Go BackThe Nature of Order – An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe.
Book One – The Phenomenon of Life
Original Book
“The Phenomenon of Life”, the first volume of “The Nature of Order” series proposes a scientific view of the world in which all space-matter has perceptible degrees of life and sets this understanding of order as an intellectual basis for a new architecture. With this view as a foundation, we can ask precise questions about what must be done to create more life in our world. He introduces the concept of living structure, basing it upon his theories of centers and of wholeness, and defines the fifteen properties from which all wholeness is built.
The book was exhibited at Locus Manifesto-exposition “Re-enchant the World: Architecture and the City facing society´s transitions”, together with others in Science Cabinet #1.
Authors:
Christopher Alexander
Publisher:
The Center for Environmental Structure Publishing, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Contents
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The Nature of Order: Response to request for bidding on the book printing and binding, quoting specifications and price for 5,000 and 7,500 copies of the book; handwritten notes by Christopher Alexander
27/10/1988
Financial, Cost EstimateSender:John Sandler, Sandler Becker Inc., Walnut Creek, CA, U.S.A.Recipient:Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure , Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Medium:Letter
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The Nature of Order: Upon request, provision of breakdown of costs for 5,000 and 7,500 copies of the book
04/11/1988
Financial, Cost EstimateSender:John Sandler, Sandler Becker Inc., Walnut Creek, CA, U.S.A.Recipient:Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure , Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Medium:Letter
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Re: Christopher Alexander - The Nature of Order: Response letter providing specifications and price quotations to the publishing house for the printing, binding and shipping for 6000, 7000 or 8000 copies of the book; also a duplicate of the letter with handwritten notes is included
07/07/1989
Financial, Cost EstimateSender:Hidetoshi Gohara, DAI Nippon America Inc., New York, NY, U.S.A.Recipient:Peter Grant, Oxford University Press Inc., New York, NY, U.S.A.Medium:Letter
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Re: Christopher Alexander - The Nature of Order: Additional price quote for individual mailing carton costs for 6000, 7000 or 8000 copies of the book
11/07/1989
Financial, Cost EstimateSender:Hidetoshi Gohara, DAI Nippon America Inc., New York, NY, U.S.A.Recipient:Peter Grant, Oxford University Press Inc., New York, NY, U.S.A.Medium:Fax
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The Nature of Order: Requesting information on time of publication and way of ordering the book
23/05/1990
Book Publication, Book OrderSender:Sheila L. Rosenthal, Carnegie Mellon University, Software Engineering Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, U.S.A.Recipient:Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure , Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Medium:Letter
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The Nature of Order: Outline of Alexander's requests for the contract
23/02/1993
Contractual, Request for FeedbackSender:Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure , Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Recipient:Lauren Shakely, Clarkson Potter, New York, NY, U.S.A.Medium:Letter
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The Nature of Order: Provisional numbers for text, color, and black and white illustrations as promised
12/07/1993
Book Publication, NotificationSender:Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure , Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Recipient:Jim Clark, University of California Press, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Medium:Letter
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The Nature of Order: Feedback on contract and requests for inclusions to contract
21/07/1993
Contractual, Request for FeedbackSender:Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure , Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Recipient:Jim Clark, University of California Press, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Medium:Letter Draft
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The Nature of Order: "Chris: This is only a draft -- a way for me to put my thinking together before our talk this evening"; title of draft stating the open to editing character of the content. Letter written to Joyce Berry, but sent to Chris for review prior to meeting
10/09/1993
Book Publication, Request for FeedbackSender:William J. McClung, Center for Environmental Structure , Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Recipient:Joyce Berry, Oxford University Press Inc., New York, NY, U.S.A.Medium:Letter Draft
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The Nature of Order: Overview of Christopher Alexander's work on the book asking Oxford Press to support the forthcoming publishing venture; letter with handwritten corrections inserted. A draft dated 22-Sep-1993 with handwritten insertions and notes is also included
04/10/1993
Book Publication, Request for FeedbackSender:Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure , Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Recipient:Joyce Berry, Oxford University Press Inc., New York, NY, U.S.A.Medium:Letter Draft
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A letter listing Christopher Alexander's concerns for the numerous inaccurate and problematic statements written in the article draft by Joel Garreau, sent to him for reviewing
04/12/1998
Article Publication, Request for CorrectionsSender:Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure , Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Recipient:Joel Garreau, Preservation Magazine, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.Medium:Letter
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A letter indicating that Christpher Alexander is offended by the article written by Joel Garreau, with in-depth reasoning as to why
25/01/1999
Article Publication, NotificationSender:Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure , Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Recipient:Joel Garreau, Preservation Magazine, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.Medium:Letter
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Communicating to the editor of the "Preservation" magazine that a complementary perspective by Christopher Alexander would be necessary to run in the same issue, where Joel Garreau's article would be
07/03/1999
Article Publication, Request for ContributionSender:Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure , Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Recipient:Robert Wilson, Preservation Magazine, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.Medium:Letter
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The Nature of Order: An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe - Book One: The Phenomenon of Life; three mock-ups of the book
01/04/1996
Book Mock-upCreated by:Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CAThree bound copies of the book up to chapter five in different sizes and colors –lavender, pink and salmon, samples for the printed book. ISBN and publisher information taken from “The Mary Rose Museum” as indicative reference.
