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CJA-TCH-a-11 · File · nd [1978-1979]
Part of Charles Jencks Archive

Bundle of designs, plans and photographs. Each consists of a card support, with a the original drawing or photograph attached to the card with tape, and then tracing paper layered over the top with dimensions for reproduction.

Includes:
-Room of Doubles
-'South Elevation - CJ design'
-'Ground Floor - CJ design'
-[Ground Floor] - 'MK's original layout'
-'West Elevation'
-'MK's Garden Design Dec 78/Jan 79'
-'First Floor Alternative: A Stepped Study'
-detailed pencil plan with details of columns annotated 'Feb 19, 1979 This must be full page as it is described at length!!!'
-Front elevation annotated 'only bottom drawing'
-photocopied front elevation
-'TFP proposed longitudonal[sic] section Jan 1979'
-'CJ Sketch Nov 78'
-b&w photograph of Nan's Room and of a staircase pre-renovation.
-'First Floor CJ Design'
-section of the house
-photocopy of a sketch of the Room of Doubles with birds drawn around it
-typescript text on The Sun Chair
-CJ sketch Oct 78 annotated 'must be Nov?'
-b&w photographs of chairs

CJA-TCH-a-12 · File · [1979-1981]
Part of Charles Jencks Archive

Contents of a folder labelled 'Thematic House: Plans and designs for the Bathpool, Jacob's Ladder and the second floor'.

Includes:
-photocopied plans, sections and sketches
-pencil sketch plans with annotations
-First Floor/Terrace by Farrell/Grimshaw Partnership May 1979 (folded)
-unlabelled plan with pencil annotations (folded)
-pencil scale drawing of shelves, MK's study (damaged)
-photocopy design with pencil annotations labelled 'shower bathroom'
-pencil plan drawing of MK's study with annotations
-Survey Bathroom by Terry Farrell Partnership with annotations labelled 'Master Bathroom and Old Stair'
-manuscript note with an extract from the Bible Genesis 27-28 regarding Jacob's Ladder and a series of pencil drawings of stairs and cupboards signed CJ and dated Dec 81.

Attic Floor
CJA-TCH-a-20 · File · 1980-1982
Part of Charles Jencks Archive

Contents of a folder labelled 'Attic Floor'.

Includes:
-photocopied whiteprint second floor plan drawing by Terry Farrell Partnership, labelled '2nd Floor Landing', used as a wrapper.
-pencil and ink sketches of furniture and windows.
-photocopied whiteprint designs by Terry Farrell Partnership titled 'Sunwell Glazing' with manuscript notes of questions to be resolved.
-invoice from P.R. Press Photos.
-receipt from Rank Xerox.
-receipts from U.D.O., Bloomsbury Way WC1.

Lily's Room
CJA-TCH-a-22 · File · 1981-1982
Part of Charles Jencks Archive
Includes:
-b&w polaroid photographs of the completed room
-photocopied plan and drawings of the furniture labelled 'Final Drawings corrected: Lily's room 31 July 1982'
-b&w photographs of the fitted furniture
-reference images of lilies including magazine cuttings and photocopies
-pencil and ink drawings of lily designs (folded)
-coloured pencil sketch of the room and furniture
Johnny's Room
CJA-TCH-a-23 · File · 1981-1982
Part of Charles Jencks Archive
Includes:
-typescript document labelled 'Johnny's Room: Program' describing the symbolism in the room
-negatives of interior and exterior photographs
-pencil sketch labelled 'Johnny's room Dec 81' showing the furniture
-pencil sketch labelled 'Johnny's Bed' with dimensions
-b&w photograph of the completed built-in furniture
-pencil sketch labelled 'Johnny's room. CJ Dec 81'
-ink sketches of furniture on University of Los Angeles headed paper
-pencil drawings with measurements on paper and tracing paper
CJA-TCH-a-24 · File · nd [1981-1982]
Part of Charles Jencks Archive
Includes:
-pencil sketches of Johnny's Bed, Nan's bed, Nan's door and animal faces.
-b&w photograph of completed built-in furniture and the landing outside Nan's room.
-pencil and coloured pencil sketches of furniture and animal faces.
-pencil sketches of furniture designs on blue Los Angeles: School of Architecture and Urban Planning headed paper.
-pencil sketches of furniture designs on tracing paper.
-pencil drawing labelled 'CJ Dec 81' showing built-in furniture.
-untitled whiteprint showing furniture designs.
-pencil sketches labelled 'Nan's bed' with measurements.
-pencil sketches of window designs with prices.
-photocopies of sketches.
-b&w polaroid photograph showing completed furniture with books and decorative items in place.
CJA-TCH-a-42 · File · 1978-1984
Part of Charles Jencks Archive

