Los Angeles-based architect Ray Kappe is renowned worldwide for his contributions to the modernist movement. From forming his own practice in 1954 to founding SCI-Arc (the Southern California Institute of Architecture) in 1972, he is still in practice to this day. In 2006, Wallpaper* visited a pair of Kappe builds: one the home and office of Dr Esther Benton, the other the architect’s own Kappe House in Pacific Palisades, a Cultural Heritage Landmark