VirtualGlobetrotting: Ralph Rapson Architecture

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'Hoey Residence' by Ralph Rapson
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1938
with fellow Cranbrook student Walter Hickey.
Created for Cranbrook Headmaster, Harry Hoey.
Sometimes listed as "Longshadows" but that reference is also given to the Brooks House in Orono, MN

'Hagberg Studio House' by Ralph Rapson
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addition 1940
the original barn was built in 1923

'Gidwitz House' by Ralph Rapson
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1946

'Walker House' by Ralph Rapson
1946

Schechter House by Ralph Rapson
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Built in 1950.
This house is in surprisingly original condition when I last saw it in 2007.
Rapson was challenged by his client to use a large number of doors as part of the construction. As a result, nearly all of the walls on the main floor (cantilevered on three sides above a smaller footprint cement block basement), interior and exterior, were built using doors as their superficial material.

'House of Doors' by Ralph Rapson
Schechter House

'US Embassy' by Ralph Rapson

'St. Peter's Lutheran Church' by Ralph Rapson

'Shepherd House' by Ralph Rapson

'US Embassy to Denmark' by Ralph Rapson
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'Shepherd House' by Ralph Rapson
1958 AIA Honor Award

'Meech Residence' by Ralph Rapson

'Thal House' by Ralph Rapson

'Poole House' by Ralph Rapson
Beautifully restored

'Price House' by Ralph Rapson

'Kelley House' by Ralph Rapson

'Gault House' by Ralph Rapson

'Cohen Residence' by Ralph Rapson
still looks amazing

'Cashman House' by Ralph Rapson
University Grove house

'Kelly House' by Ralph Rapson

'Hood Residence' by Ralph Rapson

'Gourley House' by Ralph Rapson

'Hood House II' by Ralph Rapson
exact duplicate of the original Hood House because Al Hood liked it so much.

'Southeast Community Library' by Ralph Rapson
Now called the Arvonne Fraser Library

'Sethna House' by Ralph Rapson

'Livermore House' by Ralph Rapson

'Hope Lutheran Church' by Ralph Rapson

'Rarig Center' by Ralph Rapson

Cedar Square West by Ralph Rapson
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Built between 1971 and 1973.
This brutalist complex has recently (August, 2011) been saved from destruction by a planned $132M project.

'Glass Cube' by Ralph Rapson
Rapson's vacation home

'Tew House' by Ralph Rapson
for sculptor Gloria Tew and her husband, Vernon
renovation by Charles Stinson(Rapson served on his thesis jury at Univ of MN) in 2019

'Sand Lake' by Ralph Rapson

'Daly House' by Ralph Rapson
Project Arch = Toby Rapson
Still owned by the Daly's

'Peterson House' by Ralph Rapson
2005-07
Addition and redesign of an original Jack Smuckler home

University Grove by University of Minnesota, et al.
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Built starting in the 1920's.
Mixed aesthetic development intended to attract talent to the University of Minnesota.
Later houses tended to be modernist - includes a number of homes by Ralph Rapson http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Rapson.