RR Timeline
Ralph Rapson: Select Awards + Accomplishments
1938 - Cave House (with David Runnels)
1939 - Fabric House (with David Runnels)
1940 - MoMA Organic Design Competition - Rapson Highback Rocker
1945 - "Rapson Line" starts production by H.G. Knoll and Associates
1945 - Greenbelt House - Selected as Case Study House #4
1949 - Opens Rapson-Inc. in Boston
1950 - Eastgate Apartments - AIA First Honor Award
1963 - Pillsbury House - AIA Honor Award
1963 - Guthrie Theatre - Progressive Architecture Citation
1965 - Elected as Fellow, American Institute of Architects (AIA)
1971 - Performing Arts Center, UC Santa Cruz - Progressive Architecture First Design Award
1973 - Cedar-Riverside Town-in-Town - AIA FIrst Honor Award
1974 - Glass Cube House - AIAMN Citation
1979 - AIA Minnesota (AIAMN) Award - Gold Medal
1984 - Richard Neutra Award for Professional Excellence
1985 - National Endowment for the Arts - Distinguished Designer Grant
1987 - AIA Excellence in Education Award - Topaz Medallion
1992 - Chicago Crossing Development - Starr Award for Urban Renewal
1998 - ENPPI Design Competition, Cairo (with Toby Rapson) - 1st Prize
2003 - Reintroduction of Rapson Bentwood Rocker (a.k.a. Rapson Rapid Rocker)
2007 - Dwell Magazine Lounge Design Competition - 1st Prize