The Timeless Way of Building (1979)

Re:The Timeless Way of Building (1979) by akkartik on Thursday September 03, 2015 @05:02PM (#10167514)

To all the Christopher Alexander recommendations I'll add Notes on the Synthesis of Form. It's his best book in my not-so-humble opinion, and it's been under-rated ever since Richard Gabriel called it 'juvenalia': https://www.dreamsongs.com/Essays.html

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Re:The Timeless Way of Building (1979) by jalfresi on Thursday September 03, 2015 @05:42PM (#10167696)

'Notes..' is my all time favourite book. I have a 10 year old, well worn, note riddled copy that I take with me on every holiday :)

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Re:The Timeless Way of Building (1979) by theoh on Saturday September 05, 2015 @09:44AM (#10174791)

Gabriel misspelt "juvenilia", but it's an odd criticism anyway, since Alexander seems to have got progressively more cranky and messianic as he got older. He is a complete outsider in the architecture world, which is actually quite tolerant of small-scale, community-based building (see Walter Segal)

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