Black and white terrazzo floor

Three photographs of the terrazzo floor experiment, one of the first terrazzo floor experiments, made at the entrance door of the C.E.S. office on Shasta Road.

Two photographs of the metal mold used for the construction of the black and white terrazzo floor and a third one of the first sample produced.

Ornament arises as part of the design process, when a person is making and seeks to embellish this "something" while making it. It arises as a result of the latent centers in the uncompleted thing requiring still more centers, requiring ...

“A Vision of a Living World”, the third volume of “The Nature of Order” series, presents, for the first time, a full spectrum of Alexander’s and CES built and unbuilt works. The book describes hundreds of buildings, plans, neighborhoods, drawings, ...