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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      2 Archival description results for The Cosmic House

      Themes
      CJA-TCH-a-7 · File · 1978-1984
      Part of Charles Jencks Archive

      Contents of a folder labelled 'Themes'.

      Includes:
      -colour polaroid of the Cosmic Oval
      -correspondence between Charles and Barbara Hoyle regarding Sir Fred Hoyle's contributions to the house
      -program for the Entrance Ellipse
      -correspondence between Charles and D McNally at the University of London Observatory, regarding an introduction to Fred Hoyle and new research in astronomy
      -manuscript and photocopied lettering designs
      -cuttings from Country Life 14 July 1983 regarding Villa Kerylos, French Riviera
      -typescript with manuscript alterations title 'The Thematic House'
      -astrological designs on tracing paper
      -photocopied typeface designs and details of a course on letter design for architects
      -colour, b&w photographs and floor plans of the [National Gallery of Art, Washington]
      -I.M. Pei & Partners program and statistics and press release for the National Gallery of Art [Washington] Expansion
      -manuscript notes on the National Gallery of Art, the Willow Tea Rooms, temples, Edzell castle
      -design for the sink in the Cosmic Loo
      -notes on the word 'cosmos' and for a frieze
      -contact sheet and negatives of built-in furniture within the house
      -manuscript notes listing rooms in the house and columns labelled 'drawings, sketches notes etc: what we have', 'Photographs: what we have' and 'What we need' dated 14 Dec 1984. There are coloured dots to indicate Maggie and Charles' preferences.
      -cutting from the Guardian 'The House that Jencks built' 1984 and photocopies
      -typescript notes titles 'Cultural History July 25th 1984 MK CK WS' relating to the frieze
      -news cuttings on astronomy
      -typescript notes titled 'Cultural Time' with manuscript annotations listing historical figures
      -typescript notes titled 'Seventeen Themes of the Thematic House The Matic How See' divided into general, historical & architectural and personal
      -printed typescript document titled 'Program for the Entrance Ellipse - The Cosmic Egg and Cultural History by Charles Jencks' with manuscript annotations and sketches on reverse.
      -manuscript and typescript draft lists of themes
      -typescript document titled 'William Stok December 2 1984: Thoughts on the Mural' with a manuscript sketch at the bottom of the page
      -typescript documentitled 'Allegory MK: Architecture defeated; architecture triumphant'.
      -manuscript quotations
      -photocopy from an unknown publication relating to the personification of architecture
      -pencil sketches on tracing paper of doors, with photocopies
      -incomplete typescript document titled 'The Thematic House: Charles Jencks'
      -photocopy from an unknown publication relating to the symbolism of the seasons
      -typescript and manuscript notes titled 'Future Pavilion' with aphorisms about the future
      -photocopy typescript article titled 'The Thematic House (A brief Summary); Charles Jencks'.
      -typescript letter from Mark Girouard sending captions [not included] and returning the slides and transparencies
      -typescript notes on Autumn, Aphrodite, Artemis and Spring
      -horoscopes from Vogue June 1972
      -typescript notes titled 'Thoughts on Reading E.H. Gombrich 'The Museum: Past, Present and Future' in Ideals and Idols, Phaidon, Oxford 1979'
      -pencil and ink sketch frieze designs
      -colour polaroid photograph of the Bathpool
      -receipt from Harriet Wynter Ltd for an Orrery and colour reproduction labelled 'This is the ceiling of the famous planetarium built by Eise Eisinga'
      -letter from D McNally at the University of London regarding the entrance ellipse and returning Charles' program (attached) and regarding introductions to Sir Fred Hoyle
      -pencil lettering designs
      -typescript notes titled 'Museum of Cultural History'
      -private view card for 'Ornament and Decoration: Architectural Drawings by Arthur Brown Jr and Bakewell & Brown' at Phillippe Bonnafont Gallery, San Francisco, with manuscript annotations
      -colour polaroid photographs of the Cosmic Oval

      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