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Jencks Foundation at The Cosmic House, London
Joined November 2019
On this day, 53 years ago, Charles Jencks famously declared the death of Modern architecture ‘Modern architecture died in St. Louis, Missouri, on July 15, 1972, at 3:32 p.m. (or thereabouts), when the infamous Pruitt-Igoe scheme were given the final coup de grâce by dynamite.’
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RT @studiolatest: #LinaLapelytė: ‘Between this group of performers, what we share is the virtuosity of listening.’. Interview by @VeronicaS….
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📢 Jencks Award 2025 goes to DAAR! 📢. The award will be marked by a lecture from the recipients on 30 May. 🔗 Follow the link in our bio to book your tickets!. @RIBA
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Coming Soon: ‘In the Dark, We Play’ by artist and composer Lina Lapelytė. ✨. The work is composed and performed in collaboration with Nouria Bah, Anat Ben-David, Angharad Davies, Sharon Gal (@SharonGalWorld ), Rebecca Horrox, and Martyna Norvaišas. 📅 9 April — 19 December
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We are delighted to announce the arrival of our new Editor and Twister of Meaning, Lev Bratishenko!. 📷 Lev Bratishenko on the roof of The Cosmic House. Photo: Giulio Sheaves
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We are hiring! ✨. The Jencks Foundation at The Cosmic House is looking for an Advancement Manager! 🔗 Find more information via the link in our bio.
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One of our favourite features at The Cosmic House can be found in the Egyptian Room: the eye-shaped light fixtures above a false door. It feels as though someone comes alive every time you switch the lights on—like a disembodied guardian, always watching over the house. ✨
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Before and After: Winter room. The fireplace was designed by Michael Graves with a sculpted bust of Hephaestus by Celia Scott. The first image shows the room during construction in 1983, and the second shows its current appearance.
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Have you noticed all of the faces around The Cosmic House? ✨. There are 22 faces incorporated into the house design, and trying to find them all occasionally becomes a fun challenge for our visitors. Some of the faces are easy to spot, while others are very abstract.
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⛄ Are you excited about the snow forecast for this week? 🌨️. We came across some slides of a snowy Time Garden from January 1982, back when The Cosmic House was still under construction.
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✍️ Ian Hamilton Finlay was born on this day in 1925! 🌿. Ian Hamilton Finlay was a Scottish poet, artist, and gardener. He was a close friend of Charles and Maggie, and there are many traces of this friendship throughout our archive. 🔗 Explore our collection.
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💫 Today is Back to the Future day! ☄️. In the Time Garden, designed by Maggie Keswick at The Cosmic House, the Future is always behind you. 🪞. #CharlesJencks #TheCosmicHouse #MaggieKeswick #JencksFoundation #SymbolicArchitecture #Cosmos
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💫 Read Sonia Leimer's interview about her exhibition ‘Cosmic Dust’ at The Cosmic House! 💫. 🔗 Follow the link in our bio.
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How many doorknobs does a door need?🚪. Charles Jencks humorously points out: “. the trouble with all doors is that they have a disastrous asymmetry. I have corrected this 5000-year-old mistake in all my subsequent buildings. The world hasn’t thanked me.”
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The Cosmic House and its custom-designed furniture gained widespread media attention in the '80s, with the Summer Room making its way onto numerous magazine covers! 🌞✨. Publications:.1. architektur & wohnen, September, 1985. 2. House & Garden, April, 1985.
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The spiral Solar Staircase captured by Heini Schneebeli in 1984. The staircase evokes the imagery of a whirlpool galaxy, a DNA double helix, or even a celestial calendar. #Postmodernism #CharlesJencks #TheCosmicHouse #design #JencksFoundation
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Madelon Vriesendorp and Charles Jencks collaborated frequently, and this illustration, along with many other drawings and art objects by Madelon, showcases their creative friendship. Madelon's exhibition 'Cosmic Housework' is on display at The Cosmic House until 13 September.
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🪐 For all science enthusiasts, Evening Standard has just released a list of the best science exhibitions for 2024, and we're thrilled to announce that Sonia Leimer’s upcoming exhibition at The Cosmic House, ‘Cosmic Dust’, is featured! ☄️. The full list is in our link in bio!☝️
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Meet ‘Dust Buddies,’ a work by Vienna-based artist Sonia Leimer, who is preparing for her new exhibition, ‘Cosmic Dust’, opening at The Cosmic House in October. Stay tuned, more details about Sonia Leimer's exhibition are coming soon!. #SoniaLeimer #cosmicdust #dustbuddies
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🎟️ A few more tickets for an August visit to The Cosmic House are still available on our website! ✨👇.
jencksfoundation.org
tickets and visiting information for The Cosmic House
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