Ralph Rapson(1914-2008)以93岁高龄,于3月29日在家中去世.他被认为"超前的现代主义的建筑师".

His drawings were "completely self-assured" and "looked quintessentially American," 他的同事,建筑大师 Cesar Pelli 这样写道.他在著名Prairie School solon 批评明尼苏达学院之后,曾指责Frank Lloyd Wright as "full of hot air" !

He believed we have to look holistically at design and wanted to bring all the disciplines together -- architecture, landscape, furniture, clothing, graphics, city planning," 明尼苏达大学建筑系主任Tom Fisher说.

Ralph Rapson也曾担过这一职务. 之前他不宰在芝加哥的新包豪斯学院以及MIT麻省理工学院教课. 后来,他因设计斯德哥尔摩和哥本哈根大使馆而声名大振,他还曾为著名的KNOLL家具制造商设计过一款名为Rapson Rapid Rocker的家具.

晚年,他所受的争议似乎颇大,他为明尼苏达设计的“格思里剧院”（Guthrie Theater,1963年开放）在去年被拆毁,说明社会上的各种团体的角力,这当然是一种民主,也说明某种不谐调.

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Richard Tsong-Taatarii, Star Tribune

The "Wall of Discovery" features this sketch of the original Guthrie by Ralph Rapson.

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