Christopher Alexander

lifetime

* October 4, 1936 Vienna

info

American architect and mathematician.

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projects

Eishin School
1985
Linz Café
1980
Linz, Austria
Houses in Mexicali
1975-76
Mexicali, Mexico
Courtyard House Project
1963-64 [project]
New Haven, United States of America
apartment house
Mountain View Civic Center
[project]
Science Complex, University of Oregon
Eugene, United States of America

publications

A Foreshadowing of 21st Century Art
The Color and Geometry of Very Early Turkish Carpets (Center for Environmental Structure, Vol 7)
C. Alexander
Oxford University Press; 1993
Linz Cafe
C. Alexander
Oxford University Press; 1991
Notes on the Synthesis of Form
C. Alexander
Harvard University Press; 1970
The Production of Houses
C. Alexander, H. Davis, J. Martinez
Oxford University Press; 1984
The Oregon Experiment
C. Alexander
Oxford University Press; 1988
The Timeless Way of Building
C. Alexander
Oxford University Press; 1979
A Pattern Language
Towns, Buildings, Construction
C. Alexander, S. Ishikawa, M. Silverstein
Oxford University Press; 1977
The Phenomenon of Life (The Nature of Order, Book 1)
C. Alexander
Center for Environmental Structure; 2003
Eine Muster-Sprache
Städte, Gebäude, Konstruktion
C. Alexander, H. Czech, S. Ishikawa, M. Silverstein, I. Fiksfahl-King, N. Jacobsohn, S. Angel
Löcker Verlag; 2000
Christopher Alexander cabalga de nuevo | Christopher Alexander rides again
in: Urbanismo revista, 1988,6
C. Alexander, R. Barba
page 76–77
- book review
Forum Design: preview of exhibition, Linz, Austria, 27 June - 5 October 1980
in: Architectural Design, 3-4/1980
R. A. M. Stern, P. Cook, C. Alexander, H. Czech, M. Lapidus, C. Price
page 42–66
- exhibition review
Discord over harmony in architecture
in: A+U, 9/1984,168
P. Eisenman, C. Alexander
page 19–28
Contrasti sul concetto de armonia in architettura: dibattito tra Christopher Alexander e Peter Eisenman | Contrasting concepts of harmony in architecture: debate between Christopher Alexander and Peter Eisenman
in: Lotus International: Storie di edifici | Stories of buildings, 1983,40
P. Eisenman, C. Alexander
page 60–68
Perspectives: manifesto 1991
in: Progressive Architecture, 7/1991
C. Alexander
page 108–112
Interview with Christopher Alexander
in: Architecture + design, 1/1991
C. Alexander, A. Parikh
page 93–99
- interview
Das Machen von Gebäuden: Eishin College, Eishin High School bei Tokio
in: Baumeister, 2/1986
C. Alexander
page 24–42
Major changes in environmental form required by social and psychological demands
in: World congress of engineers and architects, 1/1970
C. Alexander
page 289–295
Hacia un lugar personal de trabajo
in: CA, 1991,63
C. Alexander
page 34–38
Toward a personal workplace: Portfolio of interiors and a new system of office furniture, Center for Environmental structure, architects
in: Architectural Record, 11/1987
C. Alexander, G. Black, A. Anninou, J. Rheinfrank
page 130–141
The style of the 21st century, an essay on technology, geometry and style
in: Precis, 1987
C. Alexander
page 128–137

references

arch+: Christopher Alexander: Eine Pattern Language, 3/1984,73
An expert system for generative architectural design
in: Design methods and theories, 2/1985
E. Gullichsen
page 253–267
La regression californienne ou la reificacion du mythe Christopher Alexander, une conference
in: AMC - Architecture, mouvement, continuite, 1976,38
page 76–77
Christopher Alexander's timeless way of building
in: A+U, 3/1974,51
K. Hirata
page 49–60
Overens med universet [Christopher Alexander]
in: Arkitekten, 9/1990
F. Skude
page 288–295
Christopher Alexander i jego jezyk projektowania
in: Kwartalnik architektury i urbanistyki, 3-4/1984
K. Lenartowicz
page 373–381
Alexander y la metodologia de diseño
in: Summa, 1972,51
page 17–24
Alexander patterns for design computing: atoms of conceptual structure?
in: Environment and Planning B, 1991,18
P. Galle
page 327–346
The production of houses, Christopher Alexander
in: Architecture: the AIA journal, 12/1985
M. J. Crosbie
page 88–89
- book review
Osservazioni ai margini del dibattito tra Alexander e Eisenman | Marginal comments on the debate between Alexander and Eisenman
in: Lotus International: Storie di edifici | Stories of buildings, 1983,40
G. Teyssot
page 69–73
A city is not a semilattice either
in: Environment and Planning A, 1976,8
F. Harary, J. Rockey
page 375–384
Notes on the synthesis of Christopher Alexander
in: Fifth column, 1/1982
R. L. Castro
page 30–32
An approach to wholeness
in: The Architectural Review, 1986,1068
D. Fromm
page 24–31
Mellan förståelse och ordnande
in: Arkitektur, 3/1992
S. Thurell
page 26–429
Az idotlen ut idoszerusége, Christopher Alexander új paradigmája
in: Magyar építömüvészet (Ungarische Baukunst), 2/1988
M. Simon
page 49–51
Drömmar om planering
in: Arkitektur, 6/1991
S. Thurell
page 54–56
Harmony and wholeness: Christopher Alexander
in: Progressive Architecture, 6/1986
T. Fisher, P. Viladas
page 92–103
The pattern language and its enemies
in: Design studies, 11/1990
K. Dovey
page 3–9
Working with »A Pattern Language«: how an Oregon architectural firm uses this benchmark book to design houses
in: Fine homebuilding, 1986,36
D. Edrington, R. Thallon
page 51–55
Christopher Alexander and the pattern language, from theory to reality
in: A+U, 12/1979,111
B. Clavan
page 87–98

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