Manuscript

The Universe of Forms

01/01/1965

Lost Manuscript

Unpublished and accidentally burnt manuscript; Alexander talked about it with Grabow saying “I was spending a considerable part of these eighteen months trying to write this book… I was looking for those mathematical structures that would represent forms on a comparable footing”. .

Content of

Published Book 1 Items

Christopher Alexander - The Search for a New Paradigm in Architecture 01/01/1983

Original Book

Dr. Stephen Grawbow, Director of the Architecture Program at the University of Kansas, had been closely associated with Alexander and, in full collaboration with him, has produced a biographical and philosophical study, which examines the development of Alexander’s ideas, from ...

References

Records 3 Items

Steven Grabow Interviews Christopher Alexander: Grabow recorded and transcribed the interviews, being the raw material for his book on Alexander - The seventh transcript includes the second part of the Feb-27 interview 27/02/1977

Public Event, Event Document, Interview Transcript

15-page handwritten transcript of the seventh interview titled “Biographical material cont.)” with long narratives by Alexander about the years in Harvard, finishing the “The Notes”, recalling his work for the Indian village and the meeting with Prestini in Ahmedabad, his ...
Steven Grabow Interviews Christopher Alexander: Grabow recorded and transcribed the interviews, being the raw material for his book on Alexander - The nineth transcript includes the second part of the Mar-06 interview 06/03/1977

Public Event, Event Document, Interview Transcript

17-page handwritten transcript of the nineth interview titled “Biographical material cont.)”. It includes the months he spend in Europe during 1965-66, his research work in London and the events and ways that led him to start thinking about the ideas ...
Steven Grabow Interviews Christopher Alexander: Grabow recorded and transcribed the interviews, being the raw material for his book on Alexander - The thirty-second transcript includes the second part of the Jun-27 interview 27/06/1977

Public Event, Event Document, Interview Transcript

7-page handwritten transcript of the thirty-second interview titled “The Mapping Density Theorem”. Alexander talks about the aforementioned paper he wrote after “Subsymmetries” and how his lost manuscript “the Universe of Forms” inspired him on that direction.