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Christopher Alexander

British-born architect, planning researcher, educator at UC-Berkeley and Univ. of Oregon. (Source: Union List of Artist Names - Getty Research Institute)

American architect and design theorist (1936-2022)

Born	4 October 1936
Died	17 March 2022

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Community and privacy: toward a new architecture of humanism

by Serge Chermayeff and Christopher Alexander
First published in 1963 — 16 editions
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Notes on the synthesis of form

by Christopher Alexander
First published in 1964 — 5 editions

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A pattern language: towns, buildings, construction

by Christopher Alexander, Sara Ishikawa, Murray Silverstein, Max Jacobson, Ingrid Fiksdahl-King, Shlomo Angel, and Nax Jacobsohn First published in 1977 — 4 editions

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The nature of order: an essay on the art of building and the nature of the universe

by Christopher Alexander First published in 2001 — 4 editions
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The timeless way of building

by Christopher Alexander
First published in 1979 — 3 editions

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A pattern language which generates multi-service centers

by Christopher Alexander First published in 1968 — 3 editions

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HIDECS 3: four computer programs for the hierarchical decomposition of systems which have an associated linear graph.

by Christopher Alexander First published in 1963 — 2 editions

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The coordination of the urban rule system

by Christopher Alexander First published in 1966 — 2 editions

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The atoms of environmental structure

by Christopher Alexander First published in 1966 — 2 editions

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Ensayo Sobre La Sintesis de La Forma

by Christopher Alexander First published in 1999 — 2 editions

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Tunisia: stability and reform in the modern Maghreb

by Christopher Alexander and C. Alexander First published in 2004 — 2 editions

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Gemeinschaft und Privatbereich im neuen Bauen. Auf dem Weg zu einer humanen Architektur.

by Serge Chermayeff and Christopher Alexander First published in 1971 — 2 editions

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The Linz Cafe (Center for Environmental Structure Series)

by Christopher Alexander First published in 1981 — 2 editions
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The city as a mechanism for sustaining human contact.

by Christopher Alexander First published in 1966 — 1 edition

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The Production of Houses

by Christopher Alexander First published in 1985 — 1 edition
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A New Theory of Urban Design

by Christopher Alexander, Hajo Neis, Artemis Anninou, and Ingrid F. King First published in 1987 — 1 edition

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The Luminous Ground: The Nature of Order, Book 4

by Christopher Alexander First published in 2003 — 1 edition

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A foreshadowing of 21st century art: the color and geometry of very early Turkish carpets

by Christopher Alexander First published in 1993 — 1 edition

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The Mary Rose Museum

by Christopher Alexander First published in 1995 — 1 edition
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A vision of a living world: an essay on the art of building and the nature of the universe

by Christopher Alexander First published in 2002 — 1 edition

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American architect and design theorist (1936-2022)

Born	4 October 1936
Died	17 March 2022

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OLID: OL714579A
GoodReads: 9826601
ISNI: 0000000107800981
Library of Congress Names: n50033495
LibraryThing: alexanderchristopher-1
SBN/ICCU (National Library Service of Italy): SBLV058285
VIAF: 40617241
Wikidata: Q455076
Inventaire.io: wd:Q455076

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