# Adam Frampton

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{{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](/source/Bachelor_of_Environmental_Design), [University of Colorado at Boulder](/source/University_of_Colorado_at_Boulder), 2002<br />[MArch](/source/Master_of_Architecture), [Princeton University School of Architecture](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Venice_Biennale_of_Architecture).

He is also an Adjunct Assistant Professor at [Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation](/source/Columbia_Graduate_School_of_Architecture%2C_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](/source/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](/source/The_Architect's_Newspaper) |access-date=2021-02-16}}</ref> and as a Visiting Critic at the [Syracuse University School of Architecture](/source/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](/source/University_of_Colorado_at_Boulder) (B.EnvD, 2002) and the [Princeton University School of Architecture](/source/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](/source/Frame_(design_magazine)) |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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Frame_(design_magazine)) |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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Interior_Design_(magazine)) |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](/source/Metropolis_(architecture_magazine)) |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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/American_Institute_of_Architects) New York chapter and the [New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Fast_Company_(magazine)) |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](/source/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](/source/Dezeen) |date=March 11, 2019 |access-date=2021-02-21}}</ref>

==Awards and Recognitions==
* [Domus](/source/Domus_(magazine)), 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](/source/Domus_(magazine)) |issue=1044 |pages=80–81 |access-date=2020-02-16}}</ref>
* [Architect Magazine](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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}}

==References==
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==External links==
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