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Contemporary Japanese Architecture, 1985-1996
CJA-RES-AL-B14-4-12 · Item · 1997
Part of Charles Jencks Archive

Published to coincide with the travelling exhibition 'Contemporary Japanese Architecture 1985-1996' organised by The Japan Foundation and the Architectural Institute of Japan.

Inserted: New Year's Card from Junko Takekawa

 The Japan Foundation
Japanese Architecture
CJA-RES-AL-B14-4-11 · Item · 1984-2001
Part of Charles Jencks Archive
Contents of a box folder labelled 'Japanese Architec-ture'.
Includes:
-Charles' name badge for Inter Design '84 Sapporo, attached to a folded piece of paper with manuscript notes
-letter from Etsuko Minamino, thanking Charles for dinner and enclosing photographs of Charles taking part in a panel and with unidentified people [1992]
-ticket for 厳島神社 [Itsukushima shrine] with a note written on reverse
-leaflet for Hilltop Hotel Tokyo
-letter from the Chief Executive of Japan 2001 enclosing a list of possible events [1999]
-letter from Shin Takamatsu to Andreas Papadakis confirming he is preparing transparencies
-envelope containing unlabelled transparencies
-letter from Shin Takamatsu Architect & Associates regarding a publication being produced by a Swiss publisher
-review by Richard J Samuels of Alex Kerr's Dogs and Demons, annotated, from an unidentified publication
-folder with a business card for Tom Heneghan attached
-article from The Time 17 Apr 2001 by Rosemary Righter on Japan
-printed out e-mail from Makoto Sei Watanabe regarding their dinner and his recent works
-letter from Kengo Kuma [signed] sending a special edition of l'ARCAEDIZIONI, 2000
-A4 flyer/handout for an exhibition 'The Architecture of Fumihiko Maki at the V&A, 2001
-covering letters from Weatherhill books sending various publications for review, with manuscript notes
-letter from the World Architecture Exposition, 1998, Nara, regarding expenses, 1994
-letter from Kisho Kurokawa [signed] discussing a proposal for a television programme, 1987
-World Architecture Exposition, 1998, Nara publication Triennara 1994.3 No. 2 [Japanese/English]
-plastic folder labelled 'British/Japanese scholarship' containing letter from Kisho Kurokawa [signed] regarding plans for Nara and various publications, 1991, with reply annotated; letter from Kisho Kurokawa [signed] thanking Charles for 'The Post-Modern Reader' and making plans to be in London; typescript list of names and addresses for architects in japan, with annotations and business cards attached; leaflet for Fairmont Hotel Tokyo
-invitation to participate in the World Architecture Triennale, Nara, 1995 and various booklets for the Trriennale
-letter from Kisho Kurokawa [signed] as producer of the World Architecture Exhibition 1998 Nara inviting Charles to be a board member, 1989
-invitation card for the Royal Academy of Arts Japanese Culture Evening 1999 including a lecture by Professor Shuji Takashina, with manuscript notes loose inside
-manuscript note son plain paper headed 'Japan 2001' and 'Channel 4'
-typescript list of major proposals for Japan 2001 events with annotations
-typescript titled 'summary of the slides shown by Professor Suzuki', annotated
-catalogue for 'Bridges' the Daiwa Foundation Anglo-Japanese Visual Arts Touring Show, inserted: faxes and correspondence relating to Japan 2001; the Ango-Japanese Annual Lecture with RIBA; and the 2000 Jerusalem Seminar in Architecture
-postcard advertising an exhibition of Shin Takamatsu at the GA Gallery, Tokyo 11 Nov-17 Dec 1989
-folder labelled 'Master Plan: Silkroad Town 21: World Architecture Exposition 1998 Nara' containing: heavily annotated typescript titled 'Historical/Anti-Historical City: Gold Medal Address 1992' by Charles, with manuscript notes on the reverse; photocopy of 'The Public, The Price and the Sacred' by Charles Correa from Daedelus Fall 1989; printed publication for the 1998 World Architecture Exposition; leaflets for the Nara Daibutsu and Hōryūji Temple; business cards; currency exchange and hotel receipts; photocopies descriptions of architecture projects in Japan; manuscript notes on a variety of different papers relating to Japanese architects; correspondence regarding corrections of spelling mistakes in minutes and Charles' lecture at Naras; leaflet for 'The Desiring eye: reviewing the Slow House Diller + Scofidio ディラー＋スコフィディオのスローハウス' at Gallery Ma; leaflets for the Nara City Museum of Photography; トリエンナール奈良’92 brochure; letter notifying Charles he is to receive the Gold Medal with draft manuscript reply; fax from Kisho Kurokawa informing Charles that he is to receive the Gold Medal; fax detailing arrangements for the Contemporary Architectural Symposium, 1998; official correspondence from the World Architecture Exposition 1998 Nara with arrangements for Charles' stay; letter from Charles to Kisho Kurokawa regarding plans for an architectural museum at UCLA; partially used line notepad.
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.

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