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[Edinburgh]
-CJA-EDH-3 · File · 1999-2004
Part of Charles Jencks Archive
Bundle of papers found loose. Includes:
-typescript document titled 'Landforms in Edinburgh' with a list of project partners and contact details
-computer-generated drawings labelled '106/Jencks Landform/15 September 1999' and 'coevolution'
-manuscript faxes from Charles to Duncan Whatmore and John Farquhar at Ian White Associates discussing different options for the site and its constraints, 2001
-faxed [faded] drawings with ink additions, 2001
-typescript fax [faded] from John Farquhar at Ian White Associates to Charles sending plans, 2001
-copy typescript letter from Ian White Associates to Dew Construction Limited raising concerns about the completion of work on the Landform, 2002
-1:200 computer print-out scale plan of the shite with ink annotations (mostly numbers) [folded]
-typescript fax (faded) from Duncan Whatmore at Terry Farrell & Partners making suggestions based on Charles' designs including pumps, relocation of the Graham sculpture and costs, 1999
-typescript fax from John Farquhar at Ian White Associates regarding the change of meeting time, and manuscript reponse from Charles, 2002
-typescript invoices for work on the Landform Ramp/Steps/Triangle Entrance June-July 2002
-manuscript and copy manuscript notes of expenses
-typescript copy letter from Charles to Richard Calvocoressi sending his response to seeing the landform in use, discussing snagging and costs, 2002
-computer-generated drawings labelled '106/Jencks Landform/Block Model 2/24 November 1999' and 'coevolution'
-typescript letter from Helen Jackson on coevolution headed paper to Richard Calvocoressi sending images illustrating Charles' design for the landform, and comparisons with previous version, 1999
-typescript letter from Helen Jackson on coevolution headed paper to Press and Information Department, National Galleries of Scotland, celebrating the publication of the visualisation in the Edinburgh Evening News, 1999
-typescript letter from Helen Jackson on coevolution headed paper to Duncan Whatmore, Terry Farrell & Partners, sending sections of the revised Gallery of Modern Art landform model
-typescript fax from Duncan Whatmore, Terry Farrell & Partners, forwarding a fax to coevolution arranging to meet resolve path junctions, widths and positions
-typescript copy letter from Calvocoressi to the Chairman, Director and Trustees of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art proposing a trip to The Garden of Cosmic Speculation to discuss the landform proposals, 1998
-copy letter from Thomas Florey at Smiths Gore , regarding delays to the High Kilroy Farmhouse project with details fo costs, 2004
-manuscript note from Charles to Bunny, with draft letter relating to High Kilroy, 2004
-typescript letter from Smiths Gore to Charles responding to his queries about High Kilroy, 2004
-typescript letter from Smiths Gore to Charles regarding progress at High Kilroy Farmhouse, and a barn conversion, 2003
-estimate from R. Jardine for work at High Kilroy Farmhouse, Portrack estate, 2003
-colour print-outs of computer-generated images overlaid on photographs, branded 'coevolution'.
Landform for The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
-CJA-EDH-2 · File · 20 Nov 2000
Part of Charles Jencks Archive

Comb-bound A3 volume titled 'Landform for The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art: A proposal by Charles Jencks, Terry Farrell & Partners; Ian White Associates; 20 November 2000'. Illustrated throughout with colour and b&w illustrations.

Headings includes:
-What landforms would do
-Four schemes compared
-The Stretched S or Serpent
-Portrack Garden and other precedents
-Planning Permission
-Virtual reality simulation
-Construction process

