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LPMA - EXTRAS 1977-1991
-CJA-LPA-2 · File · 1977-1991
Part of Charles Jencks Archive
Contents of a folder labelled 'LMPA - EXTRAS 1977-1991'. Includes:
-loose photographs, some marked up for reproduction
-envelope from the Groninger Museum
-typescript titled 'How the building systems work semantically (could include as insert box)' with a diagram
-letter from Claire-Marie Brolly in French, with typescript translation into English, enclosing a reproduction of an illustration from her thesis as a response to reading The Language of Post-Modern Architecture
-strips of transparencies
-manuscript notes headed 'Post-Modern Space + Precedents (50)' with notes for a diagram
-photocopies and cuttings from unidentified publications
-letter of transmittal from Johansen & Bhavnani Architects to Academy Editions, enclosing images of Mummers Theater and Ad-hoc House
-cutting from Building Design 8 October 1999 on Nigel Coates
LPMA - EXTRAS
-CJA-LPA-3 · File · 1976-1991
Part of Charles Jencks Archive
Contents of a folder labelled 'LMPA - EXTRAS'. Includes:
-loose photographs and transparencies, some marked up for reproduction
-Letter of transmittal from Moore Ruble Yudell Architects and Planners sending images of Kwee House
-biographical information and transparencies from Shoei Yoh
-project information from Platou Arkitekter AS, annotated
-project information for the Winton Residence Guest House, annotated
-cuttings from Building Design, annotated
-cutting from The Sunday Times 6 October 1985 on the London Docklands
-letter from Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates to Dr Andreas Papadakis, sending images
-project information for the Allsteel Furniture Showroom, annotated
-project information for the Laure Mallet House, annotated
-cutting from The New York Times Magazine 22 Nov 1987 'The Aulenti Uproar'
-cutting from The New York Times 2 April 1987 on the new Musée d'Orsay
-photocopy of an article on the Guggenheim from the Wall Street Journal 23 March 1987
-cutting from Cobouw, 23 March 1990 [Dutch language]
-folder labelled 'Charles Jencks: Clients copy of return United Kingdom 1968/69' and annotated 'LPMA 1976+ Post-Modernism + Personal Photos 1977-9 containing: postcard sent from Charles to Andreas Papadakis advertising Charles' lecture at UCLA 20 May 1976 titled 'The Language of Modern Architecture'; cutting 'More Modern than Modern' by Charles from Lifespan; negatives and contact sheets.
[Loose documents]
-CJA-RES-AL-B13-4-32 · File · [2004-2013]
Part of Charles Jencks Archive
Bundle of documents found loose on the shelf. Includes:
-correspondence with Cole Roskam as well as questions and notes for a conversation on China's architectural development and Charles' own engagement with China.
-manuscript notes
-cutting from Building Design letters page including Richard Rogers, annotated, 2004
-printed out email regarding the New Science New Urbanism New Architecture conference organised by the Prince's Foundation with manuscript notes on reverse, 2004 Log
[Loose documents]
-CJA-RES-AL-B13-4-35 · File · [2008]
Part of Charles Jencks Archive
Bundle of documents found loose on the shelf. Includes:
-typescript titled 'Manifesto²' by Charles
-printed out composite image titled 'The Leviathan sunk by the critics: and crashes?' with figures including Jane Jacobs, Hannah Arendt, Aung Sann Suu Kyi, Anna Politkovskaya, Rachel Carson, Simon Jenkins, Jeremy Paxman and Naom [sic] Chomsky.
-manuscript notes headed 'Changing the world by good design' attached to printed-out emails with the Barbican relating to an event titled 'Ethics in Architecture: The Corbusian Legacy'
-incomplete typescript with list of illustrations
-cutting from Building Design 'Paradigm shift' [report of Charles' lecture at the Royal College of Art], Dec 2003
-pamphlet for the Serpentine Gallery Manifesto Marathon, 2008
-printed-out email correspondence with the Serpentine Gallery relating to the Manifesto Marathon; list of participants, annotated
-printed-out article from The Boston Globe titled 'Vote Hypocrite', 2008 Log
[Loose documents]
-CJA-RES-AL-B14-3-16 · Item · 1992
Part of Charles Jencks Archive
Bundle of documents found loose on the shelf. Includes:
-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]
[Loose documents]
-CJA-RES-AL-B17-R1-5 · File · 1990-2018
Part of Charles Jencks Archive
Bundle of documents found loose on the shelf. Includes:
-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'.
Kurokawa: CJ Notes + Images etc
-CJA-RES-AL-B17-R1-6 · File · 1994-2007
Part of Charles Jencks Archive
Contents of a red box file labelled 'KUROKAWA CJ notes + images etc KUROKAWA'
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
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
[Loose documents]
CJA-RES-AL-B14-4-17 · Item · 1976-1984
Part of Charles Jencks Archive
Bundle of documents found loose on the shelf. Includes:
-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