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PERSONAL H
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Born in Baltimore, he first studied A
English Literature at Harvard R
University, later gaining an MA in L
architecture from the Graduate School
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of Design in 1965. He also has a PhD in
Architectural History from University S
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Although not inventing the term
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postmodern, his 1977 book The J
Language of Postmodern Architecture E
is often regarded as having
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Charles Jencks (b. 1939) is an
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•Charles Jencks has become a leading H
figure in British landscape architecture.
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•Charles Jencks is an author, R
architect, historian, critic, and L
occasional soothsayer. E
•He is synonymous with the concept
of the Postmodern in architecture, as S
he was the first to extend those ideas
into architectural discourse with his J
book The Language of Post-Modern E
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His numerous books are a perpetual
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•Jencks' massive success as a writer
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and a historian comes not only from
his brilliant mind, but also, his A
accessible writing style, which is a R
testament to his long-standing credo L
•His landscape work is inspired by
of pluralism. E
fractals, genetics, chaos theory, waves
and solutions. S
•In Edinburgh, Scotland, he designed
the Landform at the Scottish National J
Gallery of Modern Art. These themes
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are expanded in his own private
garden, the Garden of Cosmic N
Speculation, C
•He is also a ar Portrack
furniture House near
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sculptor, completing the DNA K
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•His late wife, Maggie Keswick Jencks H
was the founder of the Maggie's cancer
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designed gardens, and the author of a R
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WORKS AND BOOKS

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The Iconic Building - The Power of A
Enigma, Frances Lincoln, London, R
2005. L
The Garden of Cosmic Speculation,
Frances Lincoln Limited, London, E
October 2003. S
The New Paradigm in Architecture,
(seventh edition of The Language of J
Post-Modern Architecture), Yale
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University Press, London, New Haven,
Le Corbusier and the Continual N
2002.
Revolution in Architecture, the Mona C
celli Press, 2000
Architecture 2000 and Beyond, (Critique & K
new predictions for 1971 book), Academy, S
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The Architecture of the Jumping H
Universe, Academy, London & NY, 1995.
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Second Edition Wiley, 1997.
Heteropolis - Los Angeles, The Riots & R
Hetero-Architecture, Academy, L
London & NY, 1993 E
The New Moderns, Academy London, S
Rizzoli, NY 1990.

The Prince, The Architects and new J

wave Monarchy, Academy, London and E
Rizzoli, NY 1988. N
Post-Modernism, The New Classicism C
in Art and Architecture, Rizzoli, NY and
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Academy, London 1987; German
edition, 1987, reprinted 1988. S
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What is Post-Modernism? St Martins H
Press, NY 1986, Academy, London
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1986. Second Edition 1988. Third
Edition 1989. Fourth Edition 1996. R
Towards A Symbolic Architecture, L
Rizzoli, NY; Academy, London 1985. E
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Kings of Infinite Space, St. Martins
Press, NY; Academy, London 1983
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Abstract Representation, St. Martins E
Press, NY 1983, Architectural Design N
monograph, London 1983.
Skyscrapers - Sky cities, Rizzoli, NY 1980, C
Academy, London 1980. K
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Signs, Symbols and Architecture, edited H
with Richard Bunt and Geoffrey
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Broadbent, John Wiley, NY and London
1980. R
Late-Modern Architecture, Rizzoli, NY L
1980, Academy, London 1980. Translated E
into German and Spanish. S
Bizarre Architecture, Rizzoli, NY 1979
and Academy, London 1979.
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The Language of Post-Modern E
Architecture, Rizzoli, NY 1977, revised N
1978, Third Ed. 1980, Fourth Ed. 1984, C
Fifth Ed. 1988, Sixth Ed. 1991, Academy
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Editions London 1977, 1978, 1980,
Modern Movements in Architecture, Anchor
1984, 1991. S
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The Ionic Building

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Examines the phenomenon A
of the icon in contemporary R
architecture and the L
meaning of signature E
buildings in today's world
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of hyper trendiness and
celebrity. Recently, Charles
Jencks came to New York J
City for a debate versus E
Peter Eisenman at N
Columbia University, titled C
“The New Iconic Building.”?
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Jencks
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them landscaped
Maggie's Centre
mounds - together form R
the latest "Maggie's L
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burgeoning chain of S
support centres for
people affected by
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cancer. The idea for
these friendly, useful, E
non-clinical places N
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indeed, a private individual whose
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John C. Portman, Jr. (born December H
4, 1924) is an American architect/
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A native of Walhalla, South Carolina, he N
graduated from the Georgia Institute of
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•Hyatt Regency, Atlanta, Georgia
WORKS O
•Hyatt Regency, San Francisco,
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•The Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel, T
Atlanta, Georgia M
•Peachtree Center, Atlanta, Georgia A
•Marriott Marquis Hotel, Atlanta, N
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•The New York Marriott Marquis Hotel, 12
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downtown Los Angeles, California J
•Renaissance Center, Detroit, H
Michigan
•Embarcadero Center, San Francisco,
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•SunTrust Plaza, Atlanta, Georgia
•Inforum, Atlanta, GA P
•Shanghai Centre, Shanghai, China O
AWARDS
•Award for Excellence for
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Embarcadero Center - Urban Land
Institute, 1984 T
•Silver Medal Award for Innovative M
Design - Atlanta Chapter, American A
Institute of Architects, 1980 N
•AIA Medal for Innovations in Hotel
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Recognized throughout the world for
his innovative design, John Portman did
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not always follow traditional paths. O
Always eager to try new concepts. N
His impact is greatest on his
hometown of Atlanta. P
Portman is best known for his urban
mixed-use complexes wherein his O
understanding of people and their R
response to space translates into T
enhanced environments and award- M
winning architecture. A
He supports the arts, he collects, and
he, himself, is a painter and sculptor. N
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Four major books have been written O
about Mr. Portman's work:
•The Architect as Developer co-authored N
by Portman with Jonathan Barnett and
published by McGraw Hill in 1976;
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•John Portman, published by L'Arcaedizioni O
in 1990; John Portman:
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•An Island on an Island, published by T
L'Arcaedizioni in 1997;
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•The Master Architect series IV, John A
Portman and Associates, by Images N
Publishing in 2002.
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 DECREPTIONS OF HIS WORK

