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.
Contents of a red box file labelled 'KUROKAWA CJ notes + images etc KUROKAWA'
Includes:
-Letter on Kisho Kurokawa architect & associates headed paper inviting Charles to become a founding member of 'Green and Recycle' association, with a list of current members, 2007
-Letter from Kisho Kurokawa concerning the Japanese translation of 'The Architecture of the Jumping Universe', annotated draft reply from Charles confirming receipt of the translation
-typescript titled 'Kurokawa's Double Vision: from metabolism to fractals' by Charles
-copy fax from Charles to Kurokawa requesting specific images relating to fractals and information on other Japanese architects; and reply, 1994
-fax from Kurokawa's secretary sending material on fractal series ; annotated draft reply by Charles requesting Kurokawa's guest lis for a dinner party 'here
-copy fax from Charles to Kurokawa hoping to make arrangements to meet in Nara
-copy fax from Charles to Dr Kunio Kodo regarding the Japanese translation of The Architecture of the Jumping Universe
-draft manuscript dinner guest list, attached to a fax from Dennis Sharp to Charles regarding the Kurokawa exhibition catalogue, with a post-it note making arrangements for a tennis match, 1997
-correspondence relating to arrangements for the opening events for the Kurokawa exhibition including a party at Charles' house
-covering letters from Kurokawa's office confirming material has been sent to Charles
-faxed from Kurokawa giving details of fractals and symbiosis within his work, and copy fax from Charles describing the content of 'The Architecture of The Jumping Universe', 1994
-World Architecture Triennale, Nara, 1998, The Minutes of the Symposium and Lecture Series with a covering note from the Association for the World Architecture Exposition, Nara; includes the text of Charles' presentation in a section titled 'The City of Wood - Nara'
-Fax from Dennis Sharp to RIBA Journal protesting their 'attack' on the Kurokawa exhibition, 1998
-Plastic folder including: fax from Kurokawa to Charles mentioning his Paris exhibition, with annotated reply from Charles; fax confirming the postponement of the World Architecture Exposition, Nara but confirming the World Architecture Triennale and the text of Kurokawa's lecture 'From the Age of Machine to the Age of Life: From Metabolism to Symbiosis'.
-typescript titled 'Two Seminal Architects' by Charles, with printed out e-mail from Charles to the AJ submitting copy and manuscript notes on Kurokawa and Ungers.
-untitled typescript on Kurokawa, with printed out e-mail from Building Design confirming publication schedule; printed out photographs of Charles with Kurokawa,[Kengo] Kuma, and other unidentified men at a restaurant in Tokyo in 2007, 2007
-manuscript sketch map showing buildings labelled with their architects in Omotesando, Tokyo
-business card for employees at the Mori Art Museum, Casa Brutus, Taisei Corporation, Collex Living and for Takeo Nishioka
-catalogue for the 'Kisho Kurokawa: From the Age of the Machine to the Age of Life' exhibition at the National Art Centre, Tokyo, produced as a 2007 calendar
-carrier bag from アオヤマ・フォト・アート containing transparencies and project information sheets for: Bukit Unggul Show Bungalow; KL International Airport Terminal Complex; Fujinomiya Golf Club Clubhouse; Flores Residence, Menorca; Fractal Series Furniture, with DHL covering note from Kurokawa
-plastic folder containing transparencies and project information sheet for Fukui City Museum of Art
-plastic wallet containing colour publicity photographs of buildings
Bundle of documents found loose on the shelf. Includes:
-Brochure for the Nara/TOTO World Architecture Triennale open division 1995
-Time magazine 21 Sep 1987 folded to an article about Japanese architecture
-Telescope テレスコープ Summer 1987 issue
-cuttings from Building Design 31 Oct 1986 on Tadao Ando, annotated
-printed out e-mails between Charles and Norihito Nakatani about Japanese houses in the 1970s, with Charles' draft manuscript reply
-folder labelled 'Japan 2001' containing printed-out emails relating to the organisation of the Masaharu Taksaki lecture at RIBA; lists of architecture events taking place as part of the Japan 2001 season; letters from Charles making arrangements for the 2001 lecture
-typescript titled 'Designing for a High Tech Nation: The Symbolic Modern in the 1980s Japan' by Yasushi Zenno, submitted as part of a module at UCLA, annotated
-leaflets for the World Architecture Exposition, Nara 1996.3 No. 3
-leaflet for the Nara Convention Hall International Design Competition
-The Architects' Journal 21 March 1996
-leaflet for 'Urban islands: architectural works of Mario Bellini 1985/1995' at RIBA Architecture Centre, 1996
-envelope for Kazuhiro Ishii Architect and Associates with a diagram of architects' names drawn on it in biro, containing reprints from 住宅特集 and 建築文化 as well as colour photographs of the inside and outside of a building
-copy letters from Charles to Kisho Kurokawa and Minoru Takeyama introducing a friend who is visiting Japan, and a list of the contact details for Japanese architects
-article from Building Design 5 May 1995 on Tadao Ando
-business cards for Kazuyo Sejima, Kengo Kuma and Hajime Yatsuka
-fax from Eisaku Ushida and Kathryn Findlay thanking Charles for including Truss Wall House in The Architecture of The Jumping Universe, and Charles' manuscript draft reply
-correspondence with Toyo Ito making arrangements to meet in Tokyo, 1995
