{{short description|US architect and educator}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Adam Snow Frampton | birth_date = 1980 | birth_place = Washington, DC | education = B.EnvD, University of Colorado at Boulder, 2002<br />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.<ref name=":2">{{cite magazine |last=Keane |first=Katharine |date=October 9, 2019 |title=Next Progressives: Only If |url=https://www.architectmagazine.com/practice/only-if_o |magazine=Architect Magazine |location=Washington DC |volume=107 |issue=10 |pages=32–35 |access-date=2020-02-19}}</ref> He is the co-author of the pedestrian-centric Cities Without Ground: A Hong Kong Guidebook.<ref>{{cite news |last=Wainwright |first=Oliver |date=February 22, 2013 |title=Cities Without Ground: a guidebook to Hong Kong's elevated walkways |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/architecture-design-blog/2013/feb/22/cities-without-ground-hong-kong-walkways |access-date=2021-02-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Chen |first=Te-Ping |date=March 1, 2013 |title=Soaring above the City on Foot |work=The Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-SJB-10872 |access-date=2021-02-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Wanner |first=Claudia |date=July 8, 2013 |title=Hongkongs Brückennetz: Geheimpfade durchs Labyrinth |work=Der Spiegel |url=https://www.spiegel.de/reise/staedte/hongkong-spaziergang-ueber-bruecken-und-fussgaengerwege-a-909043.html |language=German |access-date=2021-02-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Lanyon |first=Charley |date=March 19, 2013 |title=Hong Kong's growing network of walkways |work=South China Morning Post |url=https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/1193774/hong-kongs-growing-network-walkways |access-date=2021-02-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Alberts |first=Hana |date=September 24, 2012 |title=Hong Kong's 'Cities Without Ground' |work=BBC Travel |url=http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20120924-hong-kongs-cities-without-ground/ |access-date=2021-02-20}}</ref> He has been celebrated at the 12th,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.artecommunications.com/en/141-exhibitions/exhibitions2010/2768-quotidian-architectures-hong-kong-in-venice-12-international-architecture-exhibition-la-biennale-di-venezia.html |title=Quotidian Architectures: Venice Biennale 12.International Architecture Exhibition: Hong Kong in Venice |access-date=2021-02-19 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> 14th,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.labiennale.org/en/architecture/2014/elements-architecture |title=La Biennale di Venezia: Elements of Architecture |date= November 9, 2017|access-date=2021-02-19}}</ref> and 16th<ref>{{cite web |url=https://worldarchitecture.org/architecture-news/ehgep/japan_pavilion_presents_architectural_ethnography_at_the_venice_architecture_biennale.html |title=Japan Pavilion Presents Architectural Ethnography At The Venice Architecture Biennale |access-date=2021-02-19}}</ref> Venice Biennale of Architecture.