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The Nature of Order: An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe - Book One: The Phenomenon of Life; mock-up of the book
01/04/1997
Book Mock-upCreated by:Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CABound copy, sample for the printed book, with detailed editing on each page; ISBN and publisher information taken from “The Mary Rose Museum” as indicative reference.
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The Nature of Order: An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe - Book One: The Phenomenon of Life; mock-up of the book
01/01/1999
Book Mock-upCreated by:Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CAMock-up of the book in color, with all book images.
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The One; an early version of "The Nature of Order"
01/01/1977
Book Early Version, Complete ManuscriptAuthors:Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
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The Nature of Order: A New View of the Nature of the Universe Inspired by Certain Basic Questions in the Art of Building
01/01/1981
Book Early Version, Complete ManuscriptAuthors:Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.111-page early discussion on the concept of “Order” and what its elements are. Includes: 1. Introduction; 2. Part One: The Nature of Order; 3. Part Two: Deeper Version – The “Being” Nature and 4. Conclusion: Outline of a New Cosmology.
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Geometry; an early version of "The Nature of Order"
01/01/1981
Book Early Version, Complete ManuscriptAuthors:Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
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The Nature of Order: Chapter 4 - The Hierarchy of Centers
01/12/1981
Book Early Version, Partial ManuscriptAuthors:Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.109 pages comprising the 2nd out of 3 volume drafts, used as class readers and registered at the Environmental Design Library of the UC Berkeley. An early discussion on the concepts of: “Centers”, “Properties”, “Successive Approximation” and “Wholeness”; Vol 2 ...
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The Nature of Order: A list of twelve chapters with the numbered sections included in each chapter
01/01/1981
Book Early Version, Partial ManuscriptAuthors:Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.23-page document listing the twelve basic concepts referring to order and its nature, with each concept including a list of subjects to be further discussed and followed by a general list with 186 subjects in sequence and in reference to ...
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The Nature of Order and the Nature of the Universe: Chapter 11, Chapter 10, Conclusion
01/01/1981
Book Early Version, Partial ManuscriptAuthors:Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.142 pages on the concepts of “Not-Separateness”, the “Personal Nature of Not-Separateness, “The One” with notes on the “Phenomenon of Color” included in Chapter 11. Continuing with Chapter 10 and the concepts of “Extreme Simplicity”, “Egolessness”, “Formal and Informal” and ...
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The Nature of Order: Chapter 6: The Nature of a Being
01/01/1981
Book Early Version, Partial ManuscriptAuthors:Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.74 pages discussing the personal nature of the centering process: 1. The Origin of Personal Feeling; 2. Being Egoless – The Simple Heart; 3. The Being Nature of Space; 4. The Haunting Melody; 5. Each Center is a Living Being ...
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The Nature of Order and the Nature of the Universe - An Essay on the Art of Building: Chapters 1-13 with content summaries
01/03/1983
Book Early Version, Summary of BookAuthors:Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Various drafts summarizing the contents of each of the thirteen chapters of “The Nature of Order”, 63 pages in total. Contents: 1. Architecture and Cosmology; 2. The Phenomenon of Wholeness; 3. The Mirror of the Soul; 4. Fifteen Types of ...