Contents of a folder labelled 'Thematic House 1978-84 Seconds: Indian Summer & Autumn'.

Includes:
-b&w polaroid photographs of built-in furniture in Indian Summer and Autumn
-pencil and ink sketches of kitchen units with annotations of measurements
-manuscript notes on design problems
-pencil drawings of design elements on tracing paper
-pencil notes and sketches titled 'Spoonglyphs'
-colour slide of the kitchen units during construction
-pencil perspective drawings with coloured pencil shading showing furniture designs in Indian Summer
-pencil plan on tracing paper showing the layout of Summer, Indian Summer and Autumn labelled 'CJ Jan 22, 82'
-whiteprint by Johnny Grey Design showing the arrangement of the sinks and hob in Indian Summer, folded
-pencil sketches on tracing paper, badly torn and creased
-pencil, ink and photocopied sketches of design details

Inside the folder is a bundle of papers labelled KITCHEN including:
-pencil sketches of design elements on tracing paper
-invitation to Sir John Soane's Museum to celebrate the Bicentenary of Soane's appointment as Architect & Surveyor to the Bank of England and view his Restored Picture Room, 1988
-scale plan of the kitchen on tracing paper with loose cut-out representations of kitchen units, appliances and cleaning equipment
-whiteprint by Johnny Grey Design titled 'The Nannys kitchen' with a specification sheet attached, March 1982, folded.
-whiteprint by Johnny Grey Design titled 'Sink Structure: overall plan', May 1982, folded.
-whiteprint by Johnny Grey Design titled 'Sink Structure: pavilions' April 182, folded.
-whiteprint by Johnny Grey Design titled 'Sink Structure: frieze', April 1981, folded
-b&w polaroid photograph taken from Autumn, looking through Indian Summer to Summer
-colour design on tracing paper titled 'Door Panel Study, scale 1:5'.
-pencil perspective drawing of Indian Summer with colour pencil shading
-two page cutting from an unknown magazine about a Sir Christopher Wren exhibition at the Whitechapel Gallery
-pencil sketch on University of California, Los Angeles headed paper
-whiteprint labelled 'Family room: plans and elevations; with 'dining kitchen' annotated above.

CJA-TCH-a-43 · File · nd
Part of Charles Jencks Archive

Contents of a folder labelled 'Plans - Designs - Sketches: Lily's Room - Lilies; Bathroom; Floor plans'.

