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Charles jencks is an american architect and landscape artist, wellknown as the critic who first defined postmodernism in architecture, an. Charles jencks b 1939 was one of the first writers in english to apply it to architecture he studied english literature and architecture at harvard. Journal of the society of architectural historians vol. Once, when travelling in france, i had a rather unnerving experience which i. Among his many influential books are meaning in architecture 1969, the language of. Meaning in architecture charles jencks, george baird. Books by charles jencks author of language of postmodern. Jencks devoted time to landform architecture, especially in scotland. It was included in the volume meaning in architecture, edited by jencks and george baird, published 1970. His books on the history and criticism of modernism and postmodernism are widely read in architectural circles. The figures of charles jencks, semiology and architecture. Architect charles jencks tells jonathan glancey about his most ambitious project yet. Jencks did not invent the term postmodernism, but theorized it in his research.
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