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Adam Snow Frampton
Birth Date:1980
Birth Place:Washington, DC
Education:B.EnvD, University of Colorado at Boulder, 2002
MArch, Princeton University School of Architecture, 2006
Occupation:Architect

Adam Snow Frampton is an American architect and educator. He is a Principal of Only If, a New York City-based design practice for architecture and urbanism, founded in 2013, together with architect Karolina Czeczek.[1] He is the co-author of the pedestrian-centric Cities Without Ground: A Hong Kong Guidebook.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] He has been celebrated at the 12th,[7] 14th,[8] and 16th[9] Venice Biennale of Architecture.

He is also an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation.[10] and has taught as a Visiting assistant professor at the University of Kentucky College of Design[11] and as a Visiting Critic at the Syracuse University School of Architecture.[12]

Professional life

Adam Snow Frampton studied architecture at the University of Colorado at Boulder (B.EnvD, 2002) and the Princeton University School of Architecture (MArch 2006).[13]

From 2006 to 2013, Adam Snow Frampton worked at the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) in Rotterdam and Hong Kong as an Associate. He was a key leader in the design and construction of the Taipei Performing Arts Center from 2008 to 2013.[14] [15]

In 2013, Frampton founded Only If, a New York City-based practice for architecture and urbanism.[1] [16] Only If is engaged a range of design projects at different scales, from small interiors and single family housing to multi-family housing and larger-scale urban design, research and speculation. Only If's notable realized works include small interiors such as Voyager Espresso,[17] [18] [19] [20] City of Saints Bryant Park,[21] [22] and An Office for Three Companies.[23] In 2017, Only If was selected to contribute to the Regional Plan Association's Fourth Regional Plan.[24] In 2019, Only If won an international open competition organized by the American Institute of Architects New York chapter and the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development to design and develop affordable housing on vacant irregular lots,[25] [26] a topic the firm had previously been researching for several years[27] [28] and which is also related to Only If's ongoing Narrow House.[29]

Awards and Recognitions

Published works

Notes and References

  1. Keane . Katharine . October 9, 2019 . Next Progressives: Only If . . Washington DC . 107 . 10 . 32–35 . 2020-02-19.
  2. News: Wainwright . Oliver . February 22, 2013 . Cities Without Ground: a guidebook to Hong Kong's elevated walkways . . 2021-02-20.
  3. News: Chen . Te-Ping . March 1, 2013 . Soaring above the City on Foot . . 2021-02-20.
  4. News: Wanner . Claudia . July 8, 2013 . Hongkongs Brückennetz: Geheimpfade durchs Labyrinth . . German . 2021-02-20.
  5. News: Lanyon . Charley . March 19, 2013 . Hong Kong's growing network of walkways . . 2021-02-20.
  6. News: Alberts . Hana . September 24, 2012 . Hong Kong's 'Cities Without Ground' . BBC Travel . 2021-02-20.
  7. Web site: Quotidian Architectures: Venice Biennale 12.International Architecture Exhibition: Hong Kong in Venice . 2021-02-19.
  8. Web site: La Biennale di Venezia: Elements of Architecture . November 9, 2017. 2021-02-19.
  9. Web site: Japan Pavilion Presents Architectural Ethnography At The Venice Architecture Biennale . 2021-02-19.
  10. Web site: Columbia GSAPP . arch.columbia.edu/faculty/257-adam-frampton . 2019-08-14.
  11. News: Reiner-Roth . Shane . April 6, 2020 . University of Kentucky and Somewhere Appalachia want to transform coal mining sites into arts spaces . . 2021-02-16.
  12. Web site: School of Architecture Announces Spring 2021 Visiting Critics . 2021-02-16.
  13. Moreno . Shonquis . August 21, 2016 . Up-and-coming architecture studio Only If rejects aesthetic stereotypes . . Amsterdam . 111 . 61–64 . 2019-08-14.
  14. Web site: Frearson . Amy . February 16, 2012 . Taipei Performing Arts Center by OMA . . 2021-02-20.
  15. Web site: Basulto . David . OMA's Taipei Performing Arts Center breaks ground . . February 17, 2012 . 2021-02-20.
  16. Keskeys . Paul . Fall 2016 – Winter 2017 . New Power Generation: Adam Frampton of Only If . PIN-UP . New York City . 21 . 190–191 . 2019-08-14.
  17. News: Martin . Olivia . Futuristic coffee shop, Voyager Espresso, opens in New York's Financial District . . February 10, 2016 . 2021-02-21.
  18. Grieco . Lauren . Only If charters spaceship styling for subway café Voyager Espresso . . February 23, 2016 . 2021-02-21.
  19. Friedman . Andy . Five Minutes in an Underground Espresso Bar . . April 2, 2016 . 2021-02-21.
  20. Bird . Alyssa . Stamp . Elizabeth . 12 of Our Favorite Modern Coffee Shop Designs Around the World . . May 29, 2018 . 2021-02-21.
  21. McWhirter . Georgina . Only If Architecture Redefines the Coffee House at City of Saints Coffee Roasters Bryant Park Cafe . . November 1, 2018 . 2021-02-21.
  22. Newsham . Bridget . Only If Architecture Deconstructs the Coffee Shop With This Minimalist Design . . December 12, 2018 . 2021-02-21.
  23. News: Rosenstock . Ariel . A smart Manhattan office design fits three companies into one space . . August 8, 2016 . 2021-02-21.
  24. News: Wachs . Audrey . WORKac, PORT, and others win Rockefeller Foundation grants to plan future of tristate area . . March 3, 2017 . 2021-02-21.
  25. News: Honan . Katie . New York City Selects Designers With Big Ideas for Small Lots . . May 13, 2019 . 2021-02-21.
  26. News: Campbell-Dollaghan . Kelsey . NYC's brilliant plan to capitalize on land no one else wants . . May 16, 2019 . 2021-02-21.
  27. Book: Roggeveen . Daan . Hulshof . Michiel . Arnold . Frances . The Amsterdam Agenda: 12 Good Ideas for The Future of Cities . NAi010 Publishers . 2020 . 116–125 . Irregular Development: Adam S. Frampton . 978-94-6208-542-8.
  28. News: Tillyer . Stewart . Jain . Aditya . Only If builds practice through research and context . . January 28, 2020 . 2021-02-21.
  29. Web site: Jordahn . Sebastian . Narrow House designed as prototype for building on unusual plots . . March 11, 2019 . 2021-02-21.
  30. Musante . Guido . March 2020 . 50 Best Architecture Firms . . 1044 . 80–81 . 2020-02-16.
  31. Web site: 5 Promising Young Firms Selected as 2018 New Practices New York Award Winners . Lynch . Patrick . January 31, 2018 . . 2020-02-20.
  32. Web site: New York's best emerging architecture studios of 2018 revealed . Howarth . Dan . January 30, 2018 . . 2020-02-20.
  33. Van Den Hout . Julia . Summer 2018 . Agenda for Change: Consequence, the latest edition of AIANY's New Practices New York Awards, recognize five ambitious young firms. . Oculus . 80 . 2 . 40–46.
  34. Web site: Emerging Interior Practice of the Year (2016) . worldinteriorsnewsawards.com/archive/2016 . 2021-02-19.

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