textual records
AP197.S1.SS2.114
2014
textual records
2014
An archive is usually named for one person, but it always contains many other voices. The Kenneth Frampton archive recently arrived at the CCA and it emerges in the exhibition Educating Architects: Four Courses by Kenneth Frampton. The exhibition includes a few letters from over sixty years of correspondence, but there could have been many more—in the archive, there’s(...)
Kenneth Frampton, Educating Architects: Four Courses by Kenneth Frampton, Jacqueline Meyer
August 2017 to September 2017
“Dear Ken”: Reading the Archive Out Loud
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An archive is usually named for one person, but it always contains many other voices. The Kenneth Frampton archive recently arrived at the CCA and it emerges in the exhibition Educating Architects: Four Courses by Kenneth Frampton. The exhibition includes a few letters from over sixty years of correspondence, but there could have been many more—in the archive, there’s(...)
articles
A history of references
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AP197.S4
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This series consists of materials that Frampton collected, received or was awarded throughout his professional career, inlcuding his collection of postcards, some of which may include correspondence. Photographs in this series comprise of professional headshots of Kenneth Frampton as well as photographs of Frampton with family members and architects at various events. Also included in this series are drawings, prints, and posters that Frampton collected or received as gifts. Objects in this box consist of several gifts and personal items, including a Chinese seal of Frampton’s name and red seal paste, his father’s moulding plane, tarot cards, a watch designed by Arata Isozaki, a tie designed by Manuel de Solà, and two sample tiles of Alvar Aalto’s studio in Helinski. Certificates, diplomas, awards and medals that Frampton received are also included in this series.
1956-2016
Postcards, photographs, awards and souvenirs
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AP197.S4
Description:
This series consists of materials that Frampton collected, received or was awarded throughout his professional career, inlcuding his collection of postcards, some of which may include correspondence. Photographs in this series comprise of professional headshots of Kenneth Frampton as well as photographs of Frampton with family members and architects at various events. Also included in this series are drawings, prints, and posters that Frampton collected or received as gifts. Objects in this box consist of several gifts and personal items, including a Chinese seal of Frampton’s name and red seal paste, his father’s moulding plane, tarot cards, a watch designed by Arata Isozaki, a tie designed by Manuel de Solà, and two sample tiles of Alvar Aalto’s studio in Helinski. Certificates, diplomas, awards and medals that Frampton received are also included in this series.
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1956-2016
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Agendas and address books
AP197.S6
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This series consists of Kenneth Frampton's agendas from 1976 to 2015. Years which are not represented are: 1978-1979; 1982-1983; 1985; 1988; 1993-1994; 1997; and 2003. The agendas document Frampton's professional and personal schedule including interviews, seminars, meetings, social events, people he met with, and travels. Some of the agendas also include notes. Also documented in this series are Frampton's contacts, which are included in some of the agendas but also in three address books Frampton kept in the 1990s.
1976-2015
Agendas and address books
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AP197.S6
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This series consists of Kenneth Frampton's agendas from 1976 to 2015. Years which are not represented are: 1978-1979; 1982-1983; 1985; 1988; 1993-1994; 1997; and 2003. The agendas document Frampton's professional and personal schedule including interviews, seminars, meetings, social events, people he met with, and travels. Some of the agendas also include notes. Also documented in this series are Frampton's contacts, which are included in some of the agendas but also in three address books Frampton kept in the 1990s.
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1976-2015
drawings
AP197.S1.SS9.031
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Folder contains drawings by Kenneth Frampton of the Habimah Theatre, Tel Aviv.
1958-1959
Drawings of the Habimah Theatre, Tel Aviv; in association with Kami, Melzer, Kami
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AP197.S1.SS9.031
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Folder contains drawings by Kenneth Frampton of the Habimah Theatre, Tel Aviv.
drawings
1958-1959
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Works and teaching
AP197.S1
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Approximately three hundred of Kenneth Frampton’s lectures and writings, produced between1965-2016, are arranged in this series. This series is divided into nine subseries according to Frampton’s most seminal works and academic positions. The series is mainly comprised of drafts, notes, photographic materials, drawings, correspondence, and research materials related to the development of Frampton’s ideas and writings on architecture as well as his lectures and courses at various universities such as Princeton and Columbia University. The last subseries, “Books, articles, interviews, lectures, and seminars” contains drafts, notes, photographic materials, correspondence and research materials related to other writings and projects either published or unpublished.
