CJA-RES-AL-B1-3-28
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1991
Part of Charles Jencks Archive
CJA-RES-AL-B14-3-16
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1992
Part of Charles Jencks Archive
-cutting from Building Design 20 January 2006 on Katsura villa
-photocopy of 'Ise Shrine and a Modernist Construction of Japanese Tradition' by Jonathan M. Reynolds
-poster for Global Architecture: Japan '92 at the GA Gallery, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo (18 Apr-31 May 1992) and K2 Gallery, Miyakojima-ku, Osaka (13 Jun-5 Jul 1992) [folded]
CJA-RES-AL-B14-3-7
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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
CJA-RES-AL-B14-4-17
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1976-1984
Part of Charles Jencks Archive
-English language guide for the Roppongi Prince Hotel opening September 1984, designed by Kisho Kurokawa
-letters page from Building Design 25 May 1984
-建築家 4 1976: The Japan Architect
-typescript titled 'The Architecture of Symbiosis' and annotated "toword [sic] inter-culturalism" and 'Kisho Kurokawa" with manuscript notes on reverse
-typescript titled 'Tidal currents from Post-Modernism'
-manuscript notes on Inter Design '84 Sapporo headed paper
-manuscript notes titled 'Modern Culture,Post-Modern Culture + What will come next?' on pink plain paper
-letter from The Japan Foundation offering a Short-Term Visitors' Grant, September 1984
-information on the Japan Inter Design Conference including a list of members
-tentative schedule for Charles attending Inter Design '84 Sapporo
-postcard from Kazuhiro Ishii Architect & Associates sent to Charles at 19 Lansdowne Walk
-typescript titled 'Le Poétique in Architecture: beyond smeiotics' by Kisho Kurokawa
-typescript titled 'Karakuri: the metastructural machine' by Kisho Kurokawa with manuscript notes on reverse
CJA-RES-AL-B14-4-19
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1986-1995
Part of Charles Jencks Archive
-Brochure for the Nara/TOTO World Architecture Triennale open division 1995
-Time magazine 21 Sep 1987 folded to an article about Japanese architecture
-Telescope テレスコープ Summer 1987 issue
-cuttings from Building Design 31 Oct 1986 on Tadao Ando, annotated
-printed out e-mails between Charles and Norihito Nakatani about Japanese houses in the 1970s, with Charles' draft manuscript reply
-folder labelled 'Japan 2001' containing printed-out emails relating to the organisation of the Masaharu Taksaki lecture at RIBA; lists of architecture events taking place as part of the Japan 2001 season; letters from Charles making arrangements for the 2001 lecture
-typescript titled 'Designing for a High Tech Nation: The Symbolic Modern in the 1980s Japan' by Yasushi Zenno, submitted as part of a module at UCLA, annotated
-leaflets for the World Architecture Exposition, Nara 1996.3 No. 3
-leaflet for the Nara Convention Hall International Design Competition
-The Architects' Journal 21 March 1996
-leaflet for 'Urban islands: architectural works of Mario Bellini 1985/1995' at RIBA Architecture Centre, 1996
-envelope for Kazuhiro Ishii Architect and Associates with a diagram of architects' names drawn on it in biro, containing reprints from 住宅特集 and 建築文化 as well as colour photographs of the inside and outside of a building
-copy letters from Charles to Kisho Kurokawa and Minoru Takeyama introducing a friend who is visiting Japan, and a list of the contact details for Japanese architects
-article from Building Design 5 May 1995 on Tadao Ando
-business cards for Kazuyo Sejima, Kengo Kuma and Hajime Yatsuka
-fax from Eisaku Ushida and Kathryn Findlay thanking Charles for including Truss Wall House in The Architecture of The Jumping Universe, and Charles' manuscript draft reply
-correspondence with Toyo Ito making arrangements to meet in Tokyo, 1995
CJA-RES-AL-B17-R1-5
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1990-2018
