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AP197.S3
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This series consists of personal and professional correspondence as well as recommendation letters, 1958-2016, that Frampton either sent or received throughout his professional career. Correspondence documents Frampton’s role as: a tutor at the Royal College of Art; the technical editor of the magazine Architectural Design; a visiting professor at Princeton University; a Fellow of the Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies; and Associate professor and, subsequently, Ware professor of the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP), Columbia University. Throughout his extensive career, Frampton corresponded with various students, architects, professors, publishers, editors, and architecture associations. This correspondence relates to : offers of teaching positions; requests to write articles; reviews; books and recommendation letters; requests to serve on juries; requests for research materials; invitations to teach, present, or attend lectures/symposiums/conferences; and more.
1958-2016
Correspondence and recommendation letters
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AP197.S3
Description:
This series consists of personal and professional correspondence as well as recommendation letters, 1958-2016, that Frampton either sent or received throughout his professional career. Correspondence documents Frampton’s role as: a tutor at the Royal College of Art; the technical editor of the magazine Architectural Design; a visiting professor at Princeton University; a Fellow of the Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies; and Associate professor and, subsequently, Ware professor of the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP), Columbia University. Throughout his extensive career, Frampton corresponded with various students, architects, professors, publishers, editors, and architecture associations. This correspondence relates to : offers of teaching positions; requests to write articles; reviews; books and recommendation letters; requests to serve on juries; requests for research materials; invitations to teach, present, or attend lectures/symposiums/conferences; and more.
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1958-2016
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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
Sous-série
Maison de Verre (1965, 1969)
AP197.S1.SS1
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Located on 31 Rue St Guillaume in Paris, France, Maison de Verre was designed between 1928 and 1931 by furniture designer and architect Pierre Chareau, architect Bernard Bijvoet, and metal craftsman Louis Dalbet. Although the home was built, no original drawings exist for this project. In 1965, as Hodder Fellow at Princeton University, Kenneth Frampton along with Robert Vickery and Michael Carapetian measured the home and its details. Originally, their intention was that this research lead to a book project, but they later published their work as an article entitled "Maison de Verre" in a 1969 issue of Perspecta. This subseries includes measurement sketches and sixteen axonometric representations on vellum that were produced from this research. Photographs document Maison de Verre and provide various interior and exterior views of the house. Photographs by Michael Carapetian, published in the Perspecta article, “Maison de Verre (1969),” are also included in this subseries. Textual documentation includes drafts of the publication on Maison de Verre, as well as notes, correspondence, and various research files on Paul Nelson, Pierre Chareau, and Maison de Verre.
1965-1981
Maison de Verre (1965, 1969)
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AP197.S1.SS1
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Located on 31 Rue St Guillaume in Paris, France, Maison de Verre was designed between 1928 and 1931 by furniture designer and architect Pierre Chareau, architect Bernard Bijvoet, and metal craftsman Louis Dalbet. Although the home was built, no original drawings exist for this project. In 1965, as Hodder Fellow at Princeton University, Kenneth Frampton along with Robert Vickery and Michael Carapetian measured the home and its details. Originally, their intention was that this research lead to a book project, but they later published their work as an article entitled "Maison de Verre" in a 1969 issue of Perspecta. This subseries includes measurement sketches and sixteen axonometric representations on vellum that were produced from this research. Photographs document Maison de Verre and provide various interior and exterior views of the house. Photographs by Michael Carapetian, published in the Perspecta article, “Maison de Verre (1969),” are also included in this subseries. Textual documentation includes drafts of the publication on Maison de Verre, as well as notes, correspondence, and various research files on Paul Nelson, Pierre Chareau, and Maison de Verre.
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1965-1981
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AP197.S1.SS2
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This subseries documents Frampton’s academic career as an Associate professor at the Graduate School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Princeton University (1967-1972) and as Associate professor and subsequently as Ware professor of Architecture at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP), Columbia University (1972-1977; 1974- present). While at GSAPP, Frampton simultaneously held appointments as Visiting professor at several institutions. These activities are also documented here including documents related to his appointment as Visiting professor at the Berlage Institute, Amsterdam (1990-1997), the Università della Svizzera Italiana, Mendrisio (1998-2003), and École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, Switerland (1995). This subseries is made up of textual documentation consisting of course readers, application booklets, university handbooks, correspondence, student works, course syllabi, drafts of slides for lectures, draft lectures and notes, drafts for graduation speeches, take home exams, transcripts of lectures, event posters, and various photographs of student projects/models.
