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CJA-RES-AL-B13-3-31 · File · 2009-2011
Part of Charles Jencks Archive
Contents of a plastic folder [removed for conservation reasons]. Includes:
-invitation to the opening of Postmodernism: Style and Subversion 1970-1990 at the V&A
-reviews of 1:1 - Architects build small spaces at the V&A
-typescript document titled 'The Canons of Post-Modernism 2' by Charles with annotations
-manuscript notes on the reverse of a printed out email making arrangements for an event at the V&A titled 'Defining Postmodernism'
-reviews of Radical Postmodernism: Architectural Design' edited by Charles and FAT
-interview with Charles on the Postmodernism exhibition at the V&A in the RA Magazine
-printed letter to the editor of the Architectural Review from Charles
-plastic envelope containing printed out composite images titled 'The Leviathan sunk by the critics: the truth speaks, the critic smiles' with figures including Jane Jacobs, Hannah Arendt, Aung Sann Suu Kyi, Anna Politkovskaya, Rachel Carson, Simon Jenkins, Jeremy Paxman and Naom [sic] Chomsky.
-typescript titled "Post-Modernism Resurgent - ten buildings that made a difference' by Charles, with annotations
-typescript titled 'V&A Dinner on PM Sept 20, 2011' by Charles with annotations
-typescript titled 'The Return of Postmodernism' by Charles with annotations
-arrangements for an interview with The Sunday Times to promote The Story of Post-Modernism
-pages from the V&A Magazine Autumn Winter 2011
-printout from The Art Newspaper titled 'The rebirth of postmodern design'
-Fulcrum: The AA's Weekly Free Sheet issue 27, 9 Nov 2011 including an interview with Charles by Jack Self, and covering note
-reviews of Postmodernism at the V&A
-arrangements for Charles to appear on BBC's Night Waves
-arrangements for filming a promotional video for the V&A
-contract for a promotional film for Wiley
-arrangements for press interviews for The Story of Postmodernism
-plastic envelope including reviews, typescript titled 'The Legacy of Post Modernism' by Colin Fournier with Charles' annotations
-The Sunday Times Home 4 Sep 2011 with Charles on the cover and the headline 'Less is a bore'
aaq: vol 5 no 4
CJA-RES-AL-B13-5-49 · Item · Winter 1973
Part of Charles Jencks Archive

Includes 'The Candid King Midas of New York Camp by Charles [about Philip Johnson].

Inserted:
-letter from Christopher on BBC headed paper returning items to Charles and hoping that 'the Johnson project' will go ahead, 1980
-photocopies and cuttings of articles about Philip Johnson
-typescript titled 'Epigrams on Philip Corelyou Johnson (inspired by his writings) by Charles

