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            159 Archival description results for Architecture

            Themes
            CJA-TCH-a-7 · File · 1978-1984
            Part of Charles Jencks Archive

            Contents of a folder labelled 'Themes'.

            Includes:
            -colour polaroid of the Cosmic Oval
            -correspondence between Charles and Barbara Hoyle regarding Sir Fred Hoyle's contributions to the house
            -program for the Entrance Ellipse
            -correspondence between Charles and D McNally at the University of London Observatory, regarding an introduction to Fred Hoyle and new research in astronomy
            -manuscript and photocopied lettering designs
            -cuttings from Country Life 14 July 1983 regarding Villa Kerylos, French Riviera
            -typescript with manuscript alterations title 'The Thematic House'
            -astrological designs on tracing paper
            -photocopied typeface designs and details of a course on letter design for architects
            -colour, b&w photographs and floor plans of the [National Gallery of Art, Washington]
            -I.M. Pei & Partners program and statistics and press release for the National Gallery of Art [Washington] Expansion
            -manuscript notes on the National Gallery of Art, the Willow Tea Rooms, temples, Edzell castle
            -design for the sink in the Cosmic Loo
            -notes on the word 'cosmos' and for a frieze
            -contact sheet and negatives of built-in furniture within the house
            -manuscript notes listing rooms in the house and columns labelled 'drawings, sketches notes etc: what we have', 'Photographs: what we have' and 'What we need' dated 14 Dec 1984. There are coloured dots to indicate Maggie and Charles' preferences.
            -cutting from the Guardian 'The House that Jencks built' 1984 and photocopies
            -typescript notes titles 'Cultural History July 25th 1984 MK CK WS' relating to the frieze
            -news cuttings on astronomy
            -typescript notes titled 'Cultural Time' with manuscript annotations listing historical figures
            -typescript notes titled 'Seventeen Themes of the Thematic House The Matic How See' divided into general, historical & architectural and personal
            -printed typescript document titled 'Program for the Entrance Ellipse - The Cosmic Egg and Cultural History by Charles Jencks' with manuscript annotations and sketches on reverse.
            -manuscript and typescript draft lists of themes
            -typescript document titled 'William Stok December 2 1984: Thoughts on the Mural' with a manuscript sketch at the bottom of the page
            -typescript documentitled 'Allegory MK: Architecture defeated; architecture triumphant'.
            -manuscript quotations
            -photocopy from an unknown publication relating to the personification of architecture
            -pencil sketches on tracing paper of doors, with photocopies
            -incomplete typescript document titled 'The Thematic House: Charles Jencks'
            -photocopy from an unknown publication relating to the symbolism of the seasons
            -typescript and manuscript notes titled 'Future Pavilion' with aphorisms about the future
            -photocopy typescript article titled 'The Thematic House (A brief Summary); Charles Jencks'.
            -typescript letter from Mark Girouard sending captions [not included] and returning the slides and transparencies
            -typescript notes on Autumn, Aphrodite, Artemis and Spring
            -horoscopes from Vogue June 1972
            -typescript notes titled 'Thoughts on Reading E.H. Gombrich 'The Museum: Past, Present and Future' in Ideals and Idols, Phaidon, Oxford 1979'
            -pencil and ink sketch frieze designs
            -colour polaroid photograph of the Bathpool
            -receipt from Harriet Wynter Ltd for an Orrery and colour reproduction labelled 'This is the ceiling of the famous planetarium built by Eise Eisinga'
            -letter from D McNally at the University of London regarding the entrance ellipse and returning Charles' program (attached) and regarding introductions to Sir Fred Hoyle
            -pencil lettering designs
            -typescript notes titled 'Museum of Cultural History'
            -private view card for 'Ornament and Decoration: Architectural Drawings by Arthur Brown Jr and Bakewell & Brown' at Phillippe Bonnafont Gallery, San Francisco, with manuscript annotations
            -colour polaroid photographs of the Cosmic Oval
            [illegible] View
            CJA-TCH-b-1-1 · Item · [Jul 1984]
            Part of Charles Jencks Archive
            Colour slide showing the West elevation of the house. Plastic mount annotated in pencil '[illegible] view'. Mount stamped 'Jul-84'.
            Terrace Hse Dec 82
            CJA-TCH-b-1-10 · Item · [Dec 1981]
            Part of Charles Jencks Archive
            Colour slide showing the rear elevation of the house in the snow, with scaffolding. Card mount annotated in pen 'Terrace Hse Dec 82' and stamped 'Jan 82' and '7'.
            The Matic House
            CJA-TCH-b-1-11 · Item · [Apr 1982]
            Part of Charles Jencks Archive
            Colour slide showing the Stair Face in the Architectural Library during construction. Card mount annotated in pencil 'The Matic House' and debossed 'Apr 82' and '36'.
            The Matic House
            CJA-TCH-b-1-12 · Item · [1982]
            Part of Charles Jencks Archive
            Colour slide showing the rear elevation of the house, with scaffolding. Card mount annotated in pencil 'The Matic House'. The bottom portion of the image is missing.
            The Matic House
            CJA-TCH-b-1-13 · Item · [May 1982]
            Part of Charles Jencks Archive
            Colour slide showing the front elevation of the house with a car parked outside. Card mount annotated in pencil 'The Matic House and stamped 'May 82' and '5'.
            House damp
            CJA-TCH-b-1-18 · Item · [Oct 1982]
            Part of Charles Jencks Archive
            Colour slide showing damp on the wall of the Dome of Water. Card mount annotated in pencil 'House Damp' and debossed 'Oct 82' and '35'.
            London Hse Jan 82
            CJA-TCH-b-1-3 · Item · Jan 1982
            Part of Charles Jencks Archive
            Colour slide showing the West elevation of the house in the snow. The Architectural Library annex is surrounded by scaffolding. Card mount annotated in pen 'London Hse Jan 82' and stamped 'Jan 82' and '1'.
            Terrace Hse Dec 82
            CJA-TCH-b-1-5 · Item · [Dec 1981]
            Part of Charles Jencks Archive
            Colour slide showing the rear elevation of the house in the snow, with scaffolding up to the first floor. Card mount annotated in pen 'Terrace Hse Dec 82' and stamped 'Jan 82' and '5'.
            Terrace Hse Dec 82
            CJA-TCH-b-1-6 · Item · [Dec 1981]
            Part of Charles Jencks Archive
            Colour slide showing the rear elevation of the house in the snow, with scaffolding up to the first floor. Card mount annotated in pen 'Terrace Hse Dec 82' and stamped 'Jan 82' and '6'.