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            CJA-TCH-a-42 · File · 1978-1984
            Part of Charles Jencks Archive

            Contents of a folder labelled 'Thematic House 1978-84 Seconds: Indian Summer & Autumn'.

            Includes:
            -b&w polaroid photographs of built-in furniture in Indian Summer and Autumn
            -pencil and ink sketches of kitchen units with annotations of measurements
            -manuscript notes on design problems
            -pencil drawings of design elements on tracing paper
            -pencil notes and sketches titled 'Spoonglyphs'
            -colour slide of the kitchen units during construction
            -pencil perspective drawings with coloured pencil shading showing furniture designs in Indian Summer
            -pencil plan on tracing paper showing the layout of Summer, Indian Summer and Autumn labelled 'CJ Jan 22, 82'
            -whiteprint by Johnny Grey Design showing the arrangement of the sinks and hob in Indian Summer, folded
            -pencil sketches on tracing paper, badly torn and creased
            -pencil, ink and photocopied sketches of design details

            Inside the folder is a bundle of papers labelled KITCHEN including:
            -pencil sketches of design elements on tracing paper
            -invitation to Sir John Soane's Museum to celebrate the Bicentenary of Soane's appointment as Architect & Surveyor to the Bank of England and view his Restored Picture Room, 1988
            -scale plan of the kitchen on tracing paper with loose cut-out representations of kitchen units, appliances and cleaning equipment
            -whiteprint by Johnny Grey Design titled 'The Nannys kitchen' with a specification sheet attached, March 1982, folded.
            -whiteprint by Johnny Grey Design titled 'Sink Structure: overall plan', May 1982, folded.
            -whiteprint by Johnny Grey Design titled 'Sink Structure: pavilions' April 182, folded.
            -whiteprint by Johnny Grey Design titled 'Sink Structure: frieze', April 1981, folded
            -b&w polaroid photograph taken from Autumn, looking through Indian Summer to Summer
            -colour design on tracing paper titled 'Door Panel Study, scale 1:5'.
            -pencil perspective drawing of Indian Summer with colour pencil shading
            -two page cutting from an unknown magazine about a Sir Christopher Wren exhibition at the Whitechapel Gallery
            -pencil sketch on University of California, Los Angeles headed paper
            -whiteprint labelled 'Family room: plans and elevations; with 'dining kitchen' annotated above.

            [Thematic House]
            CJA-TCH-a-33 · File · [1983-1984]
            Part of Charles Jencks Archive

            Contents of a box file found in a box labelled 'Thematic House: 3 files + slides'.

            Includes:
            -copy letter to Ruth regarding sketches for the architecture & art [icons]
            -manuscript notes regarding glazing to the outside stairs and repaintings of [cills]
            -typescript list with manuscript annotations titled 'Thematic House: must be finished and painted September 10th' with a list of remaining tasks to be completed. Notes of addresses and telephone numbers on reverse.
            -typescript letter from Ianthe Ruthven sending 49 transparencies of the house and details of credit required.
            -manuscript letter from Eileen Harris thanking Maggie and Charles for their hospitality and enclosing a photocopy regarding Thomas Wright of Durham.
            -colour polaroid photograph of the columns of the Future Pavilion
            - manuscript letter from Randolph, addressed from Lugano regarding the symbolism of trees and his critique of the house
            -b&w polaroid photograph of Summer with the sun chairs but a different table
            -manuscript letter from [unidentified] thanking Charles and Maggie for the visit to their house
            -typescript letter from Peter Tigg, architect, enclosing a photograph of the house
            -typescript letter from Mauro Peruchetti of Peruchetti Associates promoting their paint effects
            -photocopied Labour Time Sheets with details missing/obscured
            -typescript list titled 'Window Cleaning'
            -typescript list titled 'Lansdowne Walk October 28. To finish for Nov L8th [sic] move'.
            -red ink sketches of stool designs
            -manuscript notes of names and addresses
            -manuscript list of total number of days spent completing tasks in relation to the house
            -typescript list with manuscript annotations titled 'Lansdowne Walk July 18, 1983 to finish by Sept 10th move'.

            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

            Furniture
            CJA-TCH-a-27 · File · 1981- 1988
            Part of Charles Jencks Archive

            Contents of a folder labelled 'furniture'. Includes:

            -letter from Pauline Stein and Theodora Kinder regarding an introduction to Knoll furniture, 1984
            -pencil, ink, and coloured pencil sketches of furniture designs on paper and tracing paper, and photocopies of sketches
            -advertisement and price list for Professional Woodworkers tables
            -invoice from Ulisse Pagliara, Milano for '3 pannelli in ceramica for garden' with sketches on the reverse in pen
            -b&w photograph of the Sun table and Sun chairs in situ in Summer
            -cardboard model of a storage unit (flattened)
            -sketches labelled 'Spiral of Life' on lined paper with drawings of ovals
            -sketches labelled 'patterns to represent' with drawings of cosmological entities
            -colour polaroid photographs of a model of the Sun table
            -pencil and ink drawing of a chair/stool design (folded)
            -cover of and pages from House & Garden April 1985 [price in USD] with an article on the Thematic House titled 'Star-Struck House' with photographs by Richard Bryant
            -manuscript notes titled 'Craftsmen - furniture [illegible]' with names and phone numbers
            -pages torn from magazines including an article relating to Russian revolutionary ceramics, an advertisement for Wedgwood, and an advertisement for Medite MDF furniture featuring the Sun chairs and Sun table
            -Private view card for 'The Omega Workshops: Alliance and Enmity in English Art 1911-1920' at Anthony D'Offay, Dering Street, 1984
            -designs for St. Augustine and Danae lights

            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.
            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
            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'.

