Stuk 44 - Theories and Manifestoes of Contemporary Architecture (second edition)

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CJA-RES-AL-B13-4-44

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Theories and Manifestoes of Contemporary Architecture (second edition)

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  • 2006 (Vervaardig)

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1 volume, softback

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Naam van de archiefvormer

Jencks, Charles Alexander
(1939-2019)

Biografie

Charles Jencks was born on 21 June 1939 in Baltimore, Maryland. His parents were Gardner Jencks, a pianist and composer, and Ruth (nee DeWitt Pearl). He took at BA in English Literature at Harvard University (1961) and then a BA and MA at Harvard Graduate School of Design (1965) He received a PhD from London University in 1970 for his thesis "Modern architecture: the tradition since 1945" which led to a series of articles in Arena and to the publication Modern Movements in Architecture (1972). From 1961 to 1973 he was married to Pamela Balding and had two sons, Justin and Cosmo. He married Maggie Keswick Jencks and had two children, John and Lily. Maggie died in 1995. In 2006 he married Louisa Lane Fox . He died on 13 October 2019.

Naam van de archiefvormer

Kropf, Karl

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Jencks Foundation at The Cosmic House

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Directe bron van verwerving of overbrenging

Inhoud en structuur

Bereik en inhoud

Published by Wiley. Edited by Charles and Karl Kropf.

Includes the following chapters by Charles: The Volcano and the Tablet (introduction); Semiology and Architecture; Adhocism (with Nathan Silver); The Rise of Post Modern Architecture; Towards a Radical Eclecticism; 13 Propositions of Post-Modern Architecture.

Inserted: Compliments slip from Wiley [annotated]; printed-out email from Charles to Helen Castle at Wiley proposing a publication on the architectural histories of the 20th century, 2013; cutting from RA magazine reviewing 'The Books that Shaped Art History', 2013; correspondence with Wiley confirming that Theories and Manifestoes of Contemporary Architecture 2e has been placed 'out of print'; cutting advertising a forthcoming publication titled 'After The Manifesto'.

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