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The Nature of Order Bk. 2 : An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the UniverseBook One: the Phenomenon of Life by Christopher Alexander (0002, Hardcover)

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Christopher Alexander's series of groundbreaking books--including The Timeless Way of Building and A Pattern Language --have illuminated the fundamental truths of traditional ways of building, revealing what gives life and beauty and true functionality to buildings and towns. Now, in The Nature of Order , Alexander delves into the essential properties of life itself, highlighting a common set of well-defined structures that he believes are present in all order--and in all life--from micro-organisms and mountain ranges to the creation of good houses and vibrant communities. In The Phenomenon of Life , the first volume in this masterwork, Alexander ponders the nature of order as an intellectual basis for a new architecture, proposing a well-defined scientific view of the world in which all space-matter has perceptible degrees of life. With this view as foundation, we can ask precise questions about what must be done to create life in the world--"whether in a single room...a doorknob...a neighborhood...even in a vast region." He presents the basic tenets of the concept, expanding on his theories of centers and of wholeness as a structure, and describes the fifteen properties from which he feels wholeness may be built. He also argues that living structure is at once both personal and structural, related not only to the geometry of space and how things work, but to human beings whose lives are ultimately based on feeling. Thus order, as the foundation of all things and as the foundation of all architecture, is both rooted in substance and rooted in feeling. Here then is the culmination of decades of intense thinking by one of the most innovative architects alive.

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Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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0195106393
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9780195106398
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Nature of Order Bk. 2 : An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the UniverseBook One: the Phenomenon of Life
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Christopher Alexander
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Hardcover
Language
English
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Urban & Land Use Planning, General, Criticism
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Architecture
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480 Pages

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