The Cosmic House

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      The Cosmic House

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      The Cosmic House

      • 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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      -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.

      -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

      [Thematic House]
      -CJA-TCH-a-10 · File · 1980-1982
      Part of Charles Jencks Archive

      Bundle of plans and drawings of elevations of the the Thematic House and b&w photographs.

      Includes:
      -Final Design Drawing Side Elevation by Terry Farrell Partnership Oct 1980 (folded)
      -copy of a sketch showing a detailed view of the back of the house (folded)
      -photocopied sketch headed '4 symmetrical sets'
      -felt tip pen sketch of windows
      -b&w contact sheet prints showing work in progress
      -typescript notes on plain paper with pencil manuscript alterations titled 'Personification of Art and Architecture July 2, 1982'.
      -Polaroid photograph of the rear of the house
      -Details Side [Elevation] by Terry Farrell Partnership Feb 1981 (folded)
      -pencil sketch on tracing paper of windows
      -photocopied drawings for a staircase annotated 'TFP Jan '82'
      -Render - End [Elevation] by Terry Farrell Partnership (folded)
      -pencil sketches of columns on Architectural Association School of Architecture headed paper
      -perspective drawing of the house and garden (folded)

      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.
      -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

      Alessi
      [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'