| NEWS | DESIGN | BUILDING | DESIGN TOOLS | ENVIRONMENT | CULTURE |
| CULTURE | ||
|
|
Alexander Centering | |
|
|
|
CULTURE THIS WEEK |
|
|
ALEXANDER CENTERING From his early Notes of the Synthesis of Form, to the bestselling A Pattern Language, to the recent four-volume The Nature of Order, over several decades Christopher Alexander has pushed intellectual boundaries with integrative approaches to design theory. We are pleased to present this excerpt, formatted according to the original and unedited at the author's request, in which Alexander describes a design process from the 1980s using the terms of his own theoretical framework. — Editor
|
|
More Building Culture ASU Architecture Students, Professors Design New Tempe Park — ASU Web Devil, 2005.0824Housing Boom Leads to Rise in Blueprint Litigation — bizjournals, 2005.0822 New York's New Architecture District — New York Times, 2005.0821 Things are Looking Up Downtown — Telegraph, 2005.0820 Architecture for Humanity's Updates for Grenada and Sri Lanka — Canadian Architect, 2005.0816 3rd Annual Silent Auction to Benefit YouthBuild Detroit — International Code Council Foundation press release, 2005.0816 New College Offers Degrees in Traditional Building Arts — Design Taxi, 2005.0815 From Holy to Homey — Business Week, 2005.0815 ‘Recognizing the Need’: A Celebration of Eames’ Legacy to Furniture — PR Web, 2005.0815 Ugly or Not, Buildings Shouldn't Face Trial by TV — Guardian Unlimited, 2005.0814 Remembering John Lautner — Los Angeles Times, 2005.0814 City Seeking Rich Designs Instead of the Lowest Bids — New York Times, 2005.0813 Pro Bono Services Add Dimension to Professional Practice — AIArchitect, 2005.0812 Wrecking Crew — Guardian Unlimited, 2005.0810 Early Professional Groups Pave Way for Women Leaders — Atlanta Business Chronicle, 2005.0805 Public Buildings Hot Targets for Architecture Firms — Atlanta Business Chronicle, 2005.0805 NU announces gift for School of Architectural Engineering — University of Nebraska press release, 2005.0805 New School Revitalizes Identity and Changes Its Name — New School University press release, 2005.0803 Profits Up for Architecture & Engineering Firms — ZweigWhite press release, 2005.0803 Forward-Thinking Young Architect Balances Design and Service — AIArchitect, 2005.0801
Note: Pages will open in a new browser window Library : more Culture and History and Practice Articles Special thanks to our Sustaining Subscribers BuilderSpace.com, and offering Custom Doors, Von Duprin hardware, shutters, and kitchen faucets. |
|
