‘Architecture is a better profession than doctors, lawyers, bankers, accountants and all the other options', said Charles Jencks, who died last Monday at his London home. Certainly in his hands, it ...

Two minutes after Charles Jencks and his wife, Maggie, were told her cancer had returned and she had months to live, the couple found themselves in a dark hospital corridor. They were both ...

Mr. Jencks graduated from the Phillips Exeter Academy in 1954. During his senior year, he was President of the Exonian, "Nobody in the North understands this business." The drawl was unmistakable ...

It’s more than 35 years since Charles Jencks – the critic credited with the briefly shocking idea that modern architecture was dead, and then with popularising postmodernism – first opened the door of ...

In 2008, the William P. Jencks Early Music Room was established through the generosity of Mrs. Miriam Jencks and friends and former students of Professor William P. Jencks. This climate-controlled ...

In 1982, architectural historian and cultural theorist Charles Jencks took to the stage at RIBA to deliver a polemical and playful lecture: ‘Postmodernism: The true inheritor of Modernism’. The talk ...

L'Avventura is not a sequel to La Dolce Vita; it is not social criticism; it is the finest film to The Harvard Crimson The University Daily, Est. 1873 ...

What to make then, of the cosmic mindset of the architect and writer Charles Jencks, as manifested in the space that was once ...

Taftville Fire Department Chief Timothy Jencks said crews responded within a couple minutes to the 7:02 p.m. call at 24 N. Fifth Ave. to find heavy smoke from a grease fire that was “pretty much ...

Maggie's say they remain committed to building a centre in the hometown of their founder, Maggie Keswick Jencks. Maggie's takes its name from Maggie Keswick Jencks, who was from Dumfries Members ...

Postmodern Design Complete is the comprehensive reference to this period of vibrant design, as it profiles key creators including Graves, Mendini, Sottsass, Venturi, Charles Jencks, and Denise Scott ...

Ahead of the RIBA Charles Jencks Award ceremony and winner's lecture on Monday 4 November, we look back at the award and the life of its patron Charles Jencks, who sadly passed away on this month.