The Cosmic House

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      • London, UK

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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

      4 Archival description results for The Cosmic House

      CJA-TSA-5 · File · [1984]
      Part of Charles Jencks Archive
      Contents of a folder labelled 'Symbolic Arch (photos): Ground floors and Garagia Rotunda'. Includes colour transparencies and b&w photographs marked up for publication and labelled with TSA numbers, a letter from Terry Farrell, computer calculations for the London Columns and a polaroid of a model of The Thematic House.
      Thematic House
      CJA-TCH-a-45 · File · nd [1980-1984]
      Part of Charles Jencks Archive

      Contents of a folder labelled 'Thematic House' and relating to the London Columns and Room of Doubles.

      Includes:
      -prints on photographic paper of computer-generated column designs with numbers
      -photocopy designs for the Room of Doubles, coloured in with coloured pencil
      -photocopy from an unknown publication of a decorative column
      -photocopy designs for the London Columns
      -colour photograph of an ornately decorated room annotated on reverse 'Sala Terena' [possibly Sala Terrena, Vienna]

      Letters
      CJA-TCH-a-32 · File · 1982-1984
      Part of Charles Jencks Archive

      Contents of a folder labelled 'Letters', with a folder inside labelled 'Lansd.'. The folder includes a mix of correspondence, drawings, notes and magazine cuttings relating to the development of the house.

      Includes:
      -a photocopied perspective drawing by Terry Farrell Partnership with names and telephone numbers of individuals annotated
      -invoice from Penguin Swimming Pools
      -postcard from The Wallace Collection of Nicolas Poussin's A Dance To The Music Of Time
      -invoice from Paris Ceramics
      -pencil and ink drawings of furniture and doors
      -photocopied page from a lamp catalogue
      -letter from BBC TV
      -manuscript notes of costs
      -invoice from Sandell Perkins
      -photocopied drawing by Terry Farrell Partnership titled 'Cabinets & Kitchen', folded
      -untitled whiteprint showing the rear elevation (folded)
      -photocopied lettering design
      -letter from David Feldman regarding the delivery of drawings
      -leaflets for Temple & Crook Belgravia
      -postcards from Gerald R Blomeyer in Berlin regarding a film for german television about Terry Farrell
      -cartoons relating to architecture cut and photocopied from unidentified publications
      -business cards for Pitt & Scott Limited, Stonetab Limited and Barratt Concrete Products
      -notes of names and phone numbers
      -letter from Ben Johnson regarding a potential commission to create the entrance to the house
      -letter from Elizabeth Lambert regarding a potential feature for Architectural Digest
      -letter from Richard Bryant proposing photography of the house
      -photocopied brochure for Avery Foldaway Awning Blind
      -postcard for ARCAID
      -colour brochure for Turkomar fine marbles and onyx
      -private view cards for Ben Johnson & Ray Kyte at Fischer Fine Art, 1981
      -leaflet for Williams Roofing and Building
      -colour brochure for GJ Green and Veronese: craftsmen in decorative plaster
      -colour brochure for Room Moods from Delmar-nmc Limited with a compliments slip
      -page from Building Design 2 July 1982 with an article on computing jargon on one side, and on the other a review of an exhibition of Warner and Sons fabric and an advertisement for clay products
      -name and address on a Hotel Tivoli business card
      -letter from [Allen Jones] regarding the painting commission
      -letter from Mark Lennox-Boyd regarding measurements required for the sundial
      -letter from House & Garden discussing proposed presentation of Charles' work
      -page torn from an unidentified Italian language magazine showing pictures of lamps
      -sketches of suit collars

      London Column
      CJA-TCH-a-26 · File · nd [1978-1983]
      Part of Charles Jencks Archive

      Contents of a folder labelled 'London Column'.

      Includes:
      -ink designs for columns, coloured in with pencil, overlayed with tracing paper labelled 'TSA 136'
      -pencil sketches of column designs on paper and tracing paper
      -ink sketches of column designs
      -photocopied column designs
      -coloured pencil sketches of column designs
      -prints on photographic paper of computer-generated column designs with numbers
      -rough ink sketches and manuscript notes on headed paper for The Aga Khan Award for Architecture
      -pencil sketches and coloured pencil sketches on paper and tracing paper
      -pencil sketches on the reverse of University of California, Los Angeles headed paper relating to sun, rain and column symbols.
      -pencil and ink sketches on notepaper showing the exterior of the house
      -print outs of computer-generated designs with variables listed at the side including facets at shaft, facets at base and number of columns.
      -ink drawing labelled 'London Column' with notes on the weather and hifi speakers on blue paper