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Metabolism in Architecture
CJA-RES-AL-B17-R2-9 · Item · 1977
Part of Charles Jencks Archive

Publisher: Studio Vista London

Annotated 'Charles Jencks'.

Includes introduction by Charles. Inserted: negative strips labelled 'Kurokawa pointing at himself CJ photo' and '[illegible] tea hut'; review of the book by Reyner Banham in the TLS 12 August 1977; printed out email from Michael Gibert seeking to clarify statements Charles made in an interview about Kurokawa, with reply from Charles, 2013

Kurokawa, Kisho
[Loose documents]
CJA-RES-AL-B13-4-33 · File · [2004-2017]
Part of Charles Jencks Archive
Bundle of documents found loose on the shelf. Includes:
-annotated cuttings on the Prince of Wales
-review of Critical Mass by Philip Ball from TLS, 13 Aug 2004, annotated
-cutting from Resurgence No. 225 Christopher Alexander 'Our Birthright', Jul/Aug 2004, annotated
-manuscript notes
-brochure for The Prince's Foundation
-cutting on the Sim City computer game, 2004
-Charles' CV, c.1992
-reading material for the 'The Order of Nature: New Science, New Urbanism, New Architecture' conference [including an interview with Charles with Michael Catchart from Arts Today]; list of conference participants
-correspondence with The Prince's Foundation and manuscript notes, making arrangements for the conference, including in-depth discussion of the themes, 2004
Log
[Loose documents]
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
[Loose documents]
CJA-RES-AL-B13-1-19 · File · 1966-2017
Part of Charles Jencks Archive

Bundle of documents found loose on the shelf. Includes:
-Fax from Penguin UK to Charles confirming the number of copies sold of Modern Movements in Architecture and the process for the reversion of rights and re-publishing, 2000

-Plastic wallet containing: stapled typescript titled ‘The Semiotics of Architecture (outline of a course for 1974-1975 by Charles Jencks)’; typescript diagram with drawing titled ‘Semantic Analysis of Olivetti Training Centre Wing’; off-print of ‘A Semantic Analysis of Stirling’s Olivetti Centre Wing’ by Charles; cuttings from Forum Sep 1970 ‘Student Dorms on a Scottish Coast – Charles Jencks offers a semiological analysis’; stapled typescript titled ‘The Semiotics of Architecture (outline of a book by Charles Jencks)’, annotated; manuscript notes headed ‘Semiotics Architecture’; manuscript notes headed ‘Codes of Architecture’; printed list of forthcoming lecture series organised by Charles, taken from an unidentified publication, annotated [possibly AA]; cuttings from an unidentified publication titled ‘The Language of Architecture’ by Charles; typescript bibliography for a course titled ‘The Language of Modern Architecture’ by Charles; typescript titled ‘The Language of Modern Architecture’; ‘Language and Class’ by Paul Medlicott from New Society 5 Jun 1975; ‘The semantics of semiotics’ by Peter Wason and Ormond Uren’ from New Society 26 Dec 1975, annotated; 'The Culinary Triangle' by Claude Lévi-Strauss, New Society 22 Dec 1966, annotated with diagrams; TLS 5 Oct 1973, annotated on pieces by Umberto Eco, Thomas Sebeok, Tullio de Mauro, Tzvetan Todorov, Juri Lotman, Stepehn Ullman, Julia Kirsteva, Max Bense, post-it note attached with appointments and telephone numbers; 'Rhetorik und Architektur' by Charles, translated by Paul Kretz, publication not identified.

