Part of:

People:

Kenneth Frampton (archive creator)

Title:

Studies in tectonic culture (1984-2018)

Date:

1965- 2009

Level of archival description:
Subseries

Extent and medium:

Approximately 0.58 l.m. of textual records
Approximately 295 photographs and prints
Approximately 91 negatives
49 slides
38 35 mm negatives

Scope and content:
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.

Reference number:

AP197.S1.SS6

Arrangement:
Material in this series was arranged by the creator and has been kept in its original order.

Custodial history:

Boxes arranged in this series were originally identified by the sticky note labelled “SITC” (for Studies in tectonic culture). These boxes were originally stored in the Avery Building at Columbia University.

Language of material:

English