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The Nature of Order - An essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe: Sep. 1984 version. It is organized in three parts; I. Cosmology, II. Foundations of the Art of Building, and III. Cosmology
01/09/1984
Book Early Version, Summary of BookAuthors:Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.55-page sketch of a draft; clear copy with no corrections. It states “This is a summary of a book expected to be about 1000 pages long. The book contains thirteen chapters.” Table of Contents is organized in three parts as ...
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The Nature of Order - An essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe: Sketch of a Draft - June 5, 1984 version
05/06/1984
Book Early Version, Summary of BookAuthors:Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.53-page sketch of a draft; edited copy stating “This is a summary of a book, which is expected to be about 1000 pages long. The book contains fifteen chapters.” The Table of Contents is organized in six parts as follows: ...
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The Nature of Order: Complete early version manuscript
01/01/1986
Book Early Version, Complete ManuscriptAuthors:Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Approximately 1200-page complete manuscript with one page at the beginning with notes on improvements to be made; in five parts with an epilogue. Preface: The Art of Building; Part I: Structural Nature of Order; Part II: Creation of Order; Part III: ...
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The Nature of Order: Chapter 5 - Function and Ornament
01/01/1986
Book Early Version, Partial ManuscriptAuthors:Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Approximately 300 pages comprising a collection of roughly six versions, some partial and some more complete, which discuss the concept of “Functional Order and the Fifteen properties”. With references to concepts like: “Archetypal Functions”, “Functional Order”, “The Fifteen Properties in ...
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The Nature of Order: Chapter 6 - Color and Inner Light
01/01/1986
Book Early Version, Partial ManuscriptAuthors:Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Approximately 420 pages comprising a collection of eight versions, some incomplete and some more complete, discussing the concept of “Color and Inner Light”. Defining “inner Light” and developing the process of creating wholeness with color, a “Geometry of Color” .
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The Nature of Order: Chapter 7 - The Field of Centers
01/01/1986
Book Early Version, Partial ManuscriptAuthors:Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Approximately 550 pages comprising a collection of eight versions, some partial and some more complete, discussing the concept of “The Field of Centers” and what are the qualities defining its order; illustrated with examples from nature, art, architecture, urban planning.
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The Nature of Order: Chapter 7 - The Interplay of Function and Geometry
01/01/1986
Book Early Version, Partial ManuscriptAuthors:Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.53 pages comprising one version of chapter 7 from The Nature of Order, named: The Interplay of Function and Geometry focusing on the example of the Emoto apartment building. Includes fourteen sections dealing with various concepts of functional geometry and ...
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The Nature of Order: Chapter 13 - The Power of the Field
01/01/1986
Book Early Version, Partial ManuscriptAuthors:Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Approximately 500 pages comprising a collection of ten versions of essays written in different times and showing the evolution of Christopher Alexander’s thoughts on the subject of the “Transcendent Nature of Order” as it appears on the various general titles ...
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The Nature of Order: Chapter 8 - The Fundamental Process of Creating Centers and Part 3 - Process, Chapter 7 - Creation of the Field
01/01/1986
Book Early Version, Partial ManuscriptAuthors:Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Two undated versions of a chapter with the same table of contents, titled differently; both versions total 110 pages. They focus on the process of creating centers with the use of examples in all levels of scales.
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The Nature of Order: Chapter 10 - Structure Preserving Transformations
01/01/1986
Book Early Version, Partial ManuscriptAuthors:Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Approximately 700 pages, comprising a collection of thirteen, some partial and some more complete versions of the chapter on “Structure Preserving Transformations” or, the process for the “Creation of Order”.
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The Nature of Order: The Fifteen Ways That Wholes Form Larger Wholes
01/01/1986
Book Early Version, Partial ManuscriptAuthors:Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.9 pages, explaining through diagrams and explanatory text, why the “Properties” finally determined are fifteen.
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The Nature of Order: Chapter 10 - The General Process
01/01/1986
Book Early Version, Partial ManuscriptAuthors:Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.21-page draft of Chapter 10, including three sections: A Universal Order-Creating Process, Order-Creating Processes in Nature, The Absolute and Unitary Nature of the Creative Process.
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The Nature of Order - An essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe: Complete early version manuscript, organized in five parts with a Preface and an Epilogue
01/01/1986
Book Early Version, Complete ManuscriptAuthors:Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Approximately 1000-page document in two volumes, used as a class reader. Both volumes were in the Department of Environmental Design library of the UC Berkeley, titled “a Wurster Hall Library copy #10”. Organized in five parts, with the following Table ...
