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CJA-RES-AL-B13-5-12 · Item · Feb 2013
Part of Charles Jencks Archive
Includes 'In conversation with... Renowned landscape architect Charles Jencks discusses what it means to have won the John Brookes Award at the SGD 2012 Awards'. Garden Design Journal
CJA-RES-AL-B13-5-13 · Item · Feb 2013
Part of Charles Jencks Archive
Includes 'In conversation with... Renowned landscape architect Charles Jencks discusses what it means to have won the John Brookes Award at the SGD 2012 Awards'. Folded to pages 14/15. Garden Design Journal
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CJA-RES-AL-B13-5-14 · File
Part of Charles Jencks Archive
Bundle of papers found loose on the shelves. Includes:
-Welcome to Portrack: The Garden of Cosmic Speculation map with notes of names and contact details
-plastic folder containing listings for the Cheltenham Festivals; invitation to dinner from the Deputy Editor of The Times; arrangements for Charles' talk at the Cheltenham Science festival including overview of content
-typescript document headed 'Portrack House, Dumfries, Scotland' with a focus on the bridges in The Garden of Cosmic Speculation
-typescript document with colour photographs titled 'Garden of Cosmic Speculation à Portrack: Rencontre avec Charles Jencks' in French with an English translation stapled to the front
-National Galleries of Scotland Bulletin July and August 2002; inside is a typescript document titled 'Lurve The Curve' with annotations
-leaflet for The Association of Gardens Trusts Conference 2002, annotated with contact details
-cutting titled 'Master of The Multiverse' from How To Spend It
-plastic wallet containing correspondence with the Chicago Botanic Garden relating to an exhibition planed for 2006 including images and captions
-leaflet for events in the New York Botanical Garden's 2016 Landscape Design Portfolios lecture series including Charles speaking on 'The Universe As Artist'
-cutting of a review of James Lovelock's 'A Rough Ride To The Future' underlined and annotated 'GAIA'.
Japanese Architecture
CJA-RES-AL-B14-4-11 · Item · 1984-2001
Part of Charles Jencks Archive
Contents of a box folder labelled 'Japanese Architec-ture'.
Includes:
-Charles' name badge for Inter Design '84 Sapporo, attached to a folded piece of paper with manuscript notes
-letter from Etsuko Minamino, thanking Charles for dinner and enclosing photographs of Charles taking part in a panel and with unidentified people [1992]
-ticket for 厳島神社 [Itsukushima shrine] with a note written on reverse
-leaflet for Hilltop Hotel Tokyo
-letter from the Chief Executive of Japan 2001 enclosing a list of possible events [1999]
-letter from Shin Takamatsu to Andreas Papadakis confirming he is preparing transparencies
-envelope containing unlabelled transparencies
-letter from Shin Takamatsu Architect & Associates regarding a publication being produced by a Swiss publisher
-review by Richard J Samuels of Alex Kerr's Dogs and Demons, annotated, from an unidentified publication
-folder with a business card for Tom Heneghan attached
-article from The Time 17 Apr 2001 by Rosemary Righter on Japan
-printed out e-mail from Makoto Sei Watanabe regarding their dinner and his recent works
-letter from Kengo Kuma [signed] sending a special edition of l'ARCAEDIZIONI, 2000
-A4 flyer/handout for an exhibition 'The Architecture of Fumihiko Maki at the V&A, 2001
-covering letters from Weatherhill books sending various publications for review, with manuscript notes
-letter from the World Architecture Exposition, 1998, Nara, regarding expenses, 1994
-letter from Kisho Kurokawa [signed] discussing a proposal for a television programme, 1987
-World Architecture Exposition, 1998, Nara publication Triennara 1994.3 No. 2 [Japanese/English]
-plastic folder labelled 'British/Japanese scholarship' containing letter from Kisho Kurokawa [signed] regarding plans for Nara and various publications, 1991, with reply annotated; letter from Kisho Kurokawa [signed] thanking Charles for 'The Post-Modern Reader' and making plans to be in London; typescript list of names and addresses for architects in japan, with annotations and business cards attached; leaflet for Fairmont Hotel Tokyo
-invitation to participate in the World Architecture Triennale, Nara, 1995 and various booklets for the Trriennale
-letter from Kisho Kurokawa [signed] as producer of the World Architecture Exhibition 1998 Nara inviting Charles to be a board member, 1989
-invitation card for the Royal Academy of Arts Japanese Culture Evening 1999 including a lecture by Professor Shuji Takashina, with manuscript notes loose inside
-manuscript note son plain paper headed 'Japan 2001' and 'Channel 4'
-typescript list of major proposals for Japan 2001 events with annotations
-typescript titled 'summary of the slides shown by Professor Suzuki', annotated
-catalogue for 'Bridges' the Daiwa Foundation Anglo-Japanese Visual Arts Touring Show, inserted: faxes and correspondence relating to Japan 2001; the Ango-Japanese Annual Lecture with RIBA; and the 2000 Jerusalem Seminar in Architecture
-postcard advertising an exhibition of Shin Takamatsu at the GA Gallery, Tokyo 11 Nov-17 Dec 1989
-folder labelled 'Master Plan: Silkroad Town 21: World Architecture Exposition 1998 Nara' containing: heavily annotated typescript titled 'Historical/Anti-Historical City: Gold Medal Address 1992' by Charles, with manuscript notes on the reverse; photocopy of 'The Public, The Price and the Sacred' by Charles Correa from Daedelus Fall 1989; printed publication for the 1998 World Architecture Exposition; leaflets for the Nara Daibutsu and Hōryūji Temple; business cards; currency exchange and hotel receipts; photocopies descriptions of architecture projects in Japan; manuscript notes on a variety of different papers relating to Japanese architects; correspondence regarding corrections of spelling mistakes in minutes and Charles' lecture at Naras; leaflet for 'The Desiring eye: reviewing the Slow House Diller + Scofidio ディラー+スコフィディオのスローハウス' at Gallery Ma; leaflets for the Nara City Museum of Photography; トリエンナール奈良’92 brochure; letter notifying Charles he is to receive the Gold Medal with draft manuscript reply; fax from Kisho Kurokawa informing Charles that he is to receive the Gold Medal; fax detailing arrangements for the Contemporary Architectural Symposium, 1998; official correspondence from the World Architecture Exposition 1998 Nara with arrangements for Charles' stay; letter from Charles to Kisho Kurokawa regarding plans for an architectural museum at UCLA; partially used line notepad.
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CJA-RES-AL-B14-4-18 · Item · 1992-2004
Part of Charles Jencks Archive
Bundle of documents found loose on the shelf. It consists of photocopied correspondence relating to the Anglo-Japanese exchange program and lectures. Including:
-itinerary for Sir Michael and Lady Hopkins in Japan 1995
-correspondence between RIBA and the Japan Institute of Architects
-itinerary for Toyo Ito's visit to London
-correspondence between Charles and RIBA setting up the lecture series
-Jencks Award 2004 summary of judging panel discussion