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            182 Archival description results for Designs by Charles

            -CJA-RES-AL-B13-5-42 · File · [1996-2011]
            Part of Charles Jencks Archive
            Folder for ARB centre CATH, University of Leeds annotated 'UIL Reviews: Article, miscellaneous' with previous annotations crossed out. Includes two plastic folders of cuttings, photocopies and print-outs of articles about Charles, primarily relating to his landform work. Also includes a draft letter from Charles to Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux of the North Carolina Dance Theatre.
            -CJA-TCH-a-21 · File · nd [1978-1985]
            Part of Charles Jencks Archive

            Contents of a folder labelled 'Thematic House: Plan and designs for the First Floor, Bathpool and Jacob's Ladder'.

            Includes:
            -plan of the dining, kitchen and utility areas with pencil annotations labelled 'Terrace House' and pencil sketch of the kitchen units.
            -photocopied design labelled 'Gated entrance from House'.
            -photocopied plan by Terry Farrell Partnership labelled 'Jacuzzi'.
            -whiteprint with coloured pencil by CZWG titled 'Jencks Jacuzzi'
            -photocopied section of the Bathpool.
            -correspondence between Charles and Ilinca Catacuzino enclosing designs for zodiac signs and giving details of costs. Includes photocopied manuscript notes relating to astrology, tarot and the seasons.
            -whiteprint labelled 'Conservatory plans (structural) by Terry Farrell Partnership (folded).
            -photocopied design for the garden stair (folded).
            -folder of correspondence, meeting notes and invoices between Charles, Matheson Trust Co. Limited, Campbell Zogolovitch, Wilkinson and Gough, Hodgson Brothers, The Alpha Mosaic & Terrazo Company Limited regarding the designs for and work on the Jacuzzi. Includes b&w photographs of the work in progress.
            -pen and pencil sketches of doors.
            -manuscript pencil notes titled 'Nursery/playroom'.
            -pencil designs organised by season and calendar month labelled 'CJ, Farrell, 83'.
            -draft plan for kitchen on tracing paper.
            -unlabelled whiteprint and pencil sketches on tracing paper showing steps around a tree. One sketch is labelled 'CJ, Nov 81' (folded)
            -printed information on the Chinese zodiac.
            -pencil and ink drawing of the exterior of the house showing a pool with stones labelled 'CJ. Sept 17, 81; revised Nov 20, 81'.
            -whiteprint labelled 'Revised LG.F Kitchen layout' by Terry Farrell Partnership, Aug 81 (folded).
            -whiteprint labelled 'Terrace House Fireplace' showing front elevation, plan and details by Michael Graves Architect, 1982, (folded).

            A+U Architect vs. Critic
            CJA-AVC-1 · File · 1982-1985
            Part of Charles Jencks Archive
            Contents of a folder labelled 'A+U Architect vs. Critic'. Folder contains 1 box of slides [catalogued separately as CJA-AVC-1-a] and also includes:
            -colour slides of Maggie by the Trompe l'oeil painting by Dorothy Girouard in their Chelsea flat, and colour printed versions of the same images
            -folder for FM Productions California used to hold a large number of photographs including b&w prints and polaroids and colour prints, mostly photographs used to illustrate the A+U article
            -manuscript notes headed 'Architect Versus Critic' with an outline of the article and headings ticked off, including a to-do list at the bottom; written on the reverse of handwritten notes about The Thematic House
            -photocopies of illustrations headed 'Die Lufft' and 'Die Erde', annotated on reverse 'Cesare Ripa, Baroque & Rococo Pictorial Imagery, Dover'
            -cutting from Building Design 10 Aug 1984, review by Sheena Wilson of Godfrey Golzen's 'How Architects Get Work'
            -leaflet from the Architecture Press titled 'Avoid litigation! 3 books to keep you out of trouble'
            -photocopy of the Jencksiana font
            -b&w photograph of the Elemental House
            -sheet of 16 slides showing various furniture and designs by Charles
            -sheet of 14 slides showing various furniture and designs by Charles
            -colour and b&w photographs of furniture designed by Charles for the Chelsea flat and 19 Landsdowne Walk [some are loose and some are glued to sheets of plain paper]
            -typescript letter from Officina Alessi enclosing colour slides of the tea and coffee set and giving news of its presentation in New York and Milan, 1983
            -manuscript letter on Patrizia Scarzello Architect headed paper regarding the Alessi collaboration, 1983
            -typescript document on yellow and white lined paper titled 'The Thematic House The Matic How See Design Credits'
            -manuscript to-do list relating to 19 Lansdowne Walk
            -typescript on pink paper headed 'Programme for an Anglo-Chinese Bed' with pencil sketches
            -pencil and coloured pencil drawings of a bed
            -copy letter from Charles to William on UCLA headed paper sending a symbolic programmes and drawings, 1985
            -copy letter from Charles to Caroline and William regarding the design for the bed
            -printed proofs of line drawings
            -pen and ink drawing on tracing paper used as illustration on the RIBA poster
            -poster for a lecture by Charles at RIBA titled 'Post-Modernism - the true inheritor of modernism', 1982 [folded]
            11 Park Walk
            CJA-AVC-1-a · Part
            Part of Charles Jencks Archive
            Yellow plastic slide box with transparent plastic lid annotated '11 Park Walk' in red ink. The majority of the slides are labelled 'doorknobs'.
            CJ Thesis Phd 1966-1970
            CJA-PHD-1 · File · 1966-1970
            Part of Charles Jencks Archive

            Contents of a folder labelled 'CJ Thesis Phd 1966-1970 UCL' in red ink, 'MOD-1945-MANU' and 'ACTIVE FILE' in blue ink, as well as a numbered list of names written in different inks (27 in total).

