Christopher Alexander was an Austrian-born British-American architect and urban theorist. As a builder, he also constructed over 100 buildings in different places worldwide. But he is most known for his influential theories on architecture and urban design, with classic books such as Notes on the Synthesis of Form, The Timeless Way of Building, The Nature […]
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This book constitutes the 9th volume of Alexander’s series on his rethinking of the profession and its practice. It contemplates on architecture as meaningful place for people. Alexander starts the discussion with an argument that “our world is dominated by the order we create,” yet we tend to overlook the basic definition of ‘order’ itself. […]