-fax from Grigor Films with an overview of a potential Channel 4 tv series titled '10 Buildings which changed the world', 2001
-manuscript notes headed 'Pioneers of Modern Movement 1936'
-photocopy from Meaning In Architecture, 1969
-printed-out email from Jos Bosman asking for feedback on his essay 'Reading Meaning in Architecture', annotated, nd
-invitation to the funeral service for Alan Colquhoun, 2012
-printed-out email from Charles to Sylvia Lavin, detailing his background in semiotics ahead of an interview, 2017
-cutting titled 'Hypertext', New Scientist 17 Jun 2006
-printed-out email from Joseph Bedford requesting a phone call relating to Rykwert and Dalibor, nd
-booklet for the Open University course 'Our Conversation with Things and Places', inscribed 1976; inserted: covering letter from Professor Christopher Cornford thanking Charles for dinner.
-photocopied review of Modern Movements in Architecture in The Architects' Journal 26 Mar 1986, Penguin Books clipping service
-correspondence from Penguin Books relating to translations, cover artwork, new editions of Modern Movements in Architecture 1984-1985; letter from Charles regarding errors and corrections
-correspondence from Doubleday regarding Modern Movements in Architecture, including new editions and reversion of rights 1984-1985
-typescript titled' White Paper: The Redevelopment of 390 Park Avenue for Fisher Brothers' with a covering letter from C. Ray Smith requesting a response from Charles in the next issue of Oculus, the monthly newsletter of the New York Chapter of the A.I.A, as Charles has been quoted as a witness in the White Paper; manuscript notes headed 'dictated on phone January 3, 1983' in response.

CJA-RES-AL-B12-5-22 · Item · 2010
Part of Charles Jencks Archive

Publisher: Thames & Hudson

Inserted:
-cutting 'The mystery of the frogs' legs', New Scientist 13 Mar 2010
-printed-out email, invitation to the private view for 'Art & Science: merging art and science to make a revolutionary new art movement' group show, 2011
-cutting 'trust Nothing' New Scientist 5 nov 2011, annotated
-cutting 'Hello Sunshine' Prospect Sep 2009
-A4 posters for the Art, Nature & Environment Lecture Series 2007 at University College Falmouth, with covering note on a post-it note
-cutting 'Heart of the Atom' TLS, 4 Feb 2005
-manuscript letter from Daro Montag on personal headed paper sending the posters for the lecture series
-cutting 'Eight legs good, four legs better'