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The Nature of Order: Chapters 12-15 and Part 5 - Cosmology
01/01/1986
Book Early Version, Partial ManuscriptAuthors:Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.325-page document on chapters 12 to 15: Chapter 12 – Creating the Microstructure of the Field; Chapter 13 – Emergence of a Being; Chapter 14 – Simplicity; Chapter 15 – Not Separateness. Also included is Part 5: Cosmology.
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The Nature of Order: Iterations of Table of Contents, and Part 1 - Chapter 1 - What is Order
01/01/1987
Book Early Version, Partial ManuscriptAuthors:Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Approximately 500 pages, comprising a collection of nineteen versions of the Preface and of Chapter 1 of Part One on the topic of Order in Architecture, with three versions including Chapter 2 on Making Order. Preceding these versions, there are ...
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The Nature of Order: Iterations of Chapter 2 - The Idea of Life and Chapter 3/4 - Degrees of Wholeness
01/01/1987
Book Early Version, Partial ManuscriptAuthors:Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Approximately 300 pages, comprising a collection of nine versions of Chapter 2 on “The Idea of ‘Life'” and eight versions of Chapter 3/4 on the “Degrees of Wholeness” concept. Preceding these versions there are various Tables of Contents. Text has ...
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The Nature of Order: Iterations of Chapter 2, Chapter 3 and Chapter 4, alternatively called "The Wholeness Which Exists in Things", "Degrees of Wholeness" and "The Wholeness of the World"
01/01/1987
Book Early Version, Partial ManuscriptAuthors:Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Approximately 500 pages of various versions of Chapter 2. Text has page numbers, section headings, and text indicating placement of images. There are chapter title pages and tables of contents. Handwritten notes indicating line edits and possibly formatting edits throughout. ...
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The Nature of Order: Iterations of Chapter 4, alternatively called "Centers and the Field of Centers", "The Field of Centers", "Life as Degree of Wholeness - Centers and the Field of Centers"
01/01/1987
Book Early Version, Partial ManuscriptAuthors:Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Approximately 600 pages comprising a collection of thirteen versions, some partial and some more complete, discussing the concept of “The Field of Centers”. Three of the drafts are complete, apparently written in different times, as they are numbered as Chapter ...
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The Nature of Order: An essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe; complete early version manuscript, organized in five parts with Preface and Epilogue
01/01/1988
Book Early Version, Complete ManuscriptAuthors:Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.916-page complete working-manuscript with double-sided printing, used also as a review-copy; organized in five parts with the following Table of Contents: Preface: The Art of Building. Part One – The Nature of Order: 1. What is Order; 2. The Idea of “Life”; ...
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The Nature of Order: An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe; complete early version manuscript, organized in five parts with Preface and Epilogue
01/01/1988
Book Early Version, Complete ManuscriptAuthors:Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.An approximately 900-page complete working-manuscript, with double-sided printing, and double column page layout; organized in five parts with the following Table of Contents: Preface: The Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe Part One – The Nature of Order: 1. ...
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The Nature of Order: An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe; complete early version manuscript, organized in four books with Preface and Epilogue
01/01/1988
Book Early Version, Complete ManuscriptAuthors:Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.1080-page complete working-manuscript with double-sided printing, used also as a review-copy with comments included; organized in four parts with the following Table of Contents: Preface: The Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe Book One – The Nature of Order: ...
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The Nature of Order: An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe; early version manuscript, organized in five parts with Preface and Epilogue
01/01/1990
Book Early Version, Complete ManuscriptAuthors:Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.A 924-page working-manuscript, with double-sided printing, and double column page layout; organized in five parts with the following Table of Contents: Preface: The Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe Part One – The Nature of Order: 1. What is ...
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The Nature of Order - An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe: Complete early version manuscript, organized in six parts with Preface and Epilogue
01/01/1991
Book Early Version, Complete ManuscriptAuthors:Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.1006-page complete working-manuscript, with layout of text and photos on a double column, double-side printed page, with notes and comments by Christopher Alexander and with Oxford University Press noted as publisher. The Table of Contents includes: Preface – The Art of ...
