The Cosmic House

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      • UF 19 Lansdowne Walk London W11 3AH
      • UF Thematic House
      • UF The Jencks House
      • UF The Matic House
      • UF Terrace House

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      The Cosmic House

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      [Work lists, completion lists and snag lists]
      CJA-TCH-a-36 · File · [1982-1984]
      Part of Charles Jencks Archive

      Typescript lists variously titled 'Work on The Matic House', 'Park Walk Completion Lists', 'Overall snag list', 'Thematic House: must be finished and painted by September 10th', 'Snag list', 'Lansdowne Walk Hit List', 'Work on The Matic House'.

      The lists also have manuscript annotations and one has a sketch on reverse. Not all are dated, but those which are cover 1982-1984. On some lists the work is allocated to particular individuals.
      19 Lansdowne Walk
      CJA-TCH · Sub-Fonds · 1978-2019
      Part of Charles Jencks Archive
      This sub-fond includes materials relating to the purchase of 19 Lansdowne Walk, the design and build process for the Thematic House and the Symbolic Furniture (including versions manufactured for sale), and its later conversion into The Cosmic House. Alongside material documenting the house, the Cosmic House itself and its contents have been included in this sub-fonds.
      Post-Modernism & Discontinuity
      CJA-RES-AL-B13-6-34 · Item · 1987
      Part of Charles Jencks Archive

      Includes articles titled 'Post-Modernism and Discontinuity' and 'Post-Modernism and Eclectic Continuity' by Charles; 'Cathay in the West: Pavilions and a Chinese Garden in Bel Air, California' by Charles and Maggie; and 'Letters to the Editor: Designing a House' with a detailed response to Terry Farrell's article in a previous issue of AD, and Farrell's response.

      Publisher: Academy Editions

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      Tea & Coffee Piazza
      CJA-RES-AL-B13-5-21 · Item · 1983
      Part of Charles Jencks Archive

      Publisher: Shakespeare & Company

      Includes a tea and coffee set designed by Charles.

      Tucked inside are:
      -typescript document titled 'Description of PM objects - as sent to Judith Gura 22/03/2016
      -'Charles Jencks: Symbolic Furniture' by Colin Amery, reprinted from Art & Design Nov 1985
      -slides showing furniture designed by Charles, including James Stirling and others sitting in the Spring Chair

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      [Loose documents]
      CJA-RES-AL-B13-3-31 · File · 2009-2011
      Part of Charles Jencks Archive
      Contents of a plastic folder [removed for conservation reasons]. Includes:
      -invitation to the opening of Postmodernism: Style and Subversion 1970-1990 at the V&A
      -reviews of 1:1 - Architects build small spaces at the V&A
      -typescript document titled 'The Canons of Post-Modernism 2' by Charles with annotations
      -manuscript notes on the reverse of a printed out email making arrangements for an event at the V&A titled 'Defining Postmodernism'
      -reviews of Radical Postmodernism: Architectural Design' edited by Charles and FAT
      -interview with Charles on the Postmodernism exhibition at the V&A in the RA Magazine
      -printed letter to the editor of the Architectural Review from Charles
      -plastic envelope containing printed out composite images titled 'The Leviathan sunk by the critics: the truth speaks, the critic smiles' with figures including Jane Jacobs, Hannah Arendt, Aung Sann Suu Kyi, Anna Politkovskaya, Rachel Carson, Simon Jenkins, Jeremy Paxman and Naom [sic] Chomsky.
      -typescript titled "Post-Modernism Resurgent - ten buildings that made a difference' by Charles, with annotations
      -typescript titled 'V&A Dinner on PM Sept 20, 2011' by Charles with annotations
      -typescript titled 'The Return of Postmodernism' by Charles with annotations
      -arrangements for an interview with The Sunday Times to promote The Story of Post-Modernism
      -pages from the V&A Magazine Autumn Winter 2011
      -printout from The Art Newspaper titled 'The rebirth of postmodern design'
      -Fulcrum: The AA's Weekly Free Sheet issue 27, 9 Nov 2011 including an interview with Charles by Jack Self, and covering note
      -reviews of Postmodernism at the V&A
      -arrangements for Charles to appear on BBC's Night Waves
      -arrangements for filming a promotional video for the V&A
      -contract for a promotional film for Wiley
      -arrangements for press interviews for The Story of Postmodernism
      -plastic envelope including reviews, typescript titled 'The Legacy of Post Modernism' by Colin Fournier with Charles' annotations
      -The Sunday Times Home 4 Sep 2011 with Charles on the cover and the headline 'Less is a bore'
      [Loose documents]
      CJA-RES-AL-B13-2-24 · Item
      Part of Charles Jencks Archive
      Bundle of loose papers including:
      -flyers for 'Critical Modernism: where is post-modernism going? by Charles
      -Evening Standard: Homes & Property 5 Oct 2011 'Status Symbols' interview with Charles
      -leaflet titled 'The deposit of your oral history recording at the British Library'
      -email correspondence between Charles and Geraint Franklin regarding a 'sound-biography', with Charles' manuscript notes
      -National Life Stories: Review and Accounts 2010/2011 comb-bound brochure
      -bibliography for [redacted] annotated 'an old student of mine who wants to do an oral history'
      -print-outs of catalogue records for Peter Smithson's recordings at the National Life Story Collection
      -Typescript document titled 'Charles Jencks: Segments by Subject & Timeline'
      -typescript document titled 'Curriculum Vitae - Charles Alexander Jencks' [c2011]
      -typescript document titled 'A first stab at content and structure'
      -Geraint Franklin cv
      -Oral History recording agreement signed by Charles
      -transparencies of 19 Lansdowne Walk by Andreas von Einsiedel
      [Loose documents]
      CJA-RES-AL-B12-1-64 · File · Jun 1989
      Part of Charles Jencks Archive
      Includes:
      -photocopied pages from A+U E8601 with floorplans of The Thematic House
      -cutting, obituary of Jane Jacobs from The Times 27 Apr 2006, annotated
      -cutting 'The razing of half-baked ideas', Christopher Caldwell FT 29/30 Apr 2006
      -offprint 'Postmodernism and postmodernity: What do these terms mean and why are they successful?' by Douwe Fokkema, European review 6/1 (1998)
      -cutting, 'Back to Nature' review of Jane Jacobs and Malcolm Gladwell, The New York Review, 15 Jun 2000, annotated
      -cutting, 'An Urban Anarchist' review of Jane Jacobs by Richard Sennett, The New York Review, 1 Jan 1970 [fragile]