He is also an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.arch.columbia.edu/faculty/257-adam-frampton |title=Columbia GSAPP |website=arch.columbia.edu/faculty/257-adam-frampton |access-date=2019-08-14 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> and has taught as a Visiting assistant professor at the University of Kentucky College of Design<ref>{{cite news |last=Reiner-Roth |first=Shane |date=April 6, 2020 |title=University of Kentucky and Somewhere Appalachia want to transform coal mining sites into arts spaces |url=https://www.archpaper.com/2020/04/university-kentucky-somewhere-appalachia-coal-mining-arts/ |work=The Architect's Newspaper |access-date=2021-02-16}}</ref> and as a Visiting Critic at the Syracuse University School of Architecture.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://soa.syr.edu/live/news/248-school-of-architecture-announces-spring-2021 |title=School of Architecture Announces Spring 2021 Visiting Critics |access-date=2021-02-16}}</ref>
==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).<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Moreno |first=Shonquis |date=August 21, 2016 |title=Up-and-coming architecture studio Only If rejects aesthetic stereotypes |url=https://www.frameweb.com/news/up-and-coming-architecture-studio-only-if-rejects-aesthetic-stereotypes |magazine=Frame |location=Amsterdam |issue=111 |pages=61–64 |access-date=2019-08-14}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web |last=Frearson |first=Amy |date=February 16, 2012 |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2012/02/16/taipei-performing-arts-center-by-oma-2/ |title=Taipei Performing Arts Center by OMA |work=Dezeen |access-date=2021-02-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Basulto |first=David |url=https://www.archdaily.com/209174/omas-taipei-performing-arts-center-breaks-ground |title=OMA's Taipei Performing Arts Center breaks ground |work=ArchDaily |date=February 17, 2012 |access-date=2021-02-20}}</ref>
In 2013, Frampton founded Only If, a New York City-based practice for architecture and urbanism.<ref name=":2"/><ref name=":10">{{cite magazine |last=Keskeys |first=Paul |date=Fall 2016 – Winter 2017 |title=New Power Generation: Adam Frampton of Only If |url=https://pinupmagazine.org/articles/new-power-generation-only-if |magazine=PIN-UP |location=New York City |issue=21 |pages=190–191 |access-date=2019-08-14}}</ref> 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,<ref>{{cite news |last=Martin |first=Olivia |url=https://www.archpaper.com/2016/02/new-futuristic-coffee-shop-voyager-espresso-opens-new-yorks-financial-district-fulton-center/ |title=Futuristic coffee shop, Voyager Espresso, opens in New York's Financial District |work=The Architect's Newspaper |date=February 10, 2016 |access-date=2021-02-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Grieco |first=Lauren |url=https://www.frameweb.com/article/only-if-charters-spaceship-styling-for-subway-cafe-voyager-espresso |title=Only If charters spaceship styling for subway café Voyager Espresso |magazine=Frame |date=February 23, 2016 |access-date=2021-02-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Friedman |first=Andy |url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/five-minutes-in-an-underground-espresso-bar |title=Five Minutes in an Underground Espresso Bar |magazine=The New Yorker |date=April 2, 2016 |access-date=2021-02-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Bird |first1=Alyssa |last2=Stamp |first2=Elizabeth |url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/gallery/best-modern-coffee-shop-design-slideshow |title=12 of Our Favorite Modern Coffee Shop Designs Around the World |magazine=Architectural Digest |date=May 29, 2018 |access-date=2021-02-21}}</ref> City of Saints Bryant Park,<ref>{{cite magazine |last=McWhirter |first=Georgina |url=https://www.interiordesign.net/projects/15683-only-if-architecture-redefines-the-coffee-house-at-city-of-saints-coffee-roasters-bryant-park-cafe/ |title=Only If Architecture Redefines the Coffee House at City of Saints Coffee Roasters Bryant Park Cafe |magazine=Interior Design |date=November 1, 2018 |access-date=2021-02-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Newsham |first=Bridget |url=https://www.metropolismag.com/interiors/only-if-architecture-bryant-park-cafe/ |title=Only If Architecture Deconstructs the Coffee Shop With This Minimalist Design |magazine=Metropolis |date=December 12, 2018 |access-date=2021-02-21}}</ref> and An Office for Three Companies.<ref>{{cite news |last=Rosenstock |first=Ariel |url=https://www.archpaper.com/2016/08/only-if-office/ |title=A smart Manhattan office design fits three companies into one space |work=The Architect's Newspaper |date=August 8, 2016 |access-date=2021-02-21}}</ref> In 2017, Only If was selected to contribute to the Regional Plan Association's Fourth Regional Plan.