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The Nature of Order - An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe: Complete early version manuscript, organized in two Books containing four Parts, with Preface and Cosmology as the Epilogue
01/01/1992
Book Early Version, Complete ManuscriptAuthors:Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.830-page complete working-manuscript with comments and editing. On its front page it is stated “This draft manuscript is intended for discussion purposes only at the University of California and may not be copied or sold.” It is organized in two-books, ...
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The Nature of Order - An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe: Partial early version manuscript, organized in two Books containing six Parts, with a Preface and Epilogue
01/01/1993
Book Early Version, Partial ManuscriptAuthors:Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.620-page partial manuscript which includes the Preface, Book One, the Prologue to Book Two, a copy of Chapter Three corrected, and the four Appendices grouped under the title “On the Nature of Matter.” The complete manuscript is organized in two ...
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The Nature of Order - An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe: Complete early version manuscript, organized in two Books containing five Parts, with Preface and Cosmology as the last section
01/01/1993
Book Early Version, Complete ManuscriptAuthors:Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Approximately 750-page complete working-manuscript, organized in two Books and five Parts, with Appendices integrated into the chapters. The Table of Comments includes: Preface – The Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe Book One – Order with Prologue: The Nature ...
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The Nature of Order: An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe; image list for the one-book version
01/12/1995
Book Early Version, Image ListAuthors:Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.204-page detailed list of images for the one-book version, including thirty chapters with multiple hand written comments. Includes attachment referring to missing information regarding some illustrations of the list, organized in two groups named “Original Art” and “Book”; in addition, ...
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Some Sober Reflections on the Nature of Architecture in Our Time
Article DraftAuthors:Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Christopher Alexander’s response to a Commentary, written by Willam Saunders, articulating his dissatisfaction with the article. The response includes: 1) Forward which tells that the article is in reply to the Commentary published by Architectural Record in 2002. 2) An ...
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The Nature of Order: File memo on attempt to locate owner of Gauguin "Parahi Te Marae - the Sacred Mountain"
30/12/1992
Book Publication, Permission RequestAuthors:Marian Wattman Oshima, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Chronological notes attempting to ascertain owner of and gain permission to print Gauguin painting in “The Nature of Order”.
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The Nature of Order: Thoughts on the design and structure of the book through the course of its lengthy development
01/01/1993
Book DesignAuthors:Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.12-page handwritten notes with thoughts regarding the overview of headings, content and organization of the books; connection between chapters and references to project material to be used as examples.
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The Nature of Order: Six Ideas for Christopher Alexander
30/06/1993
Book Publication, NotificationAuthors:William J. McClung, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Outlines six ideas to be considered by Alexander for publishing “The Nature of Order”.
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"The Nature of Order" Press Kit
10/01/2005
Miscellaneous, Promotional MaterialAuthors:David Langer, The Visioneering Group, Ontario, CanadaPress Kit for the release of “The Nature of Order” includes a press release, Alexander’s short biography, reviews of the publications.
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Call for papers for session on "The Nature of Order" organized by the International Association for Environmental Philosophy (IAEP)
01/12/2006
Miscellaneous, CitationPublished in “Environmental & Architectural Phenomenology” Vol. 17, No. 1. Session on “The Nature of Order” planned for 16-Oct-2006.
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The Nature of Order, Book One: Proof of Henri Matisse's 1942 painting of "The Black Door", included in the book
01/01/2002
Book ArtworkSource:PrintCharacteristics:8 1/8"x11 3/4", ColorPhotograph of the painting, as used in the book, with “3rd Proof 6A” noted on the back of artifact, and handwritten note atop indicating artist and year.
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The Nature of Order, Book One: Book illustrations
01/01/2002
Book ArtworkSource:DigitalCharacteristics:Color, B&WSix CD discs with the complete image contents of Book One organized by book chapters.
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The Nature of Order: An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe; book cover photographs
01/04/2021
Book CoverPhotographer:Maggie Moore/C.E.S., Binsted, West Sussex, U.K.Source:DigitalCharacteristics:ColorPhotographs of the covers of the four books of “The Nature of Order”.
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The Nature of Order: An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe.
Book One - The Phenomenon of Life: Book cover photographs
30/07/2022
Book CoverPhotographer:eRecordsUSA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Source:DigitalCharacteristics:ColorPhotographs of the cover of book “The Nature of Order: An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe. Book One: The Phenomenon of Life”.
