SCI-Arc founding director and "unparalleled" architect Ray Kappe dies aged 92

SCI-Arc founding director and celebrated Californian modernist Ray Kappe has passed away aged 92, leaving behind "a body of architecture of the highest level".
Kappe established the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) with his wife Shelly Kappe, Thom Mayne, Jim Stafford, Glen Small, Ahde Lahti and Bill Simonian in 1972.
The late architect is also celebrated for his influence on Californian modernism, a style that was emerging in the 1950s as he was starting his architectural