Part of:

• Fonds: Kenneth Frampton fonds, 1958-2016
•    Series: Research files, 1958-2016

People:

• Kenneth Frampton (archive creator)

Title:

Research files

Date:

1958-2016

Level of archival description:
Series

Extent and medium:

• Approximately 11.83 l.m. textual records
  Approximately 2245 photographs and prints
  Approximately 323 negatives
  Approximately 293 reprographic copies
  Approximately 147 slides
  Approximately 100 35 mm negatives
  17 VHS tapes
  2 microfilms

Scope and content:
This series consists of research materials, 1958-2016, that Frampton was either interested in or may have used to develop his works and teachings. Materials consist of articles, student essays, biographies, chronologies of architectural movements, maps, curriculum vitaes, and journal, newspaper and magazine clippings. Reprographic copies of architectural drawings as well as prints, photographs, negatives, and slides that depict the built projects of various architects are also included in this series.

Research materials consist of writings by or about various architects and theorists such as: Mario Botta; Charles Correa; Alan Colquhoun; Marco Frascari;Ignacio de Sola-Morales; O.M. Ungers; James Stirling; Fumihiko Maki; Le Corbusier; Tadao Ando; Alvaro Siza; Peter Eisenman; Frank Lloyd Wright; Alvar Aalto; Hannah Arendt; Walter Benjamin; H.P. Berlage; Mario Botta; Louis Kahn; Mies dan ver Rohe; Jørn Utzon; August Perret; and Louis Sullivan. The subjects explored in these texts are diverse and include: various architectural styles; architecture education; meaning in architecture, philosophy; film; art; music; mathematics; ecology; landscapes/gardens; and housing and urbanism.

Reference number:

AP197.S2

Arrangement:
This series was processed at the box-level and the original order of these materials was maintained. Boxes AP197.S2.001- AP197.S2.003 are arranged in alphabetical order according to the author's last name. Boxes AP197.S2.004 – AP197.S2.005 include research files on modern architecture, which are arranged in alphabetical order according to geographic location. Boxes AP197.S2.021- AP197.S2.033 are arranged in alphabetical order according to the author's last name or subject.

Custodial history:

• These boxes were likely stored in the Schermerhorn building, Columbia University; the Avery Building, Columbia University; and Kolbowski’s studio in Brooklyn, New York.

Language of material:

• English

Contains:

• AP197.S2.001, Research files on various subjects that relate to 20th century criticism written by others (A-R) , circa 1966-1994
• AP197.S2.002, Research files on various subjects that relate to 20th century criticism written by others (S-Z) and research files on various subjects that relate to 20th century criticism written by students (A-L), circa 1970-1991
• AP197.S2.003, Research files on various subjects that relate to 20th century criticism written by students (L-Z) as well as research files on various subjects that relate to 20th century criticism written by unknown writers, 1962-1994
• AP197.S2.004, Research files on modern architecture, organized by geographic location (A-S), 1965-1996
• AP197.S2.005, Research files on modern architecture organized by geographic location (S-U), transcripts of interviews with various architects, and writings on architecture preservation, circa 1970-1996
• AP197.S2.006, Reseach files on architectural education, architectural organizations and art, circa 1970-1995
• AP197.S2.007, Photographic materials of various built projects, architectural drawings and models, circa 1970-1990
• AP197.S2.008, Photographs by Botond Bognár, photographic materials of Soviet architecture and various maps, circa 1970-1990
• AP197.S2.009, Research files, catalogues and posters, circa 1961-1995
• AP197.S2.010, Photographic materials of built projects, architectural drawings and models as well as research files that relate to architecture and technology, circa 1970-1997
• AP197.S2.011, Research files on pre-20th century historical criticism as well as writings on traditional Japanese architecture, French 19th century architecture, and the Italian Renaissance, circa 1969-1990
• AP197.S2.012, Research files on the Bauhaus School and Russian Constructivism, PhD files, writings by David Leatherbrow and Harry Mallgrave, and writings featured in LOTUS International, circa 1969-1990
• AP197.S2.013, Architect and other research files, circa 1964-1990
• AP197.S2.014, Architect files, circa 1963-1990
• AP197.S2.015, Architect files, circa 1964-1990
• AP197.S2.016, Architect files, circa 1966-1990
• AP197.S2.017, Various research files about philosophy, films, art, music, modern architecture, mathematics and ecology, circa 1962- 1990
• AP197.S2.018, Various research files on culture, style, science, proportions, geometry, ecology/environment, landscape/gardens, and design, circa 1963- 1990
• AP197.S2.019, Various research files about theory, history, art, and the avant-garde, circa 1961- 1990
• AP197.S2.020, Various research files and publications, circa 1958-1990
• AP197.S2.021, Chronologies, CVs of others, and research files organized author's last name or subject for the letter A, 1965-2016
• AP197.S2.022, Research files organized by the author's last name or subject from B - C, 1967-2016
• AP197.S2.023, Research files organized by the author's last name or subject from C-G, 1967-2015
• AP197.S2.024, Research files organized by author's last name or subject from H-I, 1960-2002
• AP197.S2.025, Research files organized by author's last name or subject from I-K, 1961-2010
• AP197.S2.026, Research files organized by author's last name or subject for the letter L, 1961-2010
• AP197.S2.027, Research files organized by author's last name or subject from L-N, 1965-2005
• AP197.S2.028, Research files organized by the author's last name or subject from O-P, 1968-2015
• AP197.S2.029, Research files organized by author's last name or subject from R-S, circa 1965- 2011
• AP197.S2.030, Research files organized by author's last name or subject for the letter S, circa 1970-2015
• AP197.S2.031, Research files organized by author's last name or subject from S-U, 1963-2015
• AP197.S2.032, Research files organized by author's last name or subject from U- W, 1962-2015
• AP197.S2.033, Research files organized by author's last name or subject from W-Z and Urbanism, 1963- 2005
• AP197.S2.034, Research files - bibliographies, writings by unknown writers, and the Deutsche and Kahn files, circa 1967-2000
• AP197.S2.035, Periodicals, circa 1957-2015
• AP197.S2.036, Periodicals, 1962-2013
• AP197.S2.037, Architect files, building files and texts by others, circa 1960-2011
• AP197.S2.038, Unsorted essays, articles, and clippings about architecture and various architects, circa 1960-2015
• AP197.S2.039, Unsorted essays, articles, publications and draft texts by others about architecture, various architects and related subjects, 1966-2010
• AP197.S2.040, Unsorted essays, articles, publications, images and clippings about architecure, various architects and related subjects, circa 1965-2010
• AP197.S2.041, Unsorted articles, essays and clippings about architecture, various architects and related subjects, 1967-2009
• AP197.S2.042, Unsorted articles, essays and publications about architecture, various architects and related subjects, 1961-2010
• AP197.S2.043, Unsorted articles, essays, and publications about architecture, various architects and related subjects, 1979-2009
• AP197.S2.044, Unsorted articles, essays, student papers, publications and clippings about architecture, various architects and other subjects, 1964-2010
• AP197.S2.045, Unsorted articles, essays, clippings, and publications about architecture, various architects and other subjects, 1967-2015
• AP197.S2.046, Photographs of buildings, drawings and architectural models, circa 1960-2010
• AP197.S2.047, Photographs of buildings and maps, circa 1970-2005
• AP197.S2.048, Research files about architecture and photographic materials of buildings, architectural drawings and models, circa 1965-2000
• AP197.S2.049, Research files about architecture and photographic materials of buildings, architectural drawings and models, circa 1975- 2000
• AP197.S2.050, Articles, essays, magazine clippings and publications about architecture and the works of various architects, circa 1980-2015
• AP197.S2.051, Magazine clippings about architecture and the works of various architects, 1962-2014
• AP197.S2.052, Issues of DOMUS, 1965-1975
• AP197.S2.053, Articles, essays, clippings and publications about architecture and the works of various architects, 1957-2015
• AP197.S2.054, Porfolios/project descriptions of the works of various architects and architectural firms, circa 2000-2010
• AP197.S2.055, Porfolios/project descriptions of the works of various architects and architectural firms, circa 2000-2010
• AP197.S2.056, Porfolios/project descriptions of the works of various architects and architectural firms, circa 2000-2010
• AP197.S2.057, Porfolios/project descriptions of the works of various architects and architectural firms, circa 2000-2010
• AP197.S2.058, Various journals, clippings and newspapers that relate to architecture, architects and other subjects, circa 1962-1980
• AP197.S2.059, VHS tapes about the works of architects and architecture, circa 1990-2000
• AP197.S2.060, Research drawings and maps, circa 1980-2000
• AP197.S2.061, Research drawings, circa 1980-2010
• AP197.S2.062, Reseach drawings by various architects, circa 1978-2000
• AP197.S2.063, Prints of Le Corbusier, Pavillon des temps nouveau and reprographic drawings of Juha Leiviska's Myyrnaen Church, circa 1990-2000
• AP197.S2.064, Reprographic drawings of Mario Botta's Edificazione al Mappale, Riva San Vitale, circa 1990-2000
• AP197.S2.065, Reprographic drawing of "sott'arno a Firenze" by Marcello Perugi, 1985
• AP197.S2.066, Research and student drawings, circa 1985-2000