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CJA-RES-AL-B13-3-32 · File · 1974-2013
Part of Charles Jencks Archive
Contents of a plastic folder [removed for conservation reasons]. Includes:
-flyer for Postmodernism: stile e sovversione 1970-1990 held at Mart Rovereto 2012
-flyer for Postmodernism: Style and Subversion 1970-1990 held at Landesmuseum Zürich
-letter from Anne Leonard, Royal Australian Institute of Architects, returning the Melbourne Oration [not enclosed] and sending 'Non-Architecture' by Peter Corrigan [enclosed] and photocopy of an "ersatz fishie from a country area of NSW" [not enclosed], 1974
-cutting on Distant Reading
-reviews of the film 'The Pruitt Igoe Myth'
-review of a talk by Charles and Patrik Schumacher at the Royal College of Art, 2012
-typescript letters from Zdenek Hölzel, Czechoslovakia enclosing maps and plans of Prague, 1979
-program for Architectural students competition 2005 including a lecture by Charles
-printed out emails from Cynthia sending an edit of Charles' essay for Log magazine, with printouts of the illustrations of buildings labelled with harmonies and melodies, and an entry from Encyclopaedia Britannica on counterpoint
-donation to the V&A from the Portrack Charitable Trust
-Wiley Architecture & Design brochure
-typescript document titled 'Contextual Counterpoint in Architecture' by Charles printed out to show track changes, with additional annotations
-typescript document titled 'Post-Modern Stage II - Contextual Counterpoint' by Charles
-flyer for 'The Story of Post-Modernism'
-'Landscape architect has designs for the euthanasia debate' The Times 1 Dec 2012 interview with Charles ahead of a talk in Glasgow as part of Book Week Scotland
-ar+d award for Emerging Architecture news cutting [Charles listed as a judge]
-pages from AR Nov 2011
-plastic folder containing photocopied designs for the Jencks typeface
-official photographs of Charles from the Goldsmith presentation ceremonies 2011
-Offprint from Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians Oct 1976
-invitation to a private tour and wine tasting at 19 Lansdowne Walk with Sothebys, 2012
-cover of Domus featuring Charles
-published article titled 'Postmodern Tories' by Roger Scruton, 2013
-interview with Charles in the Brooks Bulletin Spring 2013
-printed out emails from Steve Parnell checking quotes from an interview with Charles on AD and Andreas Papadakis, with annotations
-typescript titled '(P)relocating: the language of post-modern architecture' by Radu R Macovei and printed out email with Charles' comments
-pages from TLS 3 Oct 2013 annotated '4th wave fem.'
-pages from Blueprint No 2 Nov 1983 including 'High Jencks' by Deyan Sudjic
T-Zone: Transfiguration in Architecture
CJA-RES-AL-B14-3-7 · Item · 1991
Part of Charles Jencks Archive

Published on the occasion of an exhibition at the Collections Gallery 264 Brompton Road and the Architectural Association, Bedford Square, as part of the Japan Festival 1991, 25 Sep-20 Oct 1991.

Inserted: exhibition handout, annotated; review of the exhibition by Claire Melhuish from Building Design, 4 Oct 1991; review of the exhibition from The Guardian 30 Sep 199by Deyan Sudjic; photocopied list of telephone numbers and addresses of architects in Japan; letter from the President of RIBA to the President of the Japan Institute of Architects regarding the establishment of a series of lectures using Charles' Nara Gold Medal Award money.

 Architectural Association
Farrell-Jencks Letters 1978-1983
CJA-TCH-a-2 · File · 1978-1983
Part of Charles Jencks Archive

Contents of a folder labelled 'Farrell-Jencks Letters 1978-1983'.

The file comprises letters between Maggie and Charles, Terry Farrell and staff at the Farrell/Grimshaw Partnership and Terry Farrell Partnership. Letters from Terry Farrell and his firm form the majority of the file; there are also some copy letters from Maggie and Charles, as well as photocopied correspondence from other parties, notes taken at meetings (manuscript and typescript) and a few draft designs. Many of the letters received from Terry Farrell/Terry Farrell Partnership have been annotated or have sketches on the reverse.