Inserted:
-plastic slide holder with 9 spaces, containing 4 slides; cutting from New Scientist 14 Oct 2006 with an illustration of Chinese paddy fields; colour photograph of paddy fields
-b&w print-out diagram headed 'GPS workshop'
-plastic slide holder with 8 spaces, containing 7 slides
-colour photographs of people visiting Landform UEDA
-coloured in photocopy sketch design
-colour print-out on photographic paper annotated on reverse 'Caro solution model'
-b&w computer model print-out
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
-CJA-EDH-1 · File · 2002-2003
Part of Charles Jencks Archive
Bundle of documents found loose. Includes:
-page torn from a National Galleries events booklet showing Landform Ueda
-b&w and colour print-outs of design drawings, some with biro sketches on reverse
-pencil drawing on tracing paper
-typescript letter from Charles to Richard Calvocoressi discussing ideas for a hedge, 2002, and fax copy
-typescript letter from Richard Calvocoressi to Charles discussing hedges and positioning of gates, and Anthony Caro's response to the model, 2003
-colour print-outs of computer-generated designs for the landform
-typescript letter from Charles to Richard Calvocoressi, sending photographs [enclosed] of the Running Fence at portrack and estimates for making a 4-6 foot version for the Edinburgh landform
-photocopy plans with felt-tip additions
-[copy] letter from Anthony Caro to Richard Calvocoressi with draft manuscript reply from Charles annotated on the front; the letter discusses the possibility of placing Caro's work 'Goodwood Steps' in dialogue with Landform Ueda, 2003
-typescript letter from Charles to Richard Calvocoressi sending designs for installation and planting that he has worked out with Anthony Caro, for siting Caro's work, and for the proposed hedge, 2003
-photocopy rough costings
11 Park Walk
-CJA-AVC-1-a · Part
Part of Charles Jencks Archive
Yellow plastic slide box with transparent plastic lid annotated '11 Park Walk' in red ink. The majority of the slides are labelled 'doorknobs'.
A+U Architect vs. Critic
-CJA-AVC-1 · File · 1980-1985
Part of Charles Jencks Archive
Contents of a folder labelled 'A+U Architect vs. Critic'. Folder contains 1 box of slides [catalogued separately as CJA-AVC-1-a] and also includes:
-colour slides of Maggie by the Trompe l'oeil painting by Dorothy Girouard in their Chelsea flat, and colour printed versions of the same images
-folder for FM Productions California used to hold a large number of photographs including b&w prints and polaroids and colour prints, mostly photographs used to illustrate the A+U article
-manuscript notes headed 'Architect Versus Critic' with an outline of the article and headings ticked off, including a to-do list at the bottom; written on the reverse of handwritten notes about The Thematic House
-photocopies of illustrations headed 'Die Lufft' and 'Die Erde', annotated on reverse 'Cesare Ripa, Baroque & Rococo Pictorial Imagery, Dover'
-cutting from Building Design 10 Aug 1984, review by Sheena Wilson of Godfrey Golzen's 'How Architects Get Work'
-leaflet from the Architecture Press titled 'Avoid litigation! 3 books to keep you out of trouble'
-photocopy of the Jencksiana font
-b&w photograph of the Elemental House
-sheet of 16 slides showing various furniture and designs by Charles
-sheet of 14 slides showing various furniture and designs by Charles
-colour and b&w photographs of furniture designed by Charles for the Chelsea flat and 19 Landsdowne Walk [some are loose and some are glued to sheets of plain paper]
-typescript letter from Officina Alessi enclosing colour slides of the tea and coffee set and giving news of its presentation in New York and Milan, 1983
-manuscript letter on Patrizia Scarzello Architect headed paper regarding the Alessi collaboration, 1983
-typescript document on yellow and white lined paper titled 'The Thematic House The Matic How See Design Credits'
-manuscript to-do list relating to 19 Lansdowne Walk
-typescript on pink paper headed 'Programme for an Anglo-Chinese Bed' with pencil sketches
-pencil and coloured pencil drawings of a bed
-copy letter from Charles to William on UCLA headed paper sending symbolic programmes and drawings, 1985
-copy letter from Charles to Caroline and William regarding the design for the bed
-printed proofs of line drawings
-pen and ink drawing on tracing paper used as illustration on the RIBA poster
-poster for a lecture by Charles at RIBA titled 'Post-Modernism - the true inheritor of modernism', 1982 [folded]
Architect Vs Critic
-CJA-AVC · Sub-Fonds · [1982-1986]
Part of Charles Jencks Archive
Papers and photographs relating to the special issue of A+U/Architecture and Urbanism published in January 1986.
Charles Jencks Archive
-CJA · Fonds · [1950s]-2019

The archive primarily covers the period from the early 1960s when Jencks started writing about architecture to his death in 2019. Jencks did not consistently retain papers so there are gaps in the collection and some more personal material remains with the family. The Jencks Foundation sees The Cosmic House as an integral part of Charles Jencks' Archive, and so, the fixtures and fittings within The Cosmic House are also included. Similarly Charles Jencks' extensive library is included as part of the Archive, as this is key to understanding Jencks intellectual life and is working methods.

The archive includes
-Drawings, plans and models, photographic materials and documentation around both the creation and the refurbishment of The Cosmic House, the Garden of Cosmic Speculation and Charles' Jencks other architectural and landscape design projects.
-Charles Jencks' writings; includes early writings (including both school work and fiction), Charles Jencks' publications and documentation relating to various publications; lecture notes and documentation relating to lecturing, and unpublished writings.
-Documentation around Jencks' role in the setting up and running of the Maggie's Centres and other work activities such as acting as juror on architectural competitions and selections committees.
-Materials used by Jencks to inform his work including his extensive library of publications and press clippings relating to architecture, art, post modernism and science; research notes, drafts, correspondence and other documentation relating to Jencks writings and his relationships with architects and writers.
-Jencks audio-visual collection including his large slide library and other photographic material, as well as a small amount of video and audio material.
-Charles Jencks' artwork and a small amount of miscellaneous, mainly administrative, material.

 Jencks, Charles Alexander