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Embarcadero Center H
The Embarcadero Center is a O
commercial complex of six towers (four
office, two Hyatt hotels) and one office N
tower on a 9.8 acre (39,655 square
meters) site that is located in the San
Francisco's financial district close to the
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Embarcadero. The first office tower- O
One Embarcadero Center of this R
commercial complex was completed in
1971 and the last, an off-complex T
extension,- Embarcadero West, was M
completed in 1989. The complex
contains over 4.8 million square feet
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(445,900 square meters) of office space N
employing 14,000 people.
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Marriott Marquis
The Marriott Marquis is a J
3-star Marriott Hotel and
the 11th tallest H
skyscraper in Atlanta, O
Georgia
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Marriott Marquis is its
large atrium. It was the P
largest in the world upon
its completion in 1985, at O
470 feet (143 m) high. The R
atrium spans the entire
height of the building and
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chambers divided by A
elevator shafts and
bridges. The record was N
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The blue and red H
structures near the O
top of the north
face (visible in N
photo) is a John
Portman "wildcard"
element
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accentuating the O
concierge lounge R
within, which is
open only to people T
on the uppermost M
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Shanghai World
Center is Financial
a super Center
tall skyscraper J
that has been intermittently
under construction in Shanghai,
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China. It is a mixed use O
skyscraper which will consist of N
office spaces, hotel rooms,
conference rooms, observation
decks and shops on the ground P
floors.
The most distinctive feature in
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aperture at the top. This T
aperture was originally meant
to be a circular moon gate, but M
the intended design began A
facing protests from Chinese,
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SunTrust
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One Peachtree
Center) is a H
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of office space. P
Construction was
finished in 1992 and it O
is currently the R
second-tallest
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Westin Hotel J
Bonaventure Hotel
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It is 367 feet (112 N
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35 floors. It was
completed in 1977. P
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Renaissance Center J
The Renaissance H
Center, O
nicknamed the
RenCen, is a
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interconnected P
skyscrapers in
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Detroit, R
Michigan
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original design. N
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by four 39-story office
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the complex to have O
"interior spaces." This first
phase officially opened in N
March 1977.

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the world's tallest
skyscraper hotel at the time T
with the world's largest M
rooftop restaurant. Two
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 •Ricardo Bofill (born December 5, 1939)

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•He was born in Barcelona and studied at C
the Architectural School in Barcelona, A
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•Terminal 2 (2006), El Prat
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International Airport, Barcelona,
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Catalonia - Spain
•The air traffic control tower ([1], F
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•Crystal Carlin (2001) Prague, Czech
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•Casablanca Twin Center (1998),
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•Le Capitole (1996), Montpellier,
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•Volcans d'Auvergne A-71 highway
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service area (1990-1991), near
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Clermont-Ferrand, France
•Interior of the Arsenal concert hall (
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•Port Juvenal (1989), Montpellier,
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•The Golden Number Plaza at Antigone
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•Antigone District (1978-2000),
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•The Spaces of Abraxas (1982),
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•Bofills Båge (or "Pa Soder Crescent"),
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Stockholm, Sweden O
•Santuari de Meritxell 1976, Meritxell,
Canillo - Andorra B
•Walden no 7 residential complex (
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1974), Sant Just Desvern, Barcelona, F
Catalonia - Spain I
•El Sargazo Apartments (1962),
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Bofills Bage R
Bofills Båge, is a residential building on I
Södermalm, Stockholm, at
59°18′51″N, 18°4′5″E. The structure also goes
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by the name of "Pa Soder Crescent." The A
building was designed by the Spanish architect R
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Ricardo complex
Bofill and is formed
constructed by the 1991
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crescent-shaped
and 1992. building with a
diameter of 180 meters, along with a O
total of five smaller apartment
buildings. The complex contains about B
300 apartments, shops, offices and O
underground parking space. It forms F
part of a large urban redevelopment
where the old southern railyard was I
converted into city blocks mainly with L
housing developments. The Crescent is L
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Morocco. The two structures, the West
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Barcelona International Airport R
•It is known as El Prat, is the main airport to I
serve Barcelona, Spain. It is located 10 km C
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