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            24 Archival description results for Designs by Charles

            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]
            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

             Alessi
            [Original designs, plans and photographs prepared for publication]
            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
            CJ Study, Arch. Library , Seconds
            CJA-TCH-a-14 · File · 1979- 1983
            Part of Charles Jencks Archive

            Contents of a folder labelled ' CJ Study, Arch. Library , Seconds'.

            Includes:
            -b&w polaroid photographs of the Architectural Library
            -catalogue for ERCO lightings, 1982
            -whiteprint labelled 'Terry Farrell Partnership: Terrace House: Ceiling Plan of First Floor', 20 Oct 1980 (folded)
            -typescript document titled 'CJ Study and Library'
            -printed plan of the ground floor with tracing paper overlap, marked up for publication
            -whiteprint labelled 'Joist layout showing moonbeams and sunbeams; Terry Farrell Architect' (folded)
            -photocopied drawing of the Architectural Library showing both a plan of the space and the designs for the Bookhouses (folded)
            -b&w photograph of the Architectural Library prior to painting and carpeting
            -manuscript note on yellow paper addressed to "mac' from Charles regarding a proposed exhibition relating to the house and his work in Nov 1985 and the timelines for preparing materials.
            -photocopy of a perspective drawing of the Solar Stair Face in the Architectural Library with drawers added in pencil
            -whiteprint drawing labelled '19 Lansdowne Walk: study plans sketch elevations' showing a plan drawing and elevations with bookcases and columns (folded)
            -pencil sketches on paper and tracing paper and annotated photocopies showing designs for the Bookhouses.
            -annotated brochures for Bisley filing cabinets.
            -typescript notes with annotations on features of the Architectural Library headed 'Captions'
            -photocopy of a pencil design of the Architectural Library, illustrating the arena and bookhouses on the north side. Includes notes in pen on the reverse with calculations
            -typescript document titled 'The Architectural Library' with pencil annotations
            -typescript document titled 'CJ Study and Library' with an added pencil heading 'Original Programme'. There are pencil annotations to the text and instructions to insert two paragraphs
            -xerox showing 6 rough sketches of designs for the slidescrapers. It seems to have been both cut and ripped from a larger document.
            -whiteprint design labelled 'Terry Farrell Architects: 19 Lansdowne Walk: Opening in Staircase: Annex Study'. 3 Aug 1980 (folded)
            -photocopy design of the Architectural Library with coloured pencil shading and annotations, and measurements annotated in ink (folded)
            -pencil designs for the Bookhouses on thin paper
            -four different pencil designs of the columns in the Architectural Library on thin paper. Includes notes on themes
            -design drawn in coloured pencil with measurements
            -pencil perspective drawings of the windows looking down into Summer
            -ink sketches on [Chinese writing paper] showing details of the Architectural Library
            -pencil drawings of the Architectural Library, Bookhouses and designs details
            -typescript letter on Los Angeles:School of Architecture and Urban Planning headed paper to Simon, sending drawings of Potemkins for Jack and requesting drawings of stair rails, Jan 1982
            2nd FourSquare Bedroom
            CJA-TCH-a-19 · File · 1980-1984
            Part of Charles Jencks Archive

            Contents of a folder labelled '2nd; FourSquare Bedroom'.

            Includes:
            -colour polaroid photographs showing the completed room.
            -photocopied plan sketches of the corner dressing table.
            -b&w photographs of the finished room, annotated on reverse BD 26.10.84.
            -manuscript notes and pencil sketches including alternative names for the room.
            -drawings with measurements titled 'window seat May 2, 83' on University of California headed paper.
            -pencil sketches of furniture.
            -untitled whiteprint showing a plan of the room (folded).
            -photocopied manuscript notes dated 9 July 1980 relating to various rooms.
            -sketch plans and designs on tracing paper.
            -untitled whiteprint plan (folded).
            -manuscript notes and sketches on lined notepaper including alternate names for the house and a list of suggested themes.
            -pencil sketches for a fireplace.
            -typescript notes on lined paper titled 'The Foursquare Room: stencilling'.
            -manuscript notes on lined paper titled '4-Ness'.
            Attic Floor
            CJA-TCH-a-20 · File · 1980-1982
            Part of Charles Jencks Archive

            Contents of a folder labelled 'Attic Floor'.

            Includes:
            -photocopied whiteprint second floor plan drawing by Terry Farrell Partnership, labelled '2nd Floor Landing', used as a wrapper.
            -pencil and ink sketches of furniture and windows.
            -photocopied whiteprint designs by Terry Farrell Partnership titled 'Sunwell Glazing' with manuscript notes of questions to be resolved.
            -invoice from P.R. Press Photos.
            -receipt from Rank Xerox.
            -receipts from U.D.O., Bloomsbury Way WC1.
            Lily's Room
            CJA-TCH-a-22 · File · 1981-1982
            Part of Charles Jencks Archive
            Includes:
            -b&w polaroid photographs of the completed room
            -photocopied plan and drawings of the furniture labelled 'Final Drawings corrected: Lily's room 31 July 1982'
            -b&w photographs of the fitted furniture
            -reference images of lilies including magazine cuttings and photocopies
            -pencil and ink drawings of lily designs (folded)
            -coloured pencil sketch of the room and furniture
            Johnny's Room
            CJA-TCH-a-23 · File · 1981-1982
            Part of Charles Jencks Archive
            Includes:
            -typescript document labelled 'Johnny's Room: Program' describing the symbolism in the room
            -negatives of interior and exterior photographs
            -pencil sketch labelled 'Johnny's room Dec 81' showing the furniture
            -pencil sketch labelled 'Johnny's Bed' with dimensions
            -b&w photograph of the completed built-in furniture
            -pencil sketch labelled 'Johnny's room. CJ Dec 81'
            -ink sketches of furniture on University of Los Angeles headed paper
            -pencil drawings with measurements on paper and tracing paper
            2nd Nan's Room, Cats and Owls
            CJA-TCH-a-24 · File · nd [1981-1982]
            Part of Charles Jencks Archive
            Includes:
            -pencil sketches of Johnny's Bed, Nan's bed, Nan's door and animal faces.
            -b&w photograph of completed built-in furniture and the landing outside Nan's room.
            -pencil and coloured pencil sketches of furniture and animal faces.
            -pencil sketches of furniture designs on blue Los Angeles: School of Architecture and Urban Planning headed paper.
            -pencil sketches of furniture designs on tracing paper.
            -pencil drawing labelled 'CJ Dec 81' showing built-in furniture.
            -untitled whiteprint showing furniture designs.
            -pencil sketches labelled 'Nan's bed' with measurements.
            -pencil sketches of window designs with prices.
            -photocopies of sketches.
            -b&w polaroid photograph showing completed furniture with books and decorative items in place.
            Winter + Spring 1982 plans + ceiling
            CJA-TCH-a-28 · File · 1982
            Part of Charles Jencks Archive

            Contents of a folder labelled 'Winter & Spring: 1982 plans and ceiling'.

            Includes:
            -furniture designs in pencil, coloured pencil and photocopy
            -manuscript notes of names and telephone numbers
            -b&w polaroid photographs taken standing between Spring and Winter looking at the Solar Stair
            -pencil sketch with coloured pencil on thin paper showing a perspective drawing of the first floor looking from Winter into Spring, stapled to a thicker piece of paper
            -sketch plan on tracing paper with coloured pencil showing Winter and Spring
            -coloured pencil design for a clock