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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
Themes
CJA-TCH-a-7 · File · 1978-1984
Part of Charles Jencks Archive

Contents of a folder labelled 'Themes'.

Includes:
-colour polaroid of the Cosmic Oval
-correspondence between Charles and Barbara Hoyle regarding Sir Fred Hoyle's contributions to the house
-program for the Entrance Ellipse
-correspondence between Charles and D McNally at the University of London Observatory, regarding an introduction to Fred Hoyle and new research in astronomy
-manuscript and photocopied lettering designs
-cuttings from Country Life 14 July 1983 regarding Villa Kerylos, French Riviera
-typescript with manuscript alterations title 'The Thematic House'
-astrological designs on tracing paper
-photocopied typeface designs and details of a course on letter design for architects
-colour, b&w photographs and floor plans of the [National Gallery of Art, Washington]
-I.M. Pei & Partners program and statistics and press release for the National Gallery of Art [Washington] Expansion
-manuscript notes on the National Gallery of Art, the Willow Tea Rooms, temples, Edzell castle
-design for the sink in the Cosmic Loo
-notes on the word 'cosmos' and for a frieze
-contact sheet and negatives of built-in furniture within the house
-manuscript notes listing rooms in the house and columns labelled 'drawings, sketches notes etc: what we have', 'Photographs: what we have' and 'What we need' dated 14 Dec 1984. There are coloured dots to indicate Maggie and Charles' preferences.
-cutting from the Guardian 'The House that Jencks built' 1984 and photocopies
-typescript notes titles 'Cultural History July 25th 1984 MK CK WS' relating to the frieze
-news cuttings on astronomy
-typescript notes titled 'Cultural Time' with manuscript annotations listing historical figures
-typescript notes titled 'Seventeen Themes of the Thematic House The Matic How See' divided into general, historical & architectural and personal
-printed typescript document titled 'Program for the Entrance Ellipse - The Cosmic Egg and Cultural History by Charles Jencks' with manuscript annotations and sketches on reverse.
-manuscript and typescript draft lists of themes
-typescript document titled 'William Stok December 2 1984: Thoughts on the Mural' with a manuscript sketch at the bottom of the page
-typescript documentitled 'Allegory MK: Architecture defeated; architecture triumphant'.
-manuscript quotations
-photocopy from an unknown publication relating to the personification of architecture
-pencil sketches on tracing paper of doors, with photocopies
-incomplete typescript document titled 'The Thematic House: Charles Jencks'
-photocopy from an unknown publication relating to the symbolism of the seasons
-typescript and manuscript notes titled 'Future Pavilion' with aphorisms about the future
-photocopy typescript article titled 'The Thematic House (A brief Summary); Charles Jencks'.
-typescript letter from Mark Girouard sending captions [not included] and returning the slides and transparencies
-typescript notes on Autumn, Aphrodite, Artemis and Spring
-horoscopes from Vogue June 1972
-typescript notes titled 'Thoughts on Reading E.H. Gombrich 'The Museum: Past, Present and Future' in Ideals and Idols, Phaidon, Oxford 1979'
-pencil and ink sketch frieze designs
-colour polaroid photograph of the Bathpool
-receipt from Harriet Wynter Ltd for an Orrery and colour reproduction labelled 'This is the ceiling of the famous planetarium built by Eise Eisinga'
-letter from D McNally at the University of London regarding the entrance ellipse and returning Charles' program (attached) and regarding introductions to Sir Fred Hoyle
-pencil lettering designs
-typescript notes titled 'Museum of Cultural History'
-private view card for 'Ornament and Decoration: Architectural Drawings by Arthur Brown Jr and Bakewell & Brown' at Phillippe Bonnafont Gallery, San Francisco, with manuscript annotations
-colour polaroid photographs of the Cosmic Oval

CJA-TCH-b-33 · File · 1984-1985
Part of Charles Jencks Archive

Contents of a folder labelled 'Thematic House: Articles & Publicity'.

Includes:
-b&w photographs of Charles sitting at the Sun table and chairs in Summer, stamped on reverse ' Copyright: The Guardian'
-news cutting and photocopies of an article by Martin Pawley in Arts Guardian on the house, with a covering letter to Johnny Grey
-proposal to Channel 4 for a television programme by Georgina Denison
-typescript letter from Mark Girouard enclosing a draft article on Jencks' houses in Santa Monica and London and a copy reply from Charles
-list of slides and image captions
-correspondence with magazines regarding potential articles including World of Interiors, Architectural Digest, Harpers & Queen, House & Garden and Archi-Créé.