Personal and professional correspondence from 1958-1984

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People:

Kenneth Frampton (archive creator)

Title:

Personal and professional correspondence from 1958-1984

Date:

1958-1984

Description:

This box is comprised of personal and professional correspondence, organized in chronological order, from 1958- 1983. Correspondence documents the beginning of Frampton's professional career and includes letters from his time as: a tutor at the Royal College of Art; the technical editor of the magazine Architectural Design; a visiting professor at Princeton University; an associate professor and, subsequently, Ware Professor of the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation; a Fellow of the Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies; and an editor of Oppositions.

This correspondence includes a letter inviting Frampton to teach at Princeton University and his acceptance of the position, his appointment to the Loeb Fellowship, and his appointment as an Associate Professor at Columbia University as well as correspondence concerning the first and second editions of Modern Architecture: a critical history. Throughout this period, Frampton corresponded with various architects, professors, publishers, and editors of various publications such as: Peter Eisenman; Robert Vickery; Anthony Hill; Melvin Charney; Richard Meier; Max Bill; Panos Koulermos; Tadao Ando; Tomás Maldonado; Manfredo Tafuri; Arata Isozaki; the Casabella; Architecture and Urbanism; DOMUS; and Thames and Hudson.

Activities documented in this box include: various offers of teaching positions; requests to write articles, reviews, books and recommendation letters; invitations to attend or present lectures/symposiums/conferences; and requests to serve on juries.

Form:
textual records

Quantity / Object type:
1 File

Extent and medium:

0.32 l.m. textual documents
3 photographs
1 negative

Reference number:

AP197.S3.001

Credit line:
Kenneth Frampton fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Gift of Kenneth Frampton / Don de Kenneth Frampton

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