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Jencks, Charles

LC control no.n 79018196
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Personal name headingJencks, Charles
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Variant(s)Jencks, Charles A.
LocatedNew England London (England) Scotland
Birth date1939-06-21
Death date2019-10-13
Place of birthBaltimore (Md.)
Field of activityArchitecture--Philosophy
Architecture--History
Landscape architecture
Sculpture
AffiliationHarvard University
Harvard University. Graduate School of Design
University College, London
Profession or occupationLandscape architects
Sculptors
Found inHis Meaning in architecture ... 1969.
The new paradigm in architecture, c2002: t.p. (Charles Jencks)
The garden of cosmic speculation, 2003: t.p. (Charles Jencks) t.p., verso (Charles A. Jencks)
Wikipedia, viewed May 6, 2013 (Charles Alexander Jencks (born 21 June 1939) is an American architectural theorist, landscape architect and designer. Jencks now lives in Scotland where he designs landscape sculpture; Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Jencks spent his childhood in New England. Jencks received his Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature at Harvard University in 1961 and a Master of Arts degree in architecture from the Harvard Graduate School of Design in 1965. In the mid-sixties, Jencks moved to the United Kingdom, where he now has houses in Scotland and London. He took his studies even further in 1970, receiving his PhD in Architectural History from University College, London. He has lived in the UK ever since)
Guardian WWW site, viewed Oct. 15, 2019 (Charles Jencks; Charles Alexander Jencks, landscape architect, designer and writer, born 21 June 1939, Baltimore, Md.; died 13 October 2019)
Associated languageeng