1965-2015
Princeton University, Columbia University, and other academic affiliations
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AP197.S1.SS2
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This subseries documents Frampton’s academic career as an Associate professor at the Graduate School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Princeton University (1967-1972) and as Associate professor and subsequently as Ware professor of Architecture at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP), Columbia University (1972-1977; 1974- present). While at GSAPP, Frampton simultaneously held appointments as Visiting professor at several institutions. These activities are also documented here including documents related to his appointment as Visiting professor at the Berlage Institute, Amsterdam (1990-1997), the Università della Svizzera Italiana, Mendrisio (1998-2003), and École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, Switerland (1995). This subseries is made up of textual documentation consisting of course readers, application booklets, university handbooks, correspondence, student works, course syllabi, drafts of slides for lectures, draft lectures and notes, drafts for graduation speeches, take home exams, transcripts of lectures, event posters, and various photographs of student projects/models.
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1965-2015
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AP197.S1.SS3
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This subseries documents Frampton's activities as Graham Foundation Fellow at the Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies (IAUS), including the development and design of IAUS’s only built project, the Low-Rise High-Density (LRHD) housing project in Brooklyn, New York. Also documented in this series are some of Frampton's other activities for IAUS. Frampton was not only co-founding editor of IAUS's magazine, "Oppositions" (1973), but also served as an editor for all of IAUS's publications; their journal, book series, and catalogue series. IAUS also served as a cultural space that held lectures for highschool and undergraduate students. Materials in this subseries consist of elevation and site drawings for the LRHD housing project and photographic materials for MoMA’s exhibition on the LRHD. Textual documentation is comprised of IAUS’s original application to the Ford Foundation and drafts of Frampton’s writings on the LRHD as well as IAUS meeting minutes, IAUS by-laws, announcement pamphlets, booklets, IAUS research programs and outlines of seminar sessions, correspondence, postcards, and posters. The subseries also includes an IAUS watch.
1970-2015
Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies (IAUS) (1970-1982)
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AP197.S1.SS3
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This subseries documents Frampton's activities as Graham Foundation Fellow at the Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies (IAUS), including the development and design of IAUS’s only built project, the Low-Rise High-Density (LRHD) housing project in Brooklyn, New York. Also documented in this series are some of Frampton's other activities for IAUS. Frampton was not only co-founding editor of IAUS's magazine, "Oppositions" (1973), but also served as an editor for all of IAUS's publications; their journal, book series, and catalogue series. IAUS also served as a cultural space that held lectures for highschool and undergraduate students. Materials in this subseries consist of elevation and site drawings for the LRHD housing project and photographic materials for MoMA’s exhibition on the LRHD. Textual documentation is comprised of IAUS’s original application to the Ford Foundation and drafts of Frampton’s writings on the LRHD as well as IAUS meeting minutes, IAUS by-laws, announcement pamphlets, booklets, IAUS research programs and outlines of seminar sessions, correspondence, postcards, and posters. The subseries also includes an IAUS watch.
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1970-2015
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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.
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.
Subseries
1969-2016
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Critical regionalism (1983)
AP197.S1.SS5
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This subseries consists of Frampton’s writings on critical regionalism and research materials related to the subject of regionalism. Originally a book project, his research was published as an essay in 1983 entitled as "Towards a critical regionalism: six points for an architecture of resistance." Materials comprise of copies of "Towards a critical regionalism: six points for an architecture of resistance (1983)," "Luogo, forma, identita cultural (Domus, 1986)," "Critical regionalism revisited: the case of Spain (1995)," and various articles on regionalism authored by others.
1968-2015
Critical regionalism (1983)
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AP197.S1.SS5
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This subseries consists of Frampton’s writings on critical regionalism and research materials related to the subject of regionalism. Originally a book project, his research was published as an essay in 1983 entitled as "Towards a critical regionalism: six points for an architecture of resistance." Materials comprise of copies of "Towards a critical regionalism: six points for an architecture of resistance (1983)," "Luogo, forma, identita cultural (Domus, 1986)," "Critical regionalism revisited: the case of Spain (1995)," and various articles on regionalism authored by others.
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1968-2015
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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.
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.
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1965- 2009
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AP197.S1.SS7
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Materials in this series relate to the writing of a published collection of essays “Labor, Work and Architecture” (2002) as well as Frampton's teaching of the seminar “Labor, work and architecture” at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University. Materials consist of photographs and prints for the publication (organized by chapter), layouts for each chapter, an original manuscript of “Labor, Work and Architecture,” reviews of the publication, and course readers for the seminar.
1985-2014
Labor, work and architecture (1966-1969, 1981-2008)
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AP197.S1.SS7
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Materials in this series relate to the writing of a published collection of essays “Labor, Work and Architecture” (2002) as well as Frampton's teaching of the seminar “Labor, work and architecture” at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University. Materials consist of photographs and prints for the publication (organized by chapter), layouts for each chapter, an original manuscript of “Labor, Work and Architecture,” reviews of the publication, and course readers for the seminar.
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1985-2014
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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.
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.
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circa 1970-2015