Topics covered include:
-programme of work
-builders and tradesmen
-fees and costs of work
-solar tempering
-planning consent
-program of work
-insurance
-reaction of neighbours to the designs and work
-cost/progress reports
-Venice Biennale
-request from Farrell for a name for the house
-credit for the designs
-problems arising due to working methods
-Charles' role as architect and client
-proposals for completion of works

Includes pages torn from Sunday Times Magazine 16 January 1983 with an article on Terry Farrell by Deyan Sudjic including discussion of the unfinished Jencks's house; photocopies of an Astragal piece in the AJ 19 May 1982 regarding the building work on 19 Lansdowne Walk and subsequent correspondence; incomplete manuscript notes (headed 3 and 4) regarding credit for the designs for the house.
Furniture Design
Furniture Design
CJA-TCH-c-4 · File · 1985 -1986
Part of Charles Jencks Archive

Contents of a folder labelled 'Furniture Design'.

Includes:
-post-it note with multiple manuscript notes
-MODO magazine October 1986 [Italian language] with a Slide Skyscraper on the cover, with a covering note from Sawaya & Moroni tucked inside. Also inside are a typescript furniture price list; a letter from Aram Designs enclosing measurements of the furniture and regarding orders; a list of addresses titled 'Patrons of New Art'; an article titled 'Good Solid Stuff' by Deyan Sudjic from an unknown magazine; an article titled 'Best Bets' from an unknown magazine showing modern furniture; cover of MODO Aug-Sep 1986 and an advertisement for the Sun chair, as well as pages torn out of the same issue relating to furniture.
-invitation to an exhibition 'Furniture in the Aluminium Vein' at Kaiser Art Gallery, California, 1986
-private view cards for 'Design in the '80s: Surface & Ornament' at the Contemporary Arts Centre, Cincinnati, 1986, with a covering letter and invitation to an associated conference, sponsored by Formica
-brochures for furniture by Berghof Landes Rang
-business cards
-letter regarding a mechanism for raising and lowering a television
-correspondence with Seaboard International regarding supplying Medite from Sandell Perkins Ltd
-copy letter from Charles to Travis Dale & Partners regarding co-ordinating publicity
-correspondence between Charles and Aram Designs around costs and manufacturing
-letter from Marti Koplin at the Koplin Gallery regarding Terry Schoonhoven
-correspondence Max Protech regarding selling the Sun table and Chairs
-invoice from Wendy Baker for work on Maggie's desk, kitchen cabinet and ceiling, Room of Doubles and varnishing furniture
-printed document titled 'The Hermitage Chair'
-typescript and photocopied programs for furniture
-cutting from an unidentified magazine promoting the exhibition of Symbolic Furniture at Aram Designs
-pencil, pen, coloured pencil and photocopied designs for furniture
-statements from Nu-Line Paints Ltd and Sandell Perkins
-letter from Stephen Calloway regarding Charles' exhibition opening and the forthcoming exhibition at [the V&A]
-letter from the Formica Corporation about a visit to the Design Center, Cincinnati and draft reply from Charles, 1985.
Furniture Designs [1]
Furniture Designs [1]
CJA-TCH-c-5 · File · 1983- 1990
Part of Charles Jencks Archive
Includes:
-pencil, coloured pencil, felt tip and photocopied furniture designs on paper and tracing paper
-letter from Art Monthly to Charles commissioning a contribution to a book 'Art in Public Places' based on Charles' "ICA contribution', 1983
-private view card from Medite House at RIBA, 1990
-designs for cushions for Johnny's Room with fabric samples
-correspondence with James Stirling and Robin Hamlyn at the Tate Gallery regarding interview text, with ink drawings on reverse, 1987
-cutting from the Sunday Times 22 Sep 1985, 'Heavy Metal in Milan' by Deyan Sudjic
-letter from the Formica Corporation regarding the donation of a Sun chair to the Art Institute of Chicago
-printed programs for furniture
-pencils sketches of a gateway
-sketch plan of furniture in rooms on the reverse of notepaper from Interior Design '84 Sapporo
-correspondence with Shinji Kohmoto, National Museum of Modern Art Kyoto regarding inclusion of the Alessi Tea & Coffee set in the exhibition 'Contemporary Landscape: From the Horizon of Postmodern Design'
-letter from Spiral Staircase Systems quoting for the manufacture of ten sets of Alloy spheres, 1985
-cutting from an unidentified newspaper about designer Albert Hadley
-colour transparency of a table