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[Loose papers]
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
Kurokawa: CJ Notes + Images etc
CJA-RES-AL-B17-R1-7 · File · 1988-2003
Part of Charles Jencks Archive
Contents of a red box file labelled 'KUROKAWA CJ notes + images etc KUROKAWA'
Includes:
-transparencies from Kisho Kurokawa Architect and Associates of the National Bunraku Theater and Saitama Prefectural Museum of Modern Art
-brochure for The Museum of Modern Art Wakayama/Wakayama Prefectural Museum; inserted: brochure for the Nara Palace site (平城宮); booklet titled '作品：和歌山県立美術館　和歌山県立博物館　The Museum of Modern Art Wakayama/Wakayama Prefectural Museum, プロジェクト：K.L. インターナショナル・エアポート計画案 K.L. International Airport Terminal Building Complex, 論文：アブストラクト・シンボリズムII Abstract Symbolism II by Kisho Kurokawa [Japanese language] - inserted inside this is a fax from Kurokawa inviting Charles to visit Wakayama and an english translation of 'Abstract Symbolism I, II, III' by Kurokawa heavily annotated by Charles, plus manuscript notes; Wakayama Prefecture sightseeing guide; NARA/TOTO World Architecture Triennale open division 1995 booklet; Japanese language newspaper [建設通信新聞] from 19 May 1995 folded to a page on Kurokawa
-empty envelope from Kisho Kurokawa architect & associates
-publicity photographs and computer printed drawings of buildings by Kisho Kurokawa architect & associates
-letter from Kurokawa enclosing photographs and drawings and expressing regrets Charles won't be able to visit this Autumn, 1987
-publicity photographs of the Nagoya Municipal Museum of Modern Art
-booklet titled '作品：パシフィック・タワー Pacific Tower　シロトピア記念休憩所扇観亭 Shirotopia Memorial Park Rest House Senkantei　アブストラクト・シンボリズム Abstract Symbolism' by Kisho Kurokawa [Japanese language]: Inserted: project information sheets and transparencies for Ehime Prefectural Museum of General Science, the Museum of Modern Art Wakayama and Wakayama Prefectural Museum, Kuala Lumper International Airport Terminal Complex, Toshiba IHI Pavilion, Fukui City Museum of Art; manuscript notes on Kurokawa; typescript titled 'Abstract Symbolism'
-catalogue for the Contemporary Architect Exhibition III, part of the World Architecture Triennale Nara, 1998: Inserted: business card for a staff writer at Asahi Shimbun; programme for the World Architecture Triennale Symposium and Lecture Series, faxes to Charles from Percy Weatherall on Hongkong Land Limited headed paper making arrangements to meet; manuscripts note on 'Nara - the city of wood' variously on plain paper, Dentu Tec Inc paper and Mitsui Garden Hotel Nara headed paper; business card for Hisao Kohyama; faxes confirming arrangements for the Architecture Triennale Nara; letter from Kurokawa to Charles [signed] thanking him for the dinner party and discussing organising a 'non-linear group', 1998
-New Year's Card from Kisho Kurokawa architect & associates to Charles, 2003
-booklet titled 'project: New Tokyo Plan, 2025' by Kisho Kurokawa with a colour photograph inside
-correspondence between Kurokawa and Charles regarding the World Architecture Exhibition 1998 Nara, as well as mentioning lunches, symposiums and other meetings, 1990-1992
-typescript titled 'Kurokawa' with manuscript notes on reverse
-photocopy 'Foreword: Charles Jencks' for a book by Kurokawa, with a press cutting relating to a Kurokawa design in Paris
-New Near's Card from Kiso Kurokawa architect & associates, 1993
-letter from Kurokawa [signed] to Charles recommending books by Baudrillard, 1989
-guest list for a dinner party at Kurokawa's residence, 1988
-letter from Kurokawa [signed] to Charles, thanking him for the photos of himself [Kurokawa] at the Itsukushima Shrine, annotated with draft reply, 1988
-printed text by Kisho Kurokawa titled 'the Philosophy of Symbiosis: from internationalism to interculturalism', annotated
-manuscript notes
-guest list for a lecture by Kisho Kurokawa titled 'The philosophy of symbiosis - from the age of the machine to the age of life' given as part of Japan 2001 at the RSA with Charles' manuscript notes
-manuscript notes headed 'Kurokawa Eco-architecture/Eco-cities March 20th'
-document outlining the World Architecture Exhibition 1998 Nara
-leaflet for 'Celebration and Contradiction: A Japan 2001 event' held by Tate Britain in association with Kingston University.
Kurokawa 1976-2007 (+ images)
CJA-RES-AL-B17-R1-8 · File · 1976-2007
Part of Charles Jencks Archive
Contents of a black box file labelled 'KUROKAWA 1976-2007 (+ images)'
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
[Loose documents]
CJA-RES-AL-B17-R1-9 · File · 1995-1998
Part of Charles Jencks Archive
Bundle of documents found loose on the shelf. Includes:
-detailed faxes between Charles and Dr Kunio Kudo discussing a translation into Japanese which Kudo is making, with a business card for Kudo attached
-letters from Kisho Kurokawa [signed] to Charles, thanking him for the book 'Odd Man Out' and informing him of his exhibitions and copy replies from Charles discussing the translation with Kudo[1998]
-typescript titled 'Preface to the Japanese Edition: New World View'
-draft press release for 'A Landscape of Waves (or) Waves, Twists and Solitons: drawings, model and furniture: an exhibition' by Charles Jencks at the Redfern Gallery April-May [?1995]
-manuscript notes on yellow lined paper headed 'semiotics of cosmic architecture'
-manuscript notes on yellow lined paper titled 'A Modern Introduction'
-faxed press release from Academy Group Limited for The Architecture of The Jumping Universe
-manuscript notes mentioning [Dagmar Richter], Kipnis, Goldberger, Tadasu Ohe and Kurokawa
-photocopy from an unidentified book of a Random Peano Curve
-fax correspondence between Charles and Professor K-C Lye (Eric) at the University of Hong Kong regarding a lecture and seminar he is to give, including a typescript document titled 'Complexity Architecture Seminar' with details of the seminar and a list of architectural projects for students to choose from
-Typescript titled 'A Very Modern Statement'
-manuscript notes
-fax to Charles from the Academy Group confirming a list of events in April-June 1995 including an exhibition at the Redfern Gallery and lectures at Oxford Brookes University, the ICA, Birkbeck College, Architectural Association and RIBA.
-fax from Oxford Brookes University confirming arrangements for the lecture
-typescript document titled 'Jumping Universe Launch May 1st 1995??????' with suggested press and events, heavily annotated
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.