 Architectural Association
Kurokawa: CJ Notes + Images
CJA-RES-AL-B17-R2-1 · File · 1987-2007
Part of Charles Jencks Archive
Contents of a black box file labelled 'Kurokawa CJ Notes + images'. Includes:
-photograph of Kisho Kurokawa wearing formal traditional japanese clothing including hakama, in an ANA Hotel Tokyo mount
-publicity photographs of the Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art and collection
-computer-generated architectural drawings of the Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art
-annotated photocopy from The Japan Architect of the Hiroshima Modern Museum of Contemporary Art project
-photocopied newspaper cuttings relating to Kurokawa
-press release from the Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art
-exhibition handout for 現代美術って。。。PART２ exhibition at the Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art
-typescript titled 'Towards the Evocation of Meaning' by Kisho Kurokawa
-manuscript notes on yellow lined paper
-typescript titled 'Hiroshima Acropolis' by Charles and covering letter sending it to Space Design magazine
-leafleft for the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
-letter from Kisho Kurokawa to Charles enclosing a copy of his 'Towards Evocation of Meaning', photographs and axonometric drawings for Charles' article, and an english translation of his 'The Philosophy of Symbiosis' with a request to help with finding a publisher, 1989.
-slides including Kurokawa in front of a traditional Japanese building [possibly with Maggie in the background?], and contemporary interiors, one labelled Roppongi [Prince] Hotel, one labelled TV [illegible], in a München Residenz-Museum slide wallet.
-publication produced by AD as a catalogue for the 'Kisho Kurokawa: Recent Projects - Four Museums' exhibition at the Royal Academy, with papers inserted including: faxed correspondence between Charles and Kurokawa making arrangements for his lecture and symposiums in London, 1993; copy letter from Charles to Kurokawa regarding a possible collaboration with the BBC and NHK, and requesting material for the second edition of Architecture Today/Current Architecture, 1987; manuscript notes on plain paper; annotated typescript titled 'A Visit To The Mirror' by Charles; letter from Kisho Kurokawa [signed] to Charles thanking him for the lunch party and giving news of the symposium on the Bicentennial of the French Revolution, and Charles' copy reply referencing the symposium, news of publications and of the proposed TV series, 1989; typescript document titled 'Tokyo: TV for BBC' with manuscript notes on reverse; manuscript notes on pink and green plain paper with notes from Kurokawa, Peter Popham, Rem Koolhaas, Ben Waley, Sandy Wilson, alongside a fax with details of the International Forum on Learning From Tokyo, 1993; programme of events 12 June 1993 at the Royal Academy including The Academy Forum and the Annual Academy Architecture Lecture; Academy Forum folder containing list of Learning From Tokyo forum participants, press releases and 'New Wave Japanese Architecture' by Kisho Kurokawa; poster for a conference titled 'Tokyo: Model or Anti-Model' to be held in Copenhagen 1994; typescript titled 'Toward Evocation of Meaning' by Kiso Kurokawa with a post-it note annotation 'for The Observer'; outline of World Architecture Exhibition 1998 Nara press release; annotated typescript titled 'Philosophy of Symbiosis, New York May 3 1998, Kurokawa 1'.
-photographs and project details for the Koshi Kaikan Center
-photographs and project details for the Japanese Studies Institute, Thammasat University
-photographs and project details for the Japan-German Centre Berlin
-material on the city planning project, Astana, Kazakhstan from Kisho Kurokawa Architect & Associates
-folder with a post-it note annotation 'All Maggie's Swansea?' containing business cards for staff at Kisho Kurokawa Architect & Associates; hand-drawn and computer generated garden and buildings drawings; manuscript notes; Kisho Kurokawa Architect & Associates scheme design documents for Maggie's Centre Swansea, 2007.
Letters
CJA-TCH-a-32 · File · 1982-1984
Part of Charles Jencks Archive

Contents of a folder labelled 'Letters', with a folder inside labelled 'Lansd.'. The folder includes a mix of correspondence, drawings, notes and magazine cuttings relating to the development of the house.

Includes:
-a photocopied perspective drawing by Terry Farrell Partnership with names and telephone numbers of individuals annotated
-invoice from Penguin Swimming Pools
-postcard from The Wallace Collection of Nicolas Poussin's A Dance To The Music Of Time
-invoice from Paris Ceramics
-pencil and ink drawings of furniture and doors
-photocopied page from a lamp catalogue
-letter from BBC TV
-manuscript notes of costs
-invoice from Sandell Perkins
-photocopied drawing by Terry Farrell Partnership titled 'Cabinets & Kitchen', folded
-untitled whiteprint showing the rear elevation (folded)
-photocopied lettering design
-letter from David Feldman regarding the delivery of drawings
-leaflets for Temple & Crook Belgravia
-postcards from Gerald R Blomeyer in Berlin regarding a film for german television about Terry Farrell
-cartoons relating to architecture cut and photocopied from unidentified publications
-business cards for Pitt & Scott Limited, Stonetab Limited and Barratt Concrete Products
-notes of names and phone numbers
-letter from Ben Johnson regarding a potential commission to create the entrance to the house
-letter from Elizabeth Lambert regarding a potential feature for Architectural Digest
-letter from Richard Bryant proposing photography of the house
-photocopied brochure for Avery Foldaway Awning Blind
-postcard for ARCAID
-colour brochure for Turkomar fine marbles and onyx
-private view cards for Ben Johnson & Ray Kyte at Fischer Fine Art, 1981
-leaflet for Williams Roofing and Building
-colour brochure for GJ Green and Veronese: craftsmen in decorative plaster
-colour brochure for Room Moods from Delmar-nmc Limited with a compliments slip
-page from Building Design 2 July 1982 with an article on computing jargon on one side, and on the other a review of an exhibition of Warner and Sons fabric and an advertisement for clay products
-name and address on a Hotel Tivoli business card
-letter from [Allen Jones] regarding the painting commission
-letter from Mark Lennox-Boyd regarding measurements required for the sundial
-letter from House & Garden discussing proposed presentation of Charles' work
-page torn from an unidentified Italian language magazine showing pictures of lamps
-sketches of suit collars