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            159 Archival description results for Architecture

            CJA-TCH-a-12 · File · [1979-1981]
            Part of Charles Jencks Archive

            Contents of a folder labelled 'Thematic House: Plans and designs for the Bathpool, Jacob's Ladder and the second floor'.

            Includes:
            -photocopied plans, sections and sketches
            -pencil sketch plans with annotations
            -First Floor/Terrace by Farrell/Grimshaw Partnership May 1979 (folded)
            -unlabelled plan with pencil annotations (folded)
            -pencil scale drawing of shelves, MK's study (damaged)
            -photocopy design with pencil annotations labelled 'shower bathroom'
            -pencil plan drawing of MK's study with annotations
            -Survey Bathroom by Terry Farrell Partnership with annotations labelled 'Master Bathroom and Old Stair'
            -manuscript note with an extract from the Bible Genesis 27-28 regarding Jacob's Ladder and a series of pencil drawings of stairs and cupboards signed CJ and dated Dec 81.

            CJA-TCH-a-11 · File · nd [1978-1979]
            Part of Charles Jencks Archive

            Bundle of designs, plans and photographs. Each consists of a card support, with a the original drawing or photograph attached to the card with tape, and then tracing paper layered over the top with dimensions for reproduction.

            Includes:
            -Room of Doubles
            -'South Elevation - CJ design'
            -'Ground Floor - CJ design'
            -[Ground Floor] - 'MK's original layout'
            -'West Elevation'
            -'MK's Garden Design Dec 78/Jan 79'
            -'First Floor Alternative: A Stepped Study'
            -detailed pencil plan with details of columns annotated 'Feb 19, 1979 This must be full page as it is described at length!!!'
            -Front elevation annotated 'only bottom drawing'
            -photocopied front elevation
            -'TFP proposed longitudonal[sic] section Jan 1979'
            -'CJ Sketch Nov 78'
            -b&w photograph of Nan's Room and of a staircase pre-renovation.
            -'First Floor CJ Design'
            -section of the house
            -photocopy of a sketch of the Room of Doubles with birds drawn around it
            -typescript text on The Sun Chair
            -CJ sketch Oct 78 annotated 'must be Nov?'
            -b&w photographs of chairs

            [Thematic House]
            CJA-TCH-a-10 · File · 1980-1982
            Part of Charles Jencks Archive

            Bundle of plans and drawings of elevations of the the Thematic House and b&w photographs.

            Includes:
            -Final Design Drawing Side Elevation by Terry Farrell Partnership Oct 1980 (folded)
            -copy of a sketch showing a detailed view of the back of the house (folded)
            -photocopied sketch headed '4 symmetrical sets'
            -felt tip pen sketch of windows
            -b&w contact sheet prints showing work in progress
            -typescript notes on plain paper with pencil manuscript alterations titled 'Personification of Art and Architecture July 2, 1982'.
            -Polaroid photograph of the rear of the house
            -Details Side [Elevation] by Terry Farrell Partnership Feb 1981 (folded)
            -pencil sketch on tracing paper of windows
            -photocopied drawings for a staircase annotated 'TFP Jan '82'
            -Render - End [Elevation] by Terry Farrell Partnership (folded)
            -pencil sketches of columns on Architectural Association School of Architecture headed paper
            -perspective drawing of the house and garden (folded)

            19 Lansdowne Walk
            CJA-TCH · Sub-Fonds · 1978-2019
            Part of Charles Jencks Archive
            This sub-fond includes materials relating to the purchase of 19 Lansdowne Walk, the design and build process for the Thematic House and the Symbolic Furniture (including versions manufactured for sale), and its later conversion into The Cosmic House. Alongside material documenting the house, the Cosmic House itself and its contents have been included in this sub-fonds.
            CJA-RES-AL-B13-6-34 · Item · 1987
            Part of Charles Jencks Archive

            Includes articles titled 'Post-Modernism and Discontinuity' and 'Post-Modernism and Eclectic Continuity' by Charles; 'Cathay in the West: Pavilions and a Chinese Garden in Bel Air, California' by Charles and Maggie; and 'Letters to the Editor: Designing a House' with a detailed response to Terry Farrell's article in a previous issue of AD, and Farrell's response.

            Publisher: Academy Editions

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            Tea & Coffee Piazza
            CJA-RES-AL-B13-5-21 · Item · 1983
            Part of Charles Jencks Archive

            Publisher: Shakespeare & Company

            Includes a tea and coffee set designed by Charles.

            Tucked inside are:
            -typescript document titled 'Description of PM objects - as sent to Judith Gura 22/03/2016
            -'Charles Jencks: Symbolic Furniture' by Colin Amery, reprinted from Art & Design Nov 1985
            -slides showing furniture designed by Charles, including James Stirling and others sitting in the Spring Chair

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            The World of Interiors
            CJA-RES-AL-B13-5-19 · Item · Mar 1983
            Part of Charles Jencks Archive
            Includes 'Charles Jencks explains the principles which guided him in building the Garagia Rotunda, his Cape Cod studio which unites dome and shed in a spectrum of blues'. Text and photography by Charles. The World Of Interiors
            CJA-RES-AL-B13-5-18 · File · Sep 2016
            Part of Charles Jencks Archive
            Colour photocopies of articles about the Garagia Rotunda from multiple publications, with a covering e-mail from Charles to Fred Young, John & Lily referencing the restoration of the building and the closure of the gate to discourage trespassers. Removed from plastic folder for preservation reasons.
            House & Garden
            CJA-RES-AL-B13-5-17 · Item · Jun 1984
            Part of Charles Jencks Archive
            Includes 'Cape Cod Blues: An enlightened studio and a talk with its owners, architectural historian Charles Jencks and garden scholar Maggie Keswick'. Photographs by Charles. House & Garden