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            19 Archival description results for Designs by Charles

            CJA-TCH-b-39 · File · nd [1983-1985]
            Part of Charles Jencks Archive

            Colour transparencies overlaid with tracing paper, marked up for publication with outline and measurements in pencil. There are three pieces of paper; two of the papers each have two transparencies attached, the third has four attached. Each image is marked with a 'TSA' number.

            Images include:
            - the Tulip Stairs in the Queens House at Greenwich, London.
            -the Face of the Vernacular
            -Studiolo

            CJA-TCH-b-38 · File · nd [1984-1985]
            Part of Charles Jencks Archive

            Bundle of photographs and an illustration.

            Includes:
            -b&w polaroid photograph of Spring, tracing paper attached marked for publication. Annotated 'A/A files/Book reviews p110 A'.
            -colour photograph of the Spring fireplace
            -colour photograph of the Cosmic Oval
            -colour photograph of the shelves in Indian Summer
            -colour photograph looking into the Sundial Arcade
            -b&w print on photographic paper of the bookplate design inside Towards A Symbolic Architecture, with some of the text glued on

            Facades 3.3
            CJA-TCH-b-37 · File · nd [1983-1985]
            Part of Charles Jencks Archive

            Contents of a folder labelled 'Facades 3.3' with 'Face of the Vernacular' crossed out underneath.

            Colour transparencies and ink drawings with tracing paper covers. The images have been prepared for publication with outlines and measurements drawn in pencil, attached to pieces of paper. The papers are labelled with TSA numbers (TSA88/89. TSA 100/101, TSA 102). The transparencies show the exterior of the house.

            Extras
            CJA-TCH-b-36 · File · nd [1984-1985]
            Part of Charles Jencks Archive

            Contents of an envelope labelled 'Extras' containing slides, photographs, correspondence and transparencies.

            Includes:
            -compliments slip from Richard Bryant
            -b&w photographs by Robin Laurence for NYT of Charles' Biedermeier chairs alongside some of the Symbolic Furniture, and Charles sitting on one of the Sun chairs, stamped on reverse,1985
            -photograph from the collection of the National Monuments Record of a unidentified historic building
            -colour polaroids of the Foursquare Room
            -b&w photographs of Esna, Temple of Khnum, one with extensive annotations, and the pyramid of King Chephren
            -colour transparencies by Richard Bryant
            -b&w photographs of the Elemental House
            -b&w photographs of the Architectural Library, John's Room and Lily's Room with the furniture installed but no other furnishings
            -colour photograph of the West elevation
            -b&w negative of Winter
            -letter from Mark Lewis of Lewis & Horning regarding the work he did on Indian Summer, 1985
            -cutting from an unidentified magazine
            -manuscript notes labelled 'Richard Bryant' with a list of rooms in a variety of different handwritings, including notes about Medite
            -b&w polaroid photographs of the Cosmic Oval
            -transparencies inside tracing paper, annotated for publication
            -colour slides of rooms in the Thematic House labelled 'C Jencks: not used before. 20 slides - 4 Square RM + Bathpool' but including most of the ground floor, the Time Garden and the chimneys
            -letter from William Stok regarding photography of this mural and enclosing a postcard of a work by Chagall [not included], 1985
            -colour transparency of the Garagia Rotunda annotated 'Chapter 2'
            -envelope enclosing b&w photographs with a message from 'Eamon of the shop'
            -b&w photograph of Charles in front of the Spring fireplace [over-sized, damaged]
            -b&w photograph of Charles and Maggie in front of the Spring fireplace. Charles is holding a mobile phone [over-sized, damaged]

            London Column
            CJA-TCH-a-26 · File · nd [1978-1983]
            Part of Charles Jencks Archive

            Contents of a folder labelled 'London Column'.

            Includes:
            -ink designs for columns, coloured in with pencil, overlayed with tracing paper labelled 'TSA 136'
            -pencil sketches of column designs on paper and tracing paper
            -ink sketches of column designs
            -photocopied column designs
            -coloured pencil sketches of column designs
            -prints on photographic paper of computer-generated column designs with numbers
            -rough ink sketches and manuscript notes on headed paper for The Aga Khan Award for Architecture
            -pencil sketches and coloured pencil sketches on paper and tracing paper
            -pencil sketches on the reverse of University of California, Los Angeles headed paper relating to sun, rain and column symbols.
            -pencil and ink sketches on notepaper showing the exterior of the house
            -print outs of computer-generated designs with variables listed at the side including facets at shaft, facets at base and number of columns.
            -ink drawing labelled 'London Column' with notes on the weather and hifi speakers on blue paper

            CJA-TCH-a-18 · File · [1980]
            Part of Charles Jencks Archive

            Contents of a folder labelled 'Ground Floor Cosmic Oval 4.41-4.43'

            Includes:
            -pencil and ink sketches on paper and tracing paper.
            -photocopy of a drawing by Terry Farrell Partnership titled 'Detail of [Oval] Studwork Ground Floor Hall], Oct 1980 (folded)./
            -pencil and coloured pencil sketch of the ceiling.
            -photocopy of an untitled drawing by Terry Farrell Partnership with a plan for the Cosmic Oval showing measurements and doors.

            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

            AD
            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
            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