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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      Garden facade
      CJA-TCH-b-7-15 · Item · [Jan 1983]
      Part of Charles Jencks Archive
      Colour slide showing the rear elevation. Card mounted annotated in pencil 'Garden facade' and stamped 'JAN83H4' and '21'.
      Winter
      CJA-TCH-b-7-14 · Item · [Jan 1983]
      Part of Charles Jencks Archive
      Colour slide showing the fireplace in Winter during construction with a cardboard cutout in place of the bust of Hephaestus. Card mount annotated in pencil 'Winter' and stamped 'JAN83H4' and '6'.
      Tuscan Room
      CJA-TCH-b-7-13 · Item · [Jan 1983]
      Part of Charles Jencks Archive
      Colour slide showing furniture construction taking place in the Foursquare Room. Card mount annotated in pencil 'Tuscan Room' and stamped 'JAN83HE' and '15'.
      Chimney columns
      CJA-TCH-b-7-12 · Item · [Jan 1983]
      Part of Charles Jencks Archive
      Colour slide showing the West elevation and the Chimney columns. Card mount annotated in pencil 'Chimney columns' and stamped 'JAN83H4' and '28'.
      Garden
      CJA-TCH-b-7-11 · Item · [Jan 1983]
      Part of Charles Jencks Archive
      Colour slide showing the staircase into the Time Garden and a view of the Time Garden before the construction of the Future Pavilion. Card mount annotated in pencil 'Garden' and stamped 'JAN83H4' and '9'.
      Sunwell
      CJA-TCH-b-7-1 · Item · [Jan 1983]
      Part of Charles Jencks Archive
      Colour slide, taken looking up the solar stairs. Card mount annotated in pencil 'Sunwell' and stamped 'Jan 83H4' and '18'.
      Thematic Main Facade
      CJA-TCH-b-4 · File · [1980-1985]
      Part of Charles Jencks Archive

      Contents of a box labelled 'Thematic Main Facade'.

      Includes colour slides of the front, back and side/West elevations of the house, the chimney columns, the window of Lily's Room. Many of the slides are annotated. One is labelled '4.31 substitute' and another '4.33 Lily outside window, copyright C Jencks, return'.

      CJA-TCH-b-38 · File · nd [1984-1985]
      Part of Charles Jencks Archive

      Bundle of photographs and an illustration.

      Includes:
      -b&w polaroid photograph of Spring, tracing paper attached marked for publication. Annotated 'A/A files/Book reviews p110 A'.
      -colour photograph of the Spring fireplace
      -colour photograph of the Cosmic Oval
      -colour photograph of the shelves in Indian Summer
      -colour photograph looking into the Sundial Arcade
      -b&w print on photographic paper of the bookplate design inside Towards A Symbolic Architecture, with some of the text glued on

      Facades 3.3
      CJA-TCH-b-37 · File · nd [1983-1985]
      Part of Charles Jencks Archive

      Contents of a folder labelled 'Facades 3.3' with 'Face of the Vernacular' crossed out underneath.

      Colour transparencies and ink drawings with tracing paper covers. The images have been prepared for publication with outlines and measurements drawn in pencil, attached to pieces of paper. The papers are labelled with TSA numbers (TSA88/89. TSA 100/101, TSA 102). The transparencies show the exterior of the house.

      Extras
      CJA-TCH-b-36 · File · nd [1984-1985]
      Part of Charles Jencks Archive

      Contents of an envelope labelled 'Extras' containing slides, photographs, correspondence and transparencies.

      Includes:
      -compliments slip from Richard Bryant
      -b&w photographs by Robin Laurence for NYT of Charles' Biedermeier chairs alongside some of the Symbolic Furniture, and Charles sitting on one of the Sun chairs, stamped on reverse,1985
      -photograph from the collection of the National Monuments Record of a unidentified historic building
      -colour polaroids of the Foursquare Room
      -b&w photographs of Esna, Temple of Khnum, one with extensive annotations, and the pyramid of King Chephren
      -colour transparencies by Richard Bryant
      -b&w photographs of the Elemental House
      -b&w photographs of the Architectural Library, John's Room and Lily's Room with the furniture installed but no other furnishings
      -colour photograph of the West elevation
      -b&w negative of Winter
      -letter from Mark Lewis of Lewis & Horning regarding the work he did on Indian Summer, 1985
      -cutting from an unidentified magazine
      -manuscript notes labelled 'Richard Bryant' with a list of rooms in a variety of different handwritings, including notes about Medite
      -b&w polaroid photographs of the Cosmic Oval
      -transparencies inside tracing paper, annotated for publication
      -colour slides of rooms in the Thematic House labelled 'C Jencks: not used before. 20 slides - 4 Square RM + Bathpool' but including most of the ground floor, the Time Garden and the chimneys
      -letter from William Stok regarding photography of this mural and enclosing a postcard of a work by Chagall [not included], 1985
      -colour transparency of the Garagia Rotunda annotated 'Chapter 2'
      -envelope enclosing b&w photographs with a message from 'Eamon of the shop'
      -b&w photograph of Charles in front of the Spring fireplace [over-sized, damaged]
      -b&w photograph of Charles and Maggie in front of the Spring fireplace. Charles is holding a mobile phone [over-sized, damaged]