Includes:
-whiteprint plan of Lily's Room, coloured in with coloured pencil (folded)
-whiteprint plan of Nan's Room, coloured in with coloured pencil (folded)
-photocopy design for the Room of Doubles with pen annotations
-whiteprint plan of the kitchen with appliances indicated (folded)
-photocopies plan of Nan's bathroom with pencil annotations
-pencil perspective sketch of the Bathpool
-photocopy sketch of decorative elements of Indian Summer
-photocopy perspective sketch of Winter and Spring
-photocopy sketch designs for furniture in the Architectural Library
-photocopy sketch of designs for the Moonwell
-photocopy sketch of designs for Jacob's Ladder labelled 'CJ Dressing Room'
-pencil and coloured pencil sketch with measurements of the Sundial Arcade
-photocopy plan by Terry Farrell Partnership titled 'Main Bedroom Plan' dated 20 Apr 1982 with detailed list of work to be done across the house handwritten in pencil on reverse and titled 'Punch List'.
-photocopied designs for Lilies by various artists from an unidentified publication
-pencil sketches of lilies
-pencil perspective sketch of the Bathpool with design for bathroom cabinet
-pencil design for a mirror and sink titled 'Shower bathroom'
-pencil plan titled 'MK's Study'
-pencil design with measurements for a bookcase
-bundle of papers with a sheet labelled '2 Themes and an Allegory: The Thematic House'. Includes photocopy typescript document titled 'The Thematic House - The Matic How See' regarding the passage of time and listing 15 themes in the house; pencil manuscript notes titled 'Foursquare Room'; typescript notes on Los Angeles; School of Architecture and Urban Planning notepaper titled 'Allegory: MK. Architecture Defeated/Architecture Triumphant'.
-pencil drawings of birds and flowers
-pencil plan of the Bathpool titled 'Main Bedroom Bathroom'
-pencil design for the bed and desk in Lily's Room
-whiteprint by Terry Farrell Partnership titled 'Cabinets & Kitchen' Aug 1981 (folded)
-whiteprint by Terry Farrell Partnership titled 'Final Design Drawing First Floor Plan' Oct 1980 (folded)
-whiteprint by Terry Farrell Partnership titled 'Final Design Drawing Second Floor Plan' Oct 1980 (folded)
-whiteprint by Terry Farrell Partnership titled 'Final Design Drawing Lower Ground Floor Plan' Oct 1980 (folded)
-pencil and coloured pencil sketches of the Sundial Arcade with notes; one page is on the reverse of a draft submission to the International Design Yearbook [submission date 1 Dec 1984]
-pen sketches of Egyptian wall paintings titled 'Sun well'
-pen sketch plan on tracing paper showing the ground floor
-photocopied final drawing for Lily's Room, Spoonglyphs, Architectural Library and Bookhouses
-biro drawing
-pencil notes and sketch titled 'Lily's Room' with names of lilies
-pen and pencil plans and sketches for Lily's Room, including measured plan dated 31 July 1982 and initialled 'M'
-biro sketches for intertwining C/J/M/L initials
-photocopied lily designs from unknown publications
-pencil sketch on tracing paper labelled 'Lily's Room'
-sketches for lilies [ON LOAN]

CJA-TCH-a-49 · File · 1980
Part of Charles Jencks Archive

7 whiteprint designs for 19 Lansdowne Walk; 1 design on tracing paper; 1 A4 paper annotated 'Thematic House - Bill Reed'.

The whiteprints consist of:
-Terry Farrell Partnership, Final Design Drawing, First Floor Plan, 1 Oct 1980 [two copies]
-Terry Farrell Partnership, Final Design Drawing, Second Floor Plan, 1 Oct 1980 [two copies]
-Terry Farrell Partnership, Cabinets & Kitchen, Aug 1981 [two copies]
-Farrell- Grimshaw Partnership, Section Thro' Annex, April 198[0] [damaged]

The tracing paper design is unlabelled but relates to the Sundial Arcade.

Farrells
1 Thematic 1979-81
CJA-TCH-b-2 · File · [1979-1983]
Part of Charles Jencks Archive

Contents of a box labelled '1 Thematic 1979-81 '.

Includes colour slides of Nan's Rom, the Architectural Library, Indian Summer, the Solar Stair and the Winter fireplace during construction, as well as photographs of people on the roof of the Architectural Library, one of which is labelled 'Marcia'. Many of the slides are annotated 'Terrace Hse' with one labelled 'Jencks elev.'. There is also a slide of Ulysse Pagliazizi 'Before The Fall' 1983.