CHS Field’s design embraces principles championed by Ralph Rapson.image by Tom Wallace / Star Tribune.

Ralph Rapson is the Prince of Minnesota architecture — with a capital “P.” Just as the Purple One spread the sound of Minneapolis funk, Rapson spread Minnesota modernism as head of the University of Minnesota’s architecture school for 30 years — and a practitioner based here for more than 50.

His own creations, most notably the original Guthrie Theater, are hailed as fresh yet fully formed examples of the iconoclastic spirit that drove design in the second half of the 20th century. But for all he did during his 93 years, which ended in 2008, is Rapson’s influence still vital today in the built environment of the Twin Cities? The answer is a resounding yes, according to architects and scholars who will gather next weekend to celebrate Rapson’s legacy through the scholarship program he inspired......Continue Reading

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