            CJA-RES-AL-B17-R1-7 · File · 1988-2003
            Part of Charles Jencks Archive
            Contents of a red box file labelled 'KUROKAWA CJ notes + images etc KUROKAWA'
            Includes:
            -transparencies from Kisho Kurokawa Architect and Associates of the National Bunraku Theater and Saitama Prefectural Museum of Modern Art
            -brochure for The Museum of Modern Art Wakayama/Wakayama Prefectural Museum; inserted: brochure for the Nara Palace site (平城宮); booklet titled '作品:和歌山県立美術館 和歌山県立博物館 The Museum of Modern Art Wakayama/Wakayama Prefectural Museum, プロジェクト:K.L. インターナショナル・エアポート計画案 K.L. International Airport Terminal Building Complex, 論文:アブストラクト・シンボリズムII Abstract Symbolism II by Kisho Kurokawa [Japanese language] - inserted inside this is a fax from Kurokawa inviting Charles to visit Wakayama and an english translation of 'Abstract Symbolism I, II, III' by Kurokawa heavily annotated by Charles, plus manuscript notes; Wakayama Prefecture sightseeing guide; NARA/TOTO World Architecture Triennale open division 1995 booklet; Japanese language newspaper [建設通信新聞] from 19 May 1995 folded to a page on Kurokawa
            -empty envelope from Kisho Kurokawa architect & associates
            -publicity photographs and computer printed drawings of buildings by Kisho Kurokawa architect & associates
            -letter from Kurokawa enclosing photographs and drawings and expressing regrets Charles won't be able to visit this Autumn, 1987
            -publicity photographs of the Nagoya Municipal Museum of Modern Art
            -booklet titled '作品:パシフィック・タワー Pacific Tower シロトピア記念休憩所扇観亭 Shirotopia Memorial Park Rest House Senkantei アブストラクト・シンボリズム Abstract Symbolism' by Kisho Kurokawa [Japanese language]: Inserted: project information sheets and transparencies for Ehime Prefectural Museum of General Science, the Museum of Modern Art Wakayama and Wakayama Prefectural Museum, Kuala Lumper International Airport Terminal Complex, Toshiba IHI Pavilion, Fukui City Museum of Art; manuscript notes on Kurokawa; typescript titled 'Abstract Symbolism'
            -catalogue for the Contemporary Architect Exhibition III, part of the World Architecture Triennale Nara, 1998: Inserted: business card for a staff writer at Asahi Shimbun; programme for the World Architecture Triennale Symposium and Lecture Series, faxes to Charles from Percy Weatherall on Hongkong Land Limited headed paper making arrangements to meet; manuscripts note on 'Nara - the city of wood' variously on plain paper, Dentu Tec Inc paper and Mitsui Garden Hotel Nara headed paper; business card for Hisao Kohyama; faxes confirming arrangements for the Architecture Triennale Nara; letter from Kurokawa to Charles [signed] thanking him for the dinner party and discussing organising a 'non-linear group', 1998
            -New Year's Card from Kisho Kurokawa architect & associates to Charles, 2003
            -booklet titled 'project: New Tokyo Plan, 2025' by Kisho Kurokawa with a colour photograph inside
            -correspondence between Kurokawa and Charles regarding the World Architecture Exhibition 1998 Nara, as well as mentioning lunches, symposiums and other meetings, 1990-1992
            -typescript titled 'Kurokawa' with manuscript notes on reverse
            -photocopy 'Foreword: Charles Jencks' for a book by Kurokawa, with a press cutting relating to a Kurokawa design in Paris
            -New Near's Card from Kiso Kurokawa architect & associates, 1993
            -letter from Kurokawa [signed] to Charles recommending books by Baudrillard, 1989
            -guest list for a dinner party at Kurokawa's residence, 1988
            -letter from Kurokawa [signed] to Charles, thanking him for the photos of himself [Kurokawa] at the Itsukushima Shrine, annotated with draft reply, 1988
            -printed text by Kisho Kurokawa titled 'the Philosophy of Symbiosis: from internationalism to interculturalism', annotated
            -manuscript notes
            -guest list for a lecture by Kisho Kurokawa titled 'The philosophy of symbiosis - from the age of the machine to the age of life' given as part of Japan 2001 at the RSA with Charles' manuscript notes
            -manuscript notes headed 'Kurokawa Eco-architecture/Eco-cities March 20th'
            -document outlining the World Architecture Exhibition 1998 Nara
            -leaflet for 'Celebration and Contradiction: A Japan 2001 event' held by Tate Britain in association with Kingston University.