985-2001
Committees and professional service,
1961-1986
box 57, folder 5-10
AIA awards committees,
1977-1984
box 58, folder 1-4
AIA education committees,
1975-1986
California Council of the AIA,
1966-1984
box 58, folder 8
Committee on Environment,
1966-1970
box 58, folder 9
Legislative materials,
1966
Southern California Chapter of the AIA,
1961-1969, undated
box 59, folder 1
Various committee reports,
1966
Urban Design Committee,
1961-1969, undated
box 59, folder 4-6
City of Los Angeles reports and correspondence,
1966-1967
box 79*, folder 4
City Planning Department special studies,
1967
City planning documentation,
1964-1968
box 59, folder 7
General papers,
1964-1968
box 79*, folder 5
Newspaper clippings,
1964-1967
Community Redevelopment Agency,
undated
box 60, folder 1
Circulation Distribution Study documentation,
undated
box 79*, folder 6
Circulation Distribution Study drawings,
undated
box 59, folder 8
County planning documentation,
1964-1968
box 60, folder 2
Parking ordinance,
1966-1967
box 60, folder 3
State planning,
1966-1968
box 60, folder 5
Town Hall meetings,
1964-1965
Townscape Design Program,
1966
box 60, folder 7
Transportation Sub-Committee,
1966
box 59, folder 3
National papers,
1961-1966
box 60, folder 8-10
Miscellaneous papers,
1966-1969
box 60, folder 11
Related clippings,
1965-1966
box 62, folder 1-2
Citizens groups,
1965-1968
Los Angeles Goals Program,
1964-1969, undated
Environmental Goals Sub-Committee,
1965-1968
box 61, folder 1-5
Reports and correspondence,
1966-1968
box 62, folder 5
Goals Council Meetings,
1967-1968
box 62, folder 3-4
Housing Goals Sub-Committee,
1967-1968, undated
box 63, folder 1-8
Reports and general material,
1964-1969
Professional memberships,
1963-1987, undated
The American Institute of Architects,
1963-1983
box 64, folder 1-2
Correspondence and meeting minutes,
1969-1970
California Council of the AIA
1964-1978
box 65, folder 3-6
Correspondence and meeting minutes,
1964-1969
Southern California Chapter of the AIA,
1966-1978
box 64, folder 7-8
Correspondence and meeting minutes,
1966-1970, undated
box 65, folder 8
Architects Designers Planners for Social Responsibility,
1983-1987
box 66, folder 1-3
Council for Planning and Conservation,
1967-1971
box 66, folder 4
Homeowner's Association of Rustic Canyon,
1968
box 66, folder 5
Los Angeles Design Alliance,
1984
box 66, folder 6
Los Angeles Family Housing Corporation,
1983
box 66, folder 4
Planning and Conservation League for Legislative Action,
1966-1968
box 66, folder 3
The Planning Collaborative,
undated
Office records,
1959-2001, undated
box 67, folder 1
Applications for employment,
1982-1984
Business development and marketing,
1977-1982
box 67, folder 2
Baldwin Park Redevelopment Agency,
1977
box 67, folder 3
Miscellaneous urban design queries,
1977
box 67, folder 4
Prospective developments,
1978-1982
box 67, folder 5
Public Works Agency, County of Ventura,
1977
box 68, folder 12-14
Energy proposals,
1976-1977
box 67, folder 6
Financial correspondence,
1980
box 67, folder 7
Firm-related newspaper articles,
1969-1976
box 67, folder 10
Land Planning Associates,
1964-1965
box 67, folder 11
Letters of recommendation,
1978-1981
box 67, folder 12
Notes and correspondence,
1977-1981, undated
box 67, folder 9
Project compilations,
undated
box 67, folder 13
Reiss-Davis Clinic Financial Advisory Board,
1959-1961
box 67, folder 14-16
Miscellaneous,
1966-2001, undated
box 68, folder 10-11
Lectures, articles and book materials,
1977-1991, undated
Career documentation,
1966-2007
General press coverage,
1966-2007
box 68, folder 1-8A
Magazine articles,
1977-2004
box 79*, folder 8-10
Newspaper clippings,
1966-1988
box 68, folder 9
Living Homes press coverage,
2006-2007
Reference materials,
1961-2005
Scope and Contents note
Various topics with an emphasis on energy and solar issues, as well as planning.
box 82*, folder 7
Northrop Architectural Systems promotional posters,
undated