<ref>{{cite news |last=Wachs |first=Audrey |url=https://www.archpaper.com/2017/03/workac-port-win-rockefeller-grants-to-plan-tristate-area/ |title=WORKac, PORT, and others win Rockefeller Foundation grants to plan future of tristate area |work=The Architect's Newspaper |date=March 3, 2017 |access-date=2021-02-21}}</ref> 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,<ref>{{cite news |last=Honan |first=Katie |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-york-city-selects-designers-with-big-ideas-for-small-lots-11557793868 |title=New York City Selects Designers With Big Ideas for Small Lots |work=The Wall Street Journal |date=May 13, 2019 |access-date=2021-02-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Campbell-Dollaghan |first=Kelsey |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/90350427/nycs-brilliant-plan-to-capitalize-on-land-no-one-else-wants |title=NYC's brilliant plan to capitalize on land no one else wants |work=Fast Company |date=May 16, 2019 |access-date=2021-02-21}}</ref> a topic the firm had previously been researching for several years<ref>{{cite book |last1=Roggeveen |first1=Daan |last2=Hulshof |first2=Michiel |last3=Arnold |first3=Frances |title=The Amsterdam Agenda: 12 Good Ideas for The Future of Cities |publisher=NAi010 Publishers |date=2020 |pages=116–125 |chapter=Irregular Development: Adam S. Frampton |isbn=978-94-6208-542-8}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Tillyer |first1=Stewart |last2=Jain |first2=Aditya |title=Only If builds practice through research and context |work=The Architect's Newspaper |date=January 28, 2020 |url=https://www.archpaper.com/2020/01/building-practice-only-if/ |access-date=2021-02-21}}</ref> and which is also related to Only If's ongoing Narrow House.<ref>{{cite web |last=Jordahn |first=Sebastian |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2019/03/11/narrow-house-prototype-small-plots-mini-living-video/ |title=Narrow House designed as prototype for building on unusual plots |work=Dezeen |date=March 11, 2019 |access-date=2021-02-21}}</ref>
==Awards and Recognitions== * Domus, 50 Best Architecture Firms (2020)<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Musante |first=Guido |date=March 2020 |url=https://www.only-if.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/200303_Domus50.pdf |title=50 Best Architecture Firms |magazine=Domus |issue=1044 |pages=80–81 |access-date=2020-02-16}}</ref> * Architect Magazine, Next Progressives (2019)<ref name=":2"/> * AIA New York, New Practices New York (2018)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.archdaily.com/888158/5-promising-young-firms-selected-as-2018-new-practices-new-york-award-winners |last=Lynch |first=Patrick |date=January 31, 2018 |title=5 Promising Young Firms Selected as 2018 New Practices New York Award Winners |work=ArchDaily |access-date=2020-02-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2018/01/30/new-practices-new-york-awards-winners-best-emerging-architecture-studios/ |last=Howarth |first=Dan |date=January 30, 2018 |title=New York's best emerging architecture studios of 2018 revealed |work=Dezeen |access-date=2020-02-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Van Den Hout |first=Julia |date=Summer 2018 |title=Agenda for Change: Consequence, the latest edition of AIANY's New Practices New York Awards, recognize five ambitious young firms. |magazine=Oculus |volume=80 |issue=2 |pages=40–46}}</ref> * Pin-Up Magazine, New Power Generation (2016)<ref name=":10"/> * World Interior News, Emerging Interior Practice of the Year (2016)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.worldinteriorsnewsawards.com/archive/2016 |title=Emerging Interior Practice of the Year (2016) |website=worldinteriorsnewsawards.com/archive/2016 |access-date=2021-02-19 |archive-date=June 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613075217/https://www.worldinteriorsnewsawards.com/archive/2016/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Published works== * {{cite book |author1-last=Frampton |author1-first=Adam |author2-last=Solomon |author2-first=Jonathan D |author3-last=Wong |ref=none |author3-first=Clara |title=Cities Without Ground: A Hong Kong Guidebook |date=2012 |publisher=ORO Editions |location=San Francisco |isbn=978-1-935935-32-2}}
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==External links== *{{official website}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Frampton, Adam}} Category:21st-century American architects Category:Architects from New York City Category:Columbia University faculty Category:Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation faculty Category:Princeton University alumni Category:1980 births Category:Living people