1965-2016
Works and teaching
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AP197.S1
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Approximately three hundred of Kenneth Frampton’s lectures and writings, produced between1965-2016, are arranged in this series. This series is divided into nine subseries according to Frampton’s most seminal works and academic positions. The series is mainly comprised of drafts, notes, photographic materials, drawings, correspondence, and research materials related to the development of Frampton’s ideas and writings on architecture as well as his lectures and courses at various universities such as Princeton and Columbia University. The last subseries, “Books, articles, interviews, lectures, and seminars” contains drafts, notes, photographic materials, correspondence and research materials related to other writings and projects either published or unpublished.
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1965-2016
Sub-series
AP197.S1.SS8
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Materials in this subseries document the theoretical seminar "Comparative Critical Analysis of Built Form," which Kenneth Frampton taught since 1973 at the Graduate School of Architecture, Preservation and Planning, Columbia University. The seminar became the bases for his book “Genealogy of Modern Architecture: Comparative Critical Analysis” (2015). Materials for the seminar make up a significant portion of this subseries. Materials consist of copyright image requests and permission requests (organized in alphabetical order), handwritten and typed drafts with edits, correspondence, layout drafts, notes, copyright information charts, grant applications, as well as student analyses/projects, student drawings, and course readers for the seminar.
circa 1970-2015
Comparative critical analysis (1973-2015, 2018)
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AP197.S1.SS8
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Materials in this subseries document the theoretical seminar "Comparative Critical Analysis of Built Form," which Kenneth Frampton taught since 1973 at the Graduate School of Architecture, Preservation and Planning, Columbia University. The seminar became the bases for his book “Genealogy of Modern Architecture: Comparative Critical Analysis” (2015). Materials for the seminar make up a significant portion of this subseries. Materials consist of copyright image requests and permission requests (organized in alphabetical order), handwritten and typed drafts with edits, correspondence, layout drafts, notes, copyright information charts, grant applications, as well as student analyses/projects, student drawings, and course readers for the seminar.
Subseries
circa 1970-2015
Sub-series
AP197.S1.SS6
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This subseries documents Kenneth Frampton’s writing of “Studies in Tectonic Culture: The Poetics of Construction in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Architecture” (1995) as well as his other writings related to tectonics such as course materials for the “Studies in Tectonic Culture” seminar at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP) and some research materials on tectonics. Kenneth Frampton's research interest in tectonics began with four lectures he gave at Rice University in Texas in the 1980s. The lectures focused on the work of Louis Kahn, Mies van der Rohe, Auguste Perret, and Jørn Urzon. This research interest later became a book and teaching project in the early 1990s. Textual documentation in this subseries consists of contracts, book reviews, abstracts, correspondence, drafts for various chapters, notes, selected photographic materials for the publication and various articles on tectonics (written by others). Course outlines, course readers, lecture slides, student papers, and midterm exams from the Studies in Tectonic Culture seminar at GSAPP are also included in this subseries.
1965- 2009
Studies in tectonic culture (1984-2018)
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AP197.S1.SS6
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This subseries documents Kenneth Frampton’s writing of “Studies in Tectonic Culture: The Poetics of Construction in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Architecture” (1995) as well as his other writings related to tectonics such as course materials for the “Studies in Tectonic Culture” seminar at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP) and some research materials on tectonics. Kenneth Frampton's research interest in tectonics began with four lectures he gave at Rice University in Texas in the 1980s. The lectures focused on the work of Louis Kahn, Mies van der Rohe, Auguste Perret, and Jørn Urzon. This research interest later became a book and teaching project in the early 1990s. Textual documentation in this subseries consists of contracts, book reviews, abstracts, correspondence, drafts for various chapters, notes, selected photographic materials for the publication and various articles on tectonics (written by others). Course outlines, course readers, lecture slides, student papers, and midterm exams from the Studies in Tectonic Culture seminar at GSAPP are also included in this subseries.
Subseries
1965- 2009
Sub-series
AP197.S1.SS4
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This subseries documents Kenneth Frampton’s writing of the history textbook "Modern Architecture: A Critical History," first published in 1980. Textual documentation is diverse and ranges from the text’s first edition to drafts of the upcoming 5th edition, early correspondence with the publisher Thames and Hudson Ltd (circa 1969), notes on various chapters, edits for the French translation, magazine clippings, reviews of the publication, and a print of the Lighthouse Cathedral by Alberto Sartoris, which was the image published on the cover of the book.
1969-2016
Modern architecture: a critical history (1968-1980, 2018)
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AP197.S1.SS4
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This subseries documents Kenneth Frampton’s writing of the history textbook "Modern Architecture: A Critical History," first published in 1980. Textual documentation is diverse and ranges from the text’s first edition to drafts of the upcoming 5th edition, early correspondence with the publisher Thames and Hudson Ltd (circa 1969), notes on various chapters, edits for the French translation, magazine clippings, reviews of the publication, and a print of the Lighthouse Cathedral by Alberto Sartoris, which was the image published on the cover of the book.
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1969-2016