| Event Name: | Talk - The universe in the landscape |
| Description: | In a talk on his landscape work and recently published book, Charles Jencks explores several metaphors that underlie both growing nature and the laws of nature, comparisons and parallels that root us personally in the cosmos, as firmly as a plant.
“To see the World in a Grain of Sand/And Heaven in a Wild Flower,” the poetic insight of William Blake, is to find relationships between the very big and small, and science and spirituality. In a talk on his landscape work and recently published book, The Universe in the Landscape, Charles Jencks will explore several metaphors that underlie both growing nature and the laws of nature, comparisons and parallels that root us personally in the cosmos, as firmly as a plant.
Charles Jencks divides his time between lecturing, writing, and designing in the USA, the UK, and Europe. He is the author of the best-selling book The Language of Post-Modern Architecture and he has also written numerous other books on contemporary arts and architecture, including What is Post-Modernism? and The Architecture of the Jumping Universe.
Charles' celebrated garden in Scotland is the subject of his book The Garden of Cosmic Speculation, and in 2004 the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, won the Gulbenkian Prize for Museums, for his design, Landform Ueda. His landform projects have also been completed in Europe and his current concern is working with Cern on an iconographic and green project.
Charles is the author of The Iconic Building, the Power of Enigma, Critical Modernism and The Architecture of Hope with Edwin Heathcote, on Maggie Centres. The Story of Post-Modernism, Five Decades of Ironic, Iconic and Critical Architecture brings this resurgent tradition up to date, while his recent landscape work is summarised in The Universe in the Landscape.
This lecture has been generously supported by the Dr.H.Shawdon Charitable Trust |
| Type of Event: | Literary Events - Book Launch - Readings |
| Event Agenda: | Speaker: Charles Jencks, author
Tickets: General admission £5, Friends of Kew £4 |
| Event Location: | Kew Gardens |
| Event City: | Surrey |
| Type of Venue: | Park - Garden - Open Space |
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| Directions: | By bus
Routes 65 and 391 stop close to the entrance gates. Routes 237 and 267 stop at Kew Bridge station.
By car or coach
Kew Gardens is located at Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AB, and is well signposted from all the major local roads. The South Circular (A205) passes the north-east corner of Kew Gardens and Kew Road (A307) forms the eastern border.
Please note that Kew has no coach park, however coach parking is free on Kew Road (A307) after 10am. Groups are advised to arrive at either Victoria Gate or Main Gate, but note that only Main Gate has a designated coach drop off point. See our groups pages for more information.
From the west :
take M4 (exit Junction 2) or A4
upon reaching the Chiswick roundabout, follow signs to Kew Gardens to join the A205 and cross the River Thames at Kew Bridge
turn right immediately after the bridge on Kew Green, and then right down Ferry Lane to reach the Kew Gardens car park
From north London:
follow the North Circular until you reach the Chiswick roundabout, then follow directions from here as above
From the south or west:
from the M3 continue on the A316
upon reaching the Richmond roundabout, fork left on to Kew Road (A307)
you will then see the Pagoda to your left and then the wall on your left which is the boundary to the Gardens
there is limited parking along the Kew Road here after 10am, closest to Victoria Gate and Lion Gate
alternatively, to reach the car park, continue along this road and upon reaching Kew Green turn left and follow the signs
From the South Circular Road:
follow the South Circular Road past Kew Retail Park and under a railway bridge
at the next traffic light junction, where the A307 joins from the left, go slowly through the junction and immediately turn left into Kew Green (NOT sharp left into the A307, as this is no left turn) |
| Event Start Date | 29-Feb-12 |