Room of Doubles

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    • *A New Description of The Cosmic House* by Edwin Heathcote, The Keeper of Meaning, with Charles Jencks, The Critic, and Charles Jencks, The Architect, First Edition, 2021, pp.12-13

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            6 Archival description results for Room of Doubles

            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

            Room of Doubles
            CJA-TCH-a-30 · File · nd [1978-1984]
            Part of Charles Jencks Archive

            Contents of a folder labelled 'Room of Doubles'.

            Includes:
            -colour photograph of a room in an unidentified building with elaborate wall paintings and a chandelier
            -manuscript list on paper torn from a notepad titled 'Play Room' and annotated 'Room of Doubles' with a list of furniture and notes on measurements for 'Charlie's system'.
            -pencil sketch labelled 'The MH and MH cabin-ettes' with designs for furniture either side of a fireplace, with multiple variations and alternatives in pencil, ink and photocopy
            -photocopy sketches for the Room of Doubles with coloured pencil shading
            -photocopied zodiac designs and manuscript notes on spring zodiac
            -pencil and ink sketches for medallions initialled CJ on paper and tracing paper
            -whiteprint designs with coloured pencil by CZWG titled 'Jencks Jacuzzi'
            - design on pink paper labelled 'The Time Garden' with typescript text and ink drawings and annotations
            -pencil and ink sketches of furniture
            -pencil and coloured pencil designs for the garden
            -ink sketch plan and elevations for a playroom with manuscript writing in arabic
            -sketches labelled 'The Rom of Doubles' with pencil manuscript notes describing the themes
            -pencil, coloured pencil, ink and felt tip pen plans of the garden with details of planting and measurements

            Thematic House
            CJA-TCH-a-45 · File · nd [1980-1984]
            Part of Charles Jencks Archive

            Contents of a folder labelled 'Thematic House' and relating to the London Columns and Room of Doubles.

            Includes:
            -prints on photographic paper of computer-generated column designs with numbers
            -photocopy designs for the Room of Doubles, coloured in with coloured pencil
            -photocopy from an unknown publication of a decorative column
            -photocopy designs for the London Columns
            -colour photograph of an ornately decorated room annotated on reverse 'Sala Terena' [possibly Sala Terrena, Vienna]

            Doubles
            CJA-TCH-b-12 · File · [1985]
            Part of Charles Jencks Archive
            Contents of a box labelled 'Doubles'. Contains colour slides of the Room of Doubles.