Charles Jencks, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Charles Jencks

American architecture theorist, critic and landscape architect

Date of Birth: 21-Jun-1939

Place of Birth: Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Date of Death: 13-Oct-2019

Profession: architect, historian, landscape architect

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Charles Alexander Jencks (21 June 1939 –13 October 2019) 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 theorist of Postmodernism.
Jencks devoted time to landform architecture, especially in Scotland.
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.