Wilson, Stephen
[Loose documents]
CJA-RES-AL-B12-1-3 · File · 1972-2019
Part of Charles Jencks Archive
Bundle of documents found loose on the shelf. Includes:
-off-print of'A Semantic Analysis of Stirling's Olivetti Centre Wing' by Charles, annotated AAQ Spring 1974
-off-print of 'Rhetoric and Architecture' by Charles, annotated AAQ Summer 1972, presented at Semiotics Conference March 1972
-stapled bundle of cuttings by Tom Wilkinson
-cutting titled 'Architectural Tragedies' by Martin Filler from The New York Review
-brochure for the 'Reconsidering Postmodernism' conference organised by the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art, 2011
-photocopied cuttings on open plan offices
-cutting on Ralph Erskine from Building Design, 2013
-cutting of book reviews from TLS, 2014
-review from the FT Weekend of two books about capitalism, 2019
Post-Mod
CJA-PTK-8 · File · 1995-1997
Part of Charles Jencks Archive
Folder for the Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg annotated 'Post-Mod' and 'Invitation 23 Nov'. Includes:
-typescript document titlerd 'Reconsidering Post-Modernism: Portrack Seminar [crossed out] or May 17-19 or June 28-30 with a list of potential participants, annotated
-typescript letter from Douwe Fokkema on Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek headed paper, sending condolences to Charles after Maggie's death and inviting him to read a paper at a forthcoming symposium titled "Postmodernity and Postmodernism', 1996
-typescript letter from Hans Bertens on Universiteit Utrecht headed paper, discussing his contribution to the Portrack seminar and his religious viewpoint, 1997, annotated with Charles' draft reply
-typescript letter from Douwe Fokkema on Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek headed paper, co-ordinating the publication of papers from the symposium in the European Review, 1997, annotated with draft reply; attached letter from Arnold Burgen on European Review headed paper requesting the articles, 1997
-manuscript letter from Douwe Fokkema discussing the European Review, 1997
-manuscript notes, some on the reverse of a timetable for the Academia Europaea 1997 Annual general Meeting, headings include 'Hans', 'Mihály Szegedy-Maszák' and 'Flotzinger'
-photocopy from a publication titled 'Lost Goddesses of Early Greece', annotated 'Research into the myth of Hera: re Olympic Games'
-typescript letter from Hans Bertens to Charles, on Universiteit Utrecht headed paper, making arrangements to meet, 1997
-manuscript letter from Ihan Hassan to Charles on personal headed paper enclosing typescript titled 'The Expense of Spirit in Postmodern Times: Between Nihilism and Belief', 1997
-manuscript fax from Ihab Hassan to Charles agreeing to Charles' topics 'for our little transcontinental chat', 1997
-typescript fax from Umberto Eco's secretary to Charles informing him that Eco is out of the country, 1997
-manuscript fax from Charles to Ihab Hassan with a list of topics he'd like to discuss during a telephone interview, 1997
-manuscript letter from Ihab Hassan to Charles on personal headed paper, enclosing the text of the talk he gave at the ICA which is to be published in Hungarian; enclosed typescript titled 'Postmodern Revisited: a personal account'
-brochure for 'Reconsidering the Postmodern' conference at the ICA, 18 & 19 May 1996; inserted typescript document titled 'Reconstructive Post-Modernism', two copies, one annotated
-postcard advertising a lecture by the architects of RMIT titled 'Re-inventing Storey Hall'
-typescript letter from Hans Bertens to Charles on Universiteit Utrecht headed paper inquiring about the Ghent symposium, 1997, annotated with draft reply
-typescript letter from Academia Europaea inviting Charles to present a lecture during the Postmodernity and Postmodernism seminar with details of lecture length and travel arrangements, 1997
-typescript fax from Charlene Spretnak to Charles, David and Richard discussing a new Library of Congress subject headings for postmodernism, 1997
-fax copy from 'The Culture of Denial' by Chet Bowers discussing David Ray Griffin, Charles Jencks and Charlene Spretnak as a separate tendency in postmodernism, 1996
-typescript letter from Margaret Rose to Charles giving a detail response to What is Post-Modernism 4th edition, 1997
-manuscript fax from Charles to Charlene Spretnak, responding to her fax on the Library of Congress, 1997
-business card from Indra K. Ramanathan, Design Nexus Architect, Malaysia
-fax typescript list of participants in the Portrack Seminar 'Confrontations and Synergies: the Culture Interplay of the Indigenous, the Traditional, the Modern and the Post-Modern' with biographies
-manuscript letter from [Charlene Spretnak] enclosing a copy of her published 'Embodied, Embedded Philosophy' to be circulated to participants at the next seminar
-review of Anthony Giddens' 'Modernity and Self-Identity' by Alan Ryan from the TLS 10 Jan 1992, annotated
-review of Anthony Giddens' The Consequences of Modernity' by Richard Sennett from the TLS 8 Feb 1991, annotated
-typescript fax from Richard Falk to Charles confirming participants for the next seminar [Portrack Seminar 8]
-manuscript fax from Charles to Charlene making arrangements for the seminar
-typescript letter from David Griffin on School of Theology at Claremont headed paper to Charles, Charlene and Richard discussing the proposals for a conference on Reconsidering Postmodernism, 1995
-typescript fax from Charles to Richard Falk, David Ray Griffin and Charlene Spretnak updating them on plans for The Post-Modern Reconsidered at the ICA, 1995
-typescript fax from Richard Falk to Charles, mentioning his recent travels and particularly the influence of post-modernism on Tokyo, 1995, annotated with draft reply
-handout from Siobhán Hapaska's exhibition 'Saint Christopher's Legless' [at the ICA]
-manuscript [fax] from Charles to Richard Falk, discussing the Portrack seminars and his recent work and reading, 1995
-typescript fax from Richard Falk to Charles thanking him for the Portrack semimnar, 1995
-manuscript fax list of names, annotated
-typescript fax from Charlene Spretnak to Richard Falk, cc Charles discussing themes, participants, dates and logistics for the forthcoming seminar [Portrack Seminar 8], 1995
-typescript fax from Richard Falk to Charles, cc Charlene Spretnak, suggesting title, dates and participants for the next seminar [Portrack Seminar 8], 1995, annotated
-fax typescript and annotated list of Portrack seminar [8] participants and the rooms they've been assigned, annotated