toffmap Ralph Rapson Works
Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis, MN


Rapson described his purpose for the now-lost facade design: "By breaking up the cube with an abstractly patterned screen that created varying rhythms of volume and light, we could suggest an atmosphere of illusion and delight that fit the building well."

Tyrone Guthrie Theater
Minneapolis, 1963
Photo of original exterior by Ralph Rapson
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