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References
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From 'The Nature of Order'
01/03/1989
Publication, ArticleAuthors:Christopher AlexanderPublished in:ZYZZYVA, Vol. V, No. 1, pp. 89-99Publisher:Zyzzyva Inc., San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
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The Laws of Architecture From a Physicist’s Perspective
17/06/1995
Publication, ArticleAuthors:Nikos A. SalingarosPublished in:Physics Essays, Vol. 8, No. 4, pp. 638-643
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Christopher Alexander: Draft of a paper in five parts --Introduction, The Theory, The Practice, The Problem, The Promise-- intended to be published in "Preservation Magazine", accompanied with additional pieces of text for sidebars
25/11/1998
Publication, PaperAuthors:Joel Garreau
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Ever More Popular, Ever More Dogmatic: The Sad Sequel to Christopher Alexander's Work
01/05/2002
Publication, Article, Book ReviewAuthors:William SaundersPublished in:Architectural Record, No. 5, pp. 93-96Publisher:McGraw Hill Inc., New York, NY, U.S.A.
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The Lost Prophet of Architecture
01/01/2002
Publication, ArticleAuthors:Wendy KohnPublished in:Wilson Quarterly, pp. 26-34Publisher:Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
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Criticism of Criticism, Letters to the Editor
01/07/2002
Publication, Article, Book ReviewAuthors:John M. LucchesiPublished in:Architectural Record, No. 7Publisher:McGraw Hill Inc., New York, NY, U.S.A.
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Christopher Alexander, The Phenomenon of Life - Book review
01/12/2002
Publication, Article, Book ReviewAuthors:David SeamonPublished in:Environmental & Architectural Phenomenology, Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 4-8Publisher:Department of Architecture, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, U.S.A.
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New Concepts in Complexity Theory: Arising from Studies in the Field of Architecture - An Overview of the Four Books of 'The Nature of Order' with Emphasis on the Scientific Problems which are Raised
01/05/2003
Publication, Paper, OnlineAuthors:Christopher AlexanderPublished in:www.natureoforder.com, pp. 24 ppPublisher:Center for Environmental Structure, Binsted, West Sussex, U.K.
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Alexander, Christopher: The Phenomenon of Life…
01/12/2003
Publication, Article, Book ReviewAuthors:Glenn PerkinsPublished in:Vernacular Architecture Newsletter, No. 98, pp. 19-20Publisher:The Vernacular Architecture Forum, Harrisonburg, VA, U.S.A.
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The Architect of Life
04/11/2003
Publication, Article, Book Review, OnlineAuthors:Mae-Wan-HoPublished in:ISIS The Institute of Science in Society https://www.i-sis.org.uk/index.php, pp. 7 ppPublisher:The Institute of Science in Society, London, U.K.
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The Last Word; Pattern Recognition
27/07/2003
Publication, Article, Book ReviewAuthors:Laura MillerPublished in:The New York Times, pp. 19Publisher:The New York Times Company, New York, NY, U.S.A.
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Sustainability and Morphogenesis: The Birth of a Living World
30/10/2004
Publication, PaperAuthors:Christopher AlexanderPublisher:Center for Environmental Structure, Binsted, West Sussex, U.K.
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New Concepts in Complexity Theory: Arising from Studies in the Field of Architecture - An Overview of the Four Books of "The Nature of Order" with Emphasis on the Scientific Problems which are Raised
01/09/2004
Publication, Article, Reprint, OnlineAuthors:Christopher AlexanderPublished in:http://www.katarxis3.com/index.html, pp. 24 pp
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Evaluating Wholeness
01/07/2004
Publication, ArticleAuthors:Stuart CowanPublished in:Resurgence & Ecologist, Vol. 225, No. 4, pp. 54-56Publisher:Ford House, Cornwall, U.K.
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15 Rules for Rebuilding the World
01/03/2004
Publication, ArticleAuthors:Jessie ScanlonPublished in:Wired, pp. 64-65Publisher:Condé Nast International Inc., New York, NY, U.S.A.