            Includes:
            -photograph of Charles in the front row of a lecture theatre, with some attendees using headphones (including Charles)
            -typescript headed 'Chapter II A Theory of Value' with manuscript corrections and notes on the reverse
            -manuscript notes headed [illegible] on trial Sept 1966?'
            -envelope with manuscript notes on both sides headed 'what a boar to know Doctor Banham' and 'The Failure of Success', folded and used as a folder to hold: a review of Banham's The New Brutalism by Nikolaus Pevsner; typescript letter to the editor of The Guardian from Isaac Bickerstaff; cutting of a letter to the editor from Fred Partridge [publication unknown] and typescript version of the same letter with manuscript corrections; typescript letter to the editor signed Charles Jencks, Architectural Association in response to Reyner Banham and manuscript draft; typescript letter to the editor signed Fred Partridge in response to Reyner Banham; manuscript notes headed 'The flip side of Dr Banham'; review of Banham's The New Brutalism by Stephen Mullion from New Society 8 Dec 1966; article titled 'Monumental Folly' by Peter Hall, New Society 24 Oct 1968, annotated.
            -typescript headed 'The Major Histories' with manuscript annotations
            -manuscript notes on plain paper headed 'Pevsner'
            -manuscript notes on plain and lined paper headed 'Banham' [possibly not all Charles' hand]
            -typescript headed 'Giedion SpaceTime and Arch'
            -manuscript notes headed 'Scully'
            -manuscript notes headed 'Collins Changing Ideal in MA 1965 (reaction to Giedion & space)'
            -manuscript notes headed 'Hitchcok Arch. 19th & 20th centuries' with biro sketches
            -envelope labelled 'Historians: Pevsner, Banham 1966-1971, Summerson 1981-4, Pei' [empty]
            -manuscript headed 'The Failure of Success' including a copy typescript letter from Charles to Mr De Carlo asking to be able to attend the Urbino meeting
            -manuscript headed 'Banham Le Corbusier chapter'
            -typescript copy letter from Charles to Reyner Banham responding to his criticisms
            -manuscript comments [from Reyner Banham], titled by Charles 'Partially a response to Outline?'
            -typescript and manuscript headed 'Foreward'
            -manuscript letter and notes from Reyner Banham to Charles [letter on headed paper], attached to a typescript headed 'Aalto and some concepts of value
            -typescript headed 'Modern Architecture' with manuscript notes [from Reyner Banham] attached
            -typescript headed 'History as Myth: 1st revision, Banham notes'.
            -typescript and manuscript notes headed 'Modern architecture - the tradition since 1945: a list of architects to be criticised'
            -typescript diagram with numerical values applied to architect's names
            -typescript headed 'Diagram Relation of American Architects'
            -article from Time 2 Aug 1968 titled 'Modern Living'
            -article from Newsweek 20 Mar 1967 titled 'The Architects Come Into Their Own', annotated
            -article from the International Herald Tribune 29-30 May 1971 titled 'Celebrities Jam Gala Premiere at JFK Center', annotated
            -article from The New York Times Magazine 17 Oct 1971 by Paul Goldberger, annotated
            -manuscript diagram of architect's names headed 'Camp Non Camp'
            -manuscript diagrams
            -pages from ROBAJ Jun 1966, 'RIBA Annual Discourse' by Myron Goldsmith, annotated
            -folded titled 'John Summerson + Charles Jencks, exchanges over PMC [Post-Modern Classicism] 1981, FSC [Freestyle Classicism] 1982, + TH [Thematic House] 1984 including manuscript letters from Summerson to Charles and typed copies; and copy typescript letters from Charles to Summerson; as well as: typescript headed 'The New Taboo: Ure Chisel'; a leaflet for Das Linz Café; typescript titled 'The Face of the Vernacular' and captions; a sketch labelled 'Validimir - Moscow 19/10/93'; a letter on Little Sparta headed paper from Ian [Hamilton Finlay] regarding the garden scheme; draft typescript letter from Charles on UCLA headed paper to I.M. Pei, 1983 and reply; letter from I.M. Pei to Henry Kewswick regarding Maggie, 2003
            -typescript letter from Nikolaus Pevsner on Birkbeck College headed paper to Charles declining to supervise his thesis, and copy typescript reply from Charles; cuttings on Pevsner.

            [Loose documents]
            CJA-RES-AL-B13-2-24 · Item
            Part of Charles Jencks Archive
            Bundle of loose papers including:
            -flyers for 'Critical Modernism: where is post-modernism going? by Charles
            -Evening Standard: Homes & Property 5 Oct 2011 'Status Symbols' interview with Charles
            -leaflet titled 'The deposit of your oral history recording at the British Library'
            -email correspondence between Charles and Geraint Franklin regarding a 'sound-biography', with Charles' manuscript notes
            -National Life Stories: Review and Accounts 2010/2011 comb-bound brochure
            -bibliography for [redacted] annotated 'an old student of mine who wants to do an oral history'
            -print-outs of catalogue records for Peter Smithson's recordings at the National Life Story Collection
            -Typescript document titled 'Charles Jencks: Segments by Subject & Timeline'
            -typescript document titled 'Curriculum Vitae - Charles Alexander Jencks' [c2011]
            -typescript document titled 'A first stab at content and structure'
            -Geraint Franklin cv
            -Oral History recording agreement signed by Charles
            -transparencies of 19 Lansdowne Walk by Andreas von Einsiedel