Charles Alexander Jencks | |
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| Born | June 21, 1939 |
| Died | October 13, 2019 (aged 80) |
| Occupation(s) | American cultural theorist, historian |
| Spouses | Pamela Balding
(m. 1961; div. 1973)Louisa Lane Fox (m. 2006) |
| Children | 4 |
Charles Alexander Jencks (June 21, 1939 – October 13, 2019)[1] was an American cultural theorist, landscape designer, architectural historian, and co-founder of the Maggie's Cancer Care Centres. He published over thirty books and became famous in the 1980s as a theorist of postmodernism.[2] Jencks devoted time to landform architecture, especially in Scotland.[2] These landscapes include the Garden of Cosmic Speculation and earthworks at Jupiter Artland outside Edinburgh. His continuing project Crawick Multiverse, commissioned by the Duke of Buccleuch, opened in 2015 near Sanquhar.
- ^ "Charles Jencks, co-founder of Maggie's cancer charity, dies age 80". The Scotsman. Retrieved October 14, 2019.
- ^ a b Hawcock, Neville (June 26, 2015). "The Crawick Multiverse: sandpit becomes land art". Financial Times. Retrieved December 6, 2016.