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Prospect Issue 66
CJA-RES-AL-B12-1-13 · Item · Aug/Sep 2001
Part of Charles Jencks Archive

Includes an essay titled 'What is Beauty' by Charles.

Inserted:
-cutting 'In The Eye of the Beholder', reviews of books on Beauty, Los Amngeles Times 8 Jul 2001, annotated
-manuscript letter on Prospect headed paper, thanking Charles for the essay
-typescript letter on Royal Academy of Arts headed paper enclosing the agenda for the Architecture Forum Group and expressing disappointment that Charles is unable to attend the meeting, 5 Jul 2001; lined post-it notes attached headed 'Beauty'
-photocopy cutting of two hairdressing students from Dumfries and Galloway College, labelled 'D+G Standard 3-4-02'

Prospect
CJA-RES-AL-B12-1-14 · Item · Jun 1976
Part of Charles Jencks Archive

Includes 'ArchiteXt and the Problem of Symbolism' by Charles. Post-it note on front labelled 'CJ'.

Inserted:
-pamphlet '山下和正 作品と方法 (Kazuma Yamashita and his way of architecture 1963-1975)', with typescript letter (signed) from Kazumasa Yamashita on 山下和正建築研究所 headed paper, 1975; photocopy article 'A New Compound Style' from JA July 1971; typescript titled 'My way of architecture' by Kazumasa Yamashita on 山下和正建築研究所 headed paper.
-typescript titled 'The Wood Culture - from "Human Architecture" (1970)' by Kiyonori Kikutake
-colour photograph showing [Pasadena Heights by Kiyonori Kikutake] under construction
-b&w photograph with covering note '"Torii" of Itsukushima shrine set in the sea'
-[fax/photostat] building plans labelled 1st floor plan and 6th floor plan in Japanese
-b&w photograph stamped on reverse 'Retoria, photo by Y. Futagawa'

The Japan Architect
CJA-RES-AL-B12-1-16 · Item · Sep 2018
Part of Charles Jencks Archive
Cover: 'Guardian of the Galaxy: Charles Jencks' Crawick Multiverse: Charles Jencks' epic transformation of a redundant Scottish coalmine'; inside: 'A Garden for the Galaxies: cosmic concepts are behind Charles Jencks' latest landworks at Crawick Multiverse' By Claire Masset/Andrea Jones Garden Design Journal
RIBA Education Yearbook
CJA-RES-AL-B12-1-17 · Item · 2014
Part of Charles Jencks Archive
Page marked for the RIBA Jencks Award with a post-it note; with an essay by Charles on the winner Bendetta Tagliabue. Royal Institute of British Architects
CJA-RES-AL-B12-1-18 · Item · 2018
Part of Charles Jencks Archive

Published on the occasion of the exhibition 'The return of the past: postmodernism in British Architecture' 16 May-26 Aug 2018 at Sir John Soane's Museum. Includes an interview with Charles.

Inserted:
-handout for the Postmodernism Now: Politics, Culture, Context event at the Design Museum 30 Jun, annotated
-printed-out emails making arrangements for the Design Museum event, heavily annotated on reverse [probably notes taken at the event]

Sir John Soane's Museum
CJA-RES-AL-B12-1-2 · File · [2013]
Part of Charles Jencks Archive
Bundle of documents found loose on the shelf. Includes:
-print-out of an InDesign file of 'Worlds Without End', extensively annotated.
-covering letter from Columbia University Press requesting feedback on the uncorrected proof
-manuscript notes
-biography and bibliography of Mary-June Rubenstein
-photostat map, labelled on reverse 'Doubleday & Co inc. Title: Adhocism'.
Rubenstein, Mary-Jane