Charles Jencks

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1939 –

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Who is Charles Jencks?

Charles Alexander Jencks is an American architecture theorist and critic, landscape architect and designer. His books on the history and criticism of modernism and postmodernism are widely read in architectural circles. He studied under the influential architectural historians Sigfried Giedion and Reyner Banham. Jencks now lives in Scotland where he designs landscape sculpture.

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Born
Jun 21, 1939
Baltimore
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Ethnicity
  • Scottish American
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Harvard University
  • University College London
  • Harvard Graduate School of Design
    ( - 1965)

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on July 23, 2013

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