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~ (Author) "In Book I, THE PHENOMENON OF LIFE, I have offered a view of the natural and built worlds in which order is seen as underlying..." (more)
Key Phrases: latent centers, public hull, existing wholeness, Christopher Alexander, San Jose, West Dean (more...)
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In Book 3 of this four-volume work, Alexander presents hundreds of his own buildings and those of other contemporaries who have used methods consistent with the theory of living process.

Nearly seven hundred pages of projects, built and planned in many countries over a thirty-year period, illustrate the impact of living process on the world. The book provides the reader with an intuitive feel for the kind of world, its style and geometry, which is needed to generate living structure in the world and its communities, together with its ecological and natural character.

The projects include public buildings, neighborhoods, housing built by people for themselves, public urban space, rooms, gardens, ornament, colors, details of construction and construction innovation. The many buildings shown, and the methods needed to design and build these buildings, define living structure in a practical way that can be understood and copied.

". . . Alexander's approach presents a fundamental challenge to us and our style-obsessed age. It suggests that a beautiful form can come about only through a process that is meaningful to people. It also implies that certain types of processes, regardless of when they occur or who does them, can lead to certain types of forms."-Thomas Fisher, former editor of Progressive Architecture.

Christopher Alexander is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, architect, builder, and author of many books and technical papers. He is the winner of the first medal for research ever awarded by the American Institute of Architects, and Emeritus Professor of Architecture at the University of California, Berkeley, where he taught for 40 years.



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Christopher Alexander is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, architect, builder, and author of many books and technical papers. He is the winner of the first medal for research ever awarded by the American Institute of Architects, and after 40 years of teaching is Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley.

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  • Hardcover: 690 pages
  • Publisher: Center for Environmental Structure (September 2004)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0972652930
  • ISBN-13: 978-0972652933
  • Product Dimensions: 11 x 7.9 x 1.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 3.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #286,350 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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In Book I, THE PHENOMENON OF LIFE, I have offered a view of the natural and built worlds in which order is seen as underlying all life, and life - visible as living structure - a common and necessary feature of buildings. Read the first page
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latent centers, public hull, existing wholeness, fifteen properties, generic centers, orange stakes, alternating repetition, true unfolding, true belonging, living structure, scissors truss, positive space, emerging whole, secondary volume, house volume, pedestrian space, street segment, living process, minor centers, living centers, pure pattern
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Christopher Alexander, San Jose, West Dean, Mary Rose Museum, San Francisco, Santa Rosa, Fort Lauderdale, Gary Black, Victory Arena, Artemis Anninou, John Hewitt, Julian Street Inn, United States, Herman Miller, Grand Canal, Ingrid King, Speed King, Tokyo International Forum
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5.0 out of 5 stars A practical approach to reinventing human habitats, April 14, 2005
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Alexander's long-awaited third book in the four-volume Nature of Order series finally provides a practical guide to creating great places based on his concepts of "centers", "wholeness" and "structure-preserving transformations."

Page after page of photos and diagrams give weight to Alexander's process-oriented approach to building.

This tome should be required reading for anyone who has wondered whether there is a way to reinvent our cities and suburbs away from "sprawl" and into vibrant, living places.
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I have read all his works and this is a great addition to my library.
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