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Ray Kappe : UC Berkeley Distinguished Alumni Award (May 25, 1998)23:16

The video begins and ends with scenes from the day of the ceremony.
At 8:19, Ray Kappe is presented with the first UC Berkeley distinguished architecture alumni award.
From 10:21 to 19:26, Kappe talks about his education at Berkeley, stressing the continuities with architectural education today, which he sees as a synthesis of history, theory, aesthetics, sustainability and technology. He urges the new graduates to purse their careers in a way that is socially, ecologically, and politically responsible.

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