Part of Charles Jencks Archive
-Business cards for Kako Kurokawa and Yasumasa Ishizaka
-Cover of and pages from the RIBA Journal April 1998 referencing Kurokawa
-New Year's Card from Kiso Kurokawa architect & associates, Jan 1999
-two sealed, un-addressed invitations to the Kiso Kurokawa retrospective at RIBA, 1998
-Profile of Kiso Kurokawa architect and associates in World Architecture 55, April 1997
-Interview with Kiso Kurokawa in Building Design, 24 Apr 1998
-Review of Kiso Kurokawa's exhibition at Manchester's Cube gallery from Building Design, 19 Oct 2001
-Printed out article on the Nakagin Capsule Tower from The New York Times, 29 Sep 2016
-cuttings on skyscrapers, 2017-2018
-photocopied review of Kurokawa's Sporting Club building in Illinois, Chicago tribune, 7 Oct 1990
-review of the film 'Rikyu' from The new York Times, 18 Jan 1991
-invitation to the opening to Noritaka Minami exhibition at UCLA, 2012
-feature on Kurokawa from Building Design, 18 Jun 2010
-letters page from RIBA Journal relating to Kurokawa, May 1998
-Plantec branded folder containing a letter from Tadasu Ohe [signed] following up from the conversation at the 1998 Nara World Architecture Exposition, enclosing his CV and colour photocopies of published articles on his work (including from The Japan Architect and Kurokawa's 'New Wave Japanese Architecture'.
CJA-RES-AL-B17-R1-6
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1994-2007
Part of Charles Jencks Archive
Includes:
-Letter on Kisho Kurokawa architect & associates headed paper inviting Charles to become a founding member of 'Green and Recycle' association, with a list of current members, 2007
-Letter from Kisho Kurokawa concerning the Japanese translation of 'The Architecture of the Jumping Universe', annotated draft reply from Charles confirming receipt of the translation
-typescript titled 'Kurokawa's Double Vision: from metabolism to fractals' by Charles
-copy fax from Charles to Kurokawa requesting specific images relating to fractals and information on other Japanese architects; and reply, 1994
-fax from Kurokawa's secretary sending material on fractal series ; annotated draft reply by Charles requesting Kurokawa's guest lis for a dinner party 'here
-copy fax from Charles to Kurokawa hoping to make arrangements to meet in Nara
-copy fax from Charles to Dr Kunio Kodo regarding the Japanese translation of The Architecture of the Jumping Universe
-draft manuscript dinner guest list, attached to a fax from Dennis Sharp to Charles regarding the Kurokawa exhibition catalogue, with a post-it note making arrangements for a tennis match, 1997
-correspondence relating to arrangements for the opening events for the Kurokawa exhibition including a party at Charles' house
-covering letters from Kurokawa's office confirming material has been sent to Charles
-faxed from Kurokawa giving details of fractals and symbiosis within his work, and copy fax from Charles describing the content of 'The Architecture of The Jumping Universe', 1994
-World Architecture Triennale, Nara, 1998, The Minutes of the Symposium and Lecture Series with a covering note from the Association for the World Architecture Exposition, Nara; includes the text of Charles' presentation in a section titled 'The City of Wood - Nara'
-Fax from Dennis Sharp to RIBA Journal protesting their 'attack' on the Kurokawa exhibition, 1998
-Plastic folder including: fax from Kurokawa to Charles mentioning his Paris exhibition, with annotated reply from Charles; fax confirming the postponement of the World Architecture Exposition, Nara but confirming the World Architecture Triennale and the text of Kurokawa's lecture 'From the Age of Machine to the Age of Life: From Metabolism to Symbiosis'.
-typescript titled 'Two Seminal Architects' by Charles, with printed out e-mail from Charles to the AJ submitting copy and manuscript notes on Kurokawa and Ungers.
