Los Angeles Times features master architect Ray Kappe's house in 360 pan. I will quote my impression of it from an old Archinect feature; "Kappe houses are interesting in that they visually take you to places without you physically moving an inch. His spaces don't stop. You can look but you won't see a line that doesn't depart, travel, connect or fly away into the canyons. He is daringly modern, moving you through the bottlenecks of organized combustion before dropping you in his poetry of space, architectural construction, scale, light and experiment."
I am so proud to have his signature on my diploma. 
Los Angeles Times features master architect Ray Kappe's house in 360 pan. I will quote my impression of it from an old Archinect feature; "Kappe houses are interesting in that they visually take you to places without you physically moving an inch. His spaces don't stop. You can look but you won't see a line that doesn't depart, travel, connect or fly away into the canyons. He is daringly modern, moving you through the bottlenecks of organized combustion before dropping you in his poetry of space, architectural construction, scale, light and experiment."
I am so proud to have his signature on my diploma. link
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I agree. Ray's house is one of the most inspiring residences in Southern California. This architecture is all about the spatial experience and that what makes it great, so enjoyable to be within.
What I got visiting the Ray Kappe residence was the experience of space that was all around, above and below and inside and out. If there was a single idea to sum up it up would be the spatial experience: interlocking space, extended space, overlapping space, transparent space...
When I was a student at SCI-Arc I talked with Ray at his home about his architect influences. I naively thought it would be FL Wright, because of the wood, the organic presence, the relationship with site and nature.
But Ray, in his low-key, deliberate manner of telling said not really. Mies was more the influence back then. And others too, but Mies most of all. And of course I got it. The abstraction, the floating planes, the system of construction, the thinking behind the building of the building...
Mies in wood, not a copy but in spirit. Warmer, better organized, more livable than Mies. And in my opinion better.
Thank you Ray
Eric Chavkin
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