The Cosmic House

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      The Cosmic House

      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

      151 Archival description results for The Cosmic House

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      Garden facade
      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
      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
      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
      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
      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
      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'.
      [Loose photographs and illustration]
      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.