137:. He entered the architecture school at Harvard in 1943. In 1945 and 1946 he received his Bachelor of Architecture and his Master of Architecture degrees from the Harvard Graduate School of Design. Rakatansky was awarded the
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218:1950, Zitserman House, Providence, Rhode Island
184:1948, Weinstein House, Providence, Rhode Island
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320:1958, Levin House,
304:1957, Rogge House,
273:1955, Rosen House,
193:Pike, New Hampshire
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366:1961, Reck House,
242:1954, Falk House,
206:1950, Horn House,
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