Architect, critic and Maggie's Centres co-founder Charles Jencks dies at 80

Charles Jencks, architecture historian, landscape architect and director of Maggie's Cancer Care Centres has passed away at the age of 80.
Jencks is widely regarded as the leading thinker on postmodernism in architecture, which he defined with his seminal book, The Language of Post-Modern Architecture.
He died yesterday at his home in London, the Maggie's Centres charity has confirmed.
Architect and critic Charles Jencks has died at the age of 80. Photo by View Pictures via Getty Images
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