-untitled typescript on Kurokawa, with printed out e-mail from Building Design confirming publication schedule; printed out photographs of Charles with Kurokawa,[Kengo] Kuma, and other unidentified men at a restaurant in Tokyo in 2007, 2007
-manuscript sketch map showing buildings labelled with their architects in Omotesando, Tokyo
-business card for employees at the Mori Art Museum, Casa Brutus, Taisei Corporation, Collex Living and for Takeo Nishioka
-catalogue for the 'Kisho Kurokawa: From the Age of the Machine to the Age of Life' exhibition at the National Art Centre, Tokyo, produced as a 2007 calendar
-carrier bag from アオヤマ・フォト・アート containing transparencies and project information sheets for: Bukit Unggul Show Bungalow; KL International Airport Terminal Complex; Fujinomiya Golf Club Clubhouse; Flores Residence, Menorca; Fractal Series Furniture, with DHL covering note from Kurokawa
-plastic folder containing transparencies and project information sheet for Fukui City Museum of Art
-plastic wallet containing colour publicity photographs of buildings
CJA-RES-AL-B17-R1-8
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1976-2007
Part of Charles Jencks Archive
Includes:
- Kodak Professional box labelled 'Nagoya Municipal Museum of Modern Art, Kiso Kurokawa Architect and Associates' containing labelled transparencies
- Kodak Professional box labelled 'Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Kiso Kurokawa Architect and Associates' containing labelled transparencies
- Kodak Professional box, unlabelled, containing transparencies of Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art
-cuttings and photocopies relating to Kurokawa, including obituaries
-2001 New Year's card from Kisho Kurokawa Architect & Associates
-empty envelope from Kisho Kurokawa Architect & Associates
-printed folder for the Japan 2000 events at the Art Institute of Chicago, containing a press release and images of the Kisho Kurokawa exhibition
-exhibition guide for Kisho Kurokawa retrospective exhibition: from the age of the machine to the age of life' at the RIBA Architecture Centre, 1998 [two copies]
-private view card for 'Kisho Kurokawa architecte' at the Centre Georges Pompidou
-cuttings from Building Design 1988 on Japan
-copy of Far Eastern Economic Review 16 Jun 1988, headed 'Japan Reconstructs'
-copy of Far Eastern Economic Review 30 Jul 1987 headed 'Tokyo Bay: fulfilling the future'
-annotated cuttings on the Sony Tower
-Letter from Kisho Kurokawa [signed] to Charles regarding transparencies and discussing skyscrapers, 1979
-colour transparency of the Sony Tower Osaka 1975
CJA-RES-AL-B17-R2-22
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nd [1973-2007]
Part of Charles Jencks Archive
Kisho N. Kurokawa architect & associates brochure, with manuscript notes by Charles on the reverse of the pages.
Inserted:
-photographs of Kurokawa buildings
-printed project descriptions [Japanese language]
-bundle of typescript notes: 'Kurokawa - quotes'; biographical details; 'Kurokawa Wednesday October 23rd Interview in BIG BOX', 'Kurokawa Lecture at AA 1973; manuscript notes titled 'Kurokawa Interview 1974 Dec; 'Japan Traditional-Modern'
-manuscript notes on plain paper headed 'Jim Ting, Metabolism'
-manuscript notes on plain paper headed 'Zodiac 1966, Zodiac 9 p.96-111'
-manuscript notes on plain paper headed 'Japan Architect'
-photocopied printed document titled 'Bibliography'
-annotated photocopied article 'Modern technology changes the built environment: Japanese cultural values and architechnology' by Michael Franklin Ross from The Japan Interpreter
-manuscript notes on plain paper headed 'Japan Architect 1975'
-manuscript notes on plain paper titled 'Kurokawa notes on text'
-photocopied articles on Kurokawa
-annotated cutting 'Architechnics' by Michael Franklin Ross from Architecture Plus May/June 1974
-annotated news cutting 'Rising Son: Peter Murray on Kisho Kurokawa'
-'Systems of Metabolism: Noriaki Kurokawa, Architect: offprint from The Japan Architect, December 1967'
-photocopy from an unknown publication relating to Kurokawa
-pages from Building Design November 2 1973 on Kurokawa
CJA-RES-AL-B17-R2-7
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1988
Part of Charles Jencks Archive
Publisher: John Weatherhill Inc
Inserted: review of the book from Building Design 14 July 1989
Kurokawa, Kisho