Truth and Lies in Architecture

About Kenneth FramptonRichard Francis-Jones

Richard Francis-Jones is a highly awarded practicing Australian architect. He is a graduate of Columbia University and the University of Sydney and has taught in many schools of architecture. He is a life fellow of the Australian Institute of Architects an honorary fellow of the American Institute of Architects and member of the Royal Institute of British Architects. He is design director of fjmtarchitects. Kenneth Frampton was born in 1930 and trained as an architect at the Architectural Association School of Architecture London. He has taught at a number of leading institutions in the field including the Royal College of Art in London the ETH in Zürich the Berlage Institute in Amsterdam EPFL in Lausanne and the Accademia di Architettura in Mendrisio. From 1972 to 2019 he served as Ware Professor of Architecture at the Graduate School of Architecture Planning and Preservation Columbia University New York. In 2018 he was awarded the Golden Lion of the Venice Biennale.