First Edition 2007-2008
Kenneth Frampton
United States
Graduated from the Architectural Association in London. He has been professor at the Columbia University, New York, and visiting professor at various schools, as the Royal College of Art in London, the Berlage Institute in Rotterdam, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology and the Accademia di architettura in Mendrisio. He has published numerous studies of the history of the Modern Movement, among which the volumes Modern Architecture: A Critical History (London 1980, translated in nine languages), Studies in Tectonic Culture (Cambridge 1995) and Labour Work and Architecture (London 2000).