• Fonds: Fonds Kenneth Frampton, 1958-2016
•    Série(s): Correspondence and recommendation letters, 1958-2016

• Kenneth Frampton (archive creator)

Personal and professional correspondence from 1958-1984

1958-1984

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.

• 0.32 l.m. textual documents
  3 photographs
  1 negative

AP197.S3.001

Contient:

• ARCH278945, Letter from Richard M. Ludwig to Kenneth Frampton about Hodder Fellowship, 24 November 1964
• ARCH278946, Letter from John D Anderson to Kenneth Frampton about Maison de Verre for Perspecta, 4 February 1968
• ARCH278947, Letter from Peter Papametrios to Kenneth Frampton about Perspecta 12 Chareau Charette, 7 March 1968
• ARCH278949, "The Work of Hannah Arendt", conference program, Toronto, Canada, November 1972
• ARCH278950, Letter from OM. Ungers to Kenneth Frampton about "Architekturtheorie" International Conference Invitation with Program attached, 30 October 1967
• ARCH278953, Letter from Robin Middleton to Kenneth Frampton about writing a history of modern architecture, 2 May 1968
• ARCH278957, Letter from Thomas Neurath to Kenneth Frampton about Dennis Sharp's "A History of Modern Architecture", 21 March 1972
• ARCH279000, Letter from Kenneth Frampton to Richard M. Ludwig with attached curriculum vitae for Alfred Hodder Fellowship, 9 November 1964
• ARCH279001, Letter from Kenneth Frampton to Alvin Boyarski about "Labor, Work and Architecture" as a lecture, 11 November 1965
• ARCH279002, Letter from Charles Jencks to Kenneth Frampton about potential publication Meaning in Architecture, 1966
• ARCH279004, Letter from Thomas Neurath to Kenneth Frampton about "Modern Architecture: A Critical History", 20 October 1970
• ARCH279510, Letter from Robert W. Mclaughlin to Kenneth Frampton inviting him as Visiting Professor at Princeton University, 5 October 1964
• ARCH279512, Kenneth Frampton appointment letter for Associate Professor position at Princeton University, 20 April 1968
• ARCH279527, Letter from James Stewart Polshek informing Kenneth Frampton of nomination for his appointment as Associate Professor of Architecture, Columbia University, 1 June 1973
• ARCH279549, Letter from Peter D. Eisenman to Kenneth Frampton about awarded a research fellowship, 12 June 1969
• ARCH279550, Letter from Robert W. Mclaughlin to Kenneth Frampton, Princeton University, 16 October 1964
• ARCH287773, Letter from Demetri Porphyrios to Kenneth Frampton with a copy of the outline of Architectural Design special issue on the methodology of architectural history, 28 August 1978
• ARCH287774, Letter from Cecilio Sanchez-Robles to Kenneth Frampton, 8 May 1980
• ARCH287775, Letter from Juan J. Estellés Ceba to Kenneth Frampton, 31 December 1980
• ARCH287776, Letter from Demetri Porphyrios to Kenneth Frampton, 23 February 1981
• ARCH287777, Letter from Trinidad Simó to Kenneth Frampton, 21 April 1983
• ARCH401827, Letter from Peter Wolf to Anthony Pangaro about a second site for Low-Rise High-Density (LRHD) project, 8 December 1972
• ARCH401828, Invitation to a preview of the exhibition "Another Chance for Housing: Low-Rise Alternatives" presented at MoMA, 1973
• ARCH401830, Letter from Kenneth Frampton to Edward L. Saxe about the role of IAUS Fellows, 28 October 1982
• ARCH401831, Letter from Kenneth Frampton to Bruce Brackenridge about Frampton's resignation as Program Director, 28 November 1982
• ARCH401832, Letter from Silvia Kolbowski to Edward L. Saxe about Kolbowski's resignation as Editor and Co-Director of IAUS Exhibition Catalogues Program, 28 November 1982