English language typescript of introduction text inside front cover and printed out emails regarding a trip to Nara and Taiwan.
Jencks, Charles Alexander
Bundle of documents found loose on the shelf. Includes:
-poster for 現代建築家展/Contemporary Architect Exhibition held at 奈良県立美術館 [Nara] 16 May-14 Jun 1992. [folded]
-poster for the 奈良TOTO世界建築トリエンナール「工房部門」/Nara/TOTO World Architecture Triennale (Open Division) 1992 [folded]
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.
Yellow plastic box with yellow translucent lid, annotated with 'Japan' in black ink, '1998' and 'NARA' in red ink, containing slides.
Green FUJICHROME plastic box with translucent lid labelled 'NARA(1)' in red ink and 'Nara (1) -> Kurokawa' in pencil, containing slides.
Green FUJICHROME plastic box with translucent lid labelled 'NARA (2)' in red ink and 'Nara 2 Todaiji' in pencil, containing slides.
Green FUJICHROME plastic box with translucent lid labelled 'NARA (3)' in red ink and 'Nara 3 Horyuji' in pencil, containing slides.
