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Biennale original documents
CJA-VBE-2 · File
Part of Charles Jencks Archive
Contents of a folder labelled 'Biennale original documents - Biennale 1980'
Includes three slides boxes as well as:
-colour transparency strip
-leaflet titled 'Prima, Mostra Internazionale di Architettura' [bilingual Italian/English)
-pencil drawings and diagrams
-ink and coloured pencil drawing attached to foamboard showing a pencil and a book labelled ‘all the wasms have become isms’
-room layout sketch with explanation
-La Biennale di Venezia headed paper
-press cuttings
-typescript reproduced pamphlet titled ‘Post-Modern Architecture’ with a text by Charles and lists of slides. Multiple versions with corrections, annotations and alterations to the slides list
-copy manuscript letter to 'Pete’' regarding his symposium at the Venice Biennale
-photocopied typescript documents from the Architecture Department, La Biennale di Venezia, including lists of names of architects with manuscript annotations
-manuscript notes
-photocopied manuscript lists of names with Charles’ annotations
-photocopied typescript document headed ‘Giuseppe Galasso’ regarding the role of Architecture in the Biennale
-photocopied plans, some with manuscript annotations
-correspondence with the Fort Mason Center, San Francisco requesting a set of the slides, with Charles’ annotations regarding reply, and typescript copy reply
-manuscript notes of architects names under categories; one page headed USA
-photocopy of the Evolutionary Tree
-manuscript letter from 'Kitty & Ned' enclosing an article from New York
-topographic plan of Milan from Domus 506, gennaio 1972
-photocopied sketches
-typescript document titled 'Program of the Façade in the Venice Biennale/Programma Relativo alla Facciata Nella Mostra Della Biennale'
-typescript titled ‘The Counter-Reformation in Architecture: Reflections on the 1980 Venice Biennale’ by Charles with manuscript annotations
-photocopied letter from Paolo Portoghesi thanking Charles for the material concerning the 'Mosque of London’ and inviting him to be on the experts committee for the Venice Biennale
-typescript letter from Paolo Portoghesi with further details about the Biennale, an Italian translation of Charles’ book and sending photos of the Mosque.
-manuscript notes of architects names under categories; page headed Japan
1 Thematic 1979-81
CJA-TCH-b-2 · File · [1979-1983]
Part of Charles Jencks Archive

Contents of a box labelled '1 Thematic 1979-81 '.

Includes colour slides of Nan's Rom, the Architectural Library, Indian Summer, the Solar Stair and the Winter fireplace during construction, as well as photographs of people on the roof of the Architectural Library, one of which is labelled 'Marcia'. Many of the slides are annotated 'Terrace Hse' with one labelled 'Jencks elev.'. There is also a slide of Ulysse Pagliazizi 'Before The Fall' 1983.
[Loose papers]
CJA-RES-AL-B13-2-16 · Item · [c1965-2013]
Part of Charles Jencks Archive
Bundle of loose papers including:
-typescript document titled 'AA Adhoc lecture 24 October 2013' with an overview of the content and a biography, and Charles' manuscript notes for the same on the reverse of printed-out e-mails making arrangements for the lecture
-negatives and contact sheet prints of images used in Adhocism and furniture, possibly at Charles' Wimpole Street flat
-arrangements for an event at the V&A with Charles, Nathan Silver and Martino Gamper
-contract with MIT Press for the publication of the revised version of Adhocism
-correspondence and notes from meetings between Nathan Silver, Charles and Roger Conover regarding the revised version of Adhocism
-typescript document titled 'Adhocism introduction material' with annotations
-typescript corrections to colour proofs
-print-out of a [Wikipedia] article on Matera
-typescript document titled 'Descriptive terms and neologisms we've used in Adhocism NS 24 Jul 12'
-typescript document titled 'Notes on rereading Adhocism: The case for improvisation, 1972 for CJ from NS 22 Jul 12 and INCOMPLETE'
-print-out of a [Wikipedia] article on the platypus
-slides in plastic wallets
Cities for a small planet
CJA-RES-AL-B1-2-14 · Item · 1997
Part of Charles Jencks Archive

Publisher: Faber & Faber Ltd.

Inserted: slides of graphics and diagrams relating to Rogers' buildings; manuscript notes on the reverse of an invitation to the Forum Guest Lecture given by Richard Rogers on 25 Sep 1997; press cuttings.

 Rogers, Richard George
Rogers 1985-current
CJA-RES-AL-B1-2-1 · File · 1985-2019
Part of Charles Jencks Archive

Contents of a box file labelled 'ROGERS 1985-current'.

Includes:
-bundle of press cuttings labelled 'ROGERS articles 2001-current
-copy letter from Charles to Richard Rogers 'inspired by' the latter's talk regarding the development of London, and requesting specific images to use in lectures, and a letter from Richard Rogers Partnership enclosing slides [no longer enclosed]
-manuscript notes titled 'Richard Rogers: Public responsibility + Private Greed June 14 95'
-typescript letter from Richard Rogers [signed] to Charles, thanking him for the introduction to Romi in India and asking about the 'Paternoster/Arups/Simpson/Prince Charles battle' [1990]
-typescript letter from Richard Rogers to Charles, written from Goa, and responding to 'The Condition of Post Modernity', enclosing copy drawings for the Tokyo International Design Forum Competition
-Financial Times: Architecture At Work: 1987 Award for Industrial and Commercial Buildings brochure (winner: Lloyd's of London) used as a folder for a bundle of papers labelled 'Lloyds/Rogers completed 1986'. Includes press cuttings, a statement by the Chairman of Llloyd's to the General Meeting of Members 1987; sheet of 14 slides of the Lloyd's building, presumed to have been taken by Charles; typescript letter from Richard Rogers [signed] to Charles responding to the latter's essay on Prince Charles; press photograph of Richard Rogers with Partners in front of the Lloyd's Building [copyright Daily Telegraph] and a b&w photograph of the Lloyd's building taken from across the street.
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'.