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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
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.
Freestyle + 1980 Biennale
CJA-VBE-1 · File
Part of Charles Jencks Archive
Contents of a folder labelled 'Freestyle + 1980 Biennale'. Consists predominantly of loose photographs, some marked up for publication or labelled with details for AD1/2 82. There are also 6 loose colour transparencies mounted in plastic frames.