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Christopher Alexander
01/03/2004
Publication, ArticleAuthors:Nikos A. SalingarosPublished in:Vogue Hommes International, pp. 116-119Publisher:Condé Nast International Inc., Paris, FranceLanguage:French
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Building as if Life Mattered
01/11/2004
Publication, ArticleAuthors:Eric UtnePublished in:UTNE Reader, No. 126, pp. 32-33Publisher:Ogden Publications Inc., Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
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Architecture and the Global Ecological Crisis: from Heidegger to Christopher Alexander
21/04/2004
Publication, ArticleAuthors:Arran GarePublished in:The Structurist - Regenerating Art and Architecture in Nature's Landscape, No. 43/44, pp. 30-37Publisher:University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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Prospects and Retrospects - An interview with Christopher
Alexander on his new series of books," The Nature of Order"
01/04/2004
Publication, ArticleAuthors:David Derieu, Luis DiazPublished in:City online/04/010109-06 DOI: 10.1080/1360481042000199813, Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 109-114Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd., Abingdon, Oxfordshire, U.K.
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Generative Codes: The Path to Building Welcoming, Beautiful, Sustainable Neighborhoods
01/11/2005
Publication, PaperAuthors:Christopher Alexander, Randall Schmidt, Maggie Moore Alexander, Brian Hanson, Michael MehaffyPublisher:Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
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Christopher Alexander's "The Nature of Order"
01/03/2005
Publication, Article, Book ReviewAuthors:Kolin LymworthPublished in:Branches of Light: News and Reviews from Banyen Books and Sound, pp. 53Publisher:Bayen Books and Sound, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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An Interview with Christopher Alexander: Part I
21/04/2005
Publication, ArticleAuthors:Eli BornsteinPublished in:The Structurist - Regenerating Art and Architecture in Nature's Landscape, No. 45/46, pp. 4-21Publisher:University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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The Phenomenon of Alexander - Review of "The Nature of Order" - Book One: The Phenomenon of Life"
01/02/2005
Publication, Article, Reprint, Book ReviewAuthors:David SeamonPublished in:Clem Labine's Traditional Building, Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 204-205Publisher:Restore Media Publicaton, Des Moines, IA, U.S.A.
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The Nature of Order - Book review
01/06/2005
Publication, Article, Book ReviewPublished in:Dwell, pp. 44Publisher:Michela O'Connor Abrams, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
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Making Better Worlds: Christopher Alexander's "The Nature of Order"
01/09/2005
Publication, Article, Book ReviewAuthors:David SeamonPublished in:Rudolf Steiner Library Newsletter, Vol. 37, pp. 4-10Publisher:The Rudolph Steiner Library, Ghent, NY, U.S.A.
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A Glimpse of God in Matter
01/11/2005
Publication, ArticleAuthors:Britt Peterson
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Four Reviews and an Overview of Christopher Alexander's "The Nature of Order" - Book One: The Phenomenon of Life
21/04/2005
Publication, Article, Book ReviewAuthors:Howard DavisPublished in:The Structurist - Regenerating Art and Architecture in Nature's Landscape, No. 45/46, pp. 22-28Publisher:University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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Four Reviews and an Overview of Christopher Alexander's "The Nature of Order" - Overview of Four Books
21/04/2005
Publication, Article, Book ReviewAuthors:Brian HansonPublished in:The Structurist - Regenerating Art and Architecture in Nature's Landscape, No. 45/46, pp. 43-47Publisher:University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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Sustainability and Morphogenesis is the Rebirth of a Living World; an expanded version of the Schumacher Lecture
01/01/2006
Publication, PaperAuthors:Christopher AlexanderPublisher:Center for Environmental Structure, Binsted, West Sussex, U.K.
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Empirical Findings from 'The Nature of Order'
12/10/2006
Publication, PaperAuthors:Christopher AlexanderPublisher:Center for Environmental Structure, Binsted, West Sussex, U.K.
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Empirical Findings from 'The Nature of Order'
16/12/2006
Publication, PaperAuthors:Christopher AlexanderPublisher:Center for Environmental Structure, Binsted, West Sussex, U.K.
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The Unfolding Whole: How Things Work Together - A Revaluation of our Place in the Scheme of Things, and of our Work in the World
16/12/2006
Publication, PaperAuthors:Christopher AlexanderPublisher:Center for Environmental Structure, Binsted, West Sussex, U.K.
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A Center-Forming Calculus
16/12/2006
Publication, PaperAuthors:Christopher AlexanderPublisher:Center for Environmental Structure, Binsted, West Sussex, U.K.
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Architect Starts With Idea That Space Makes Life Possible - Part 1
02/02/2006
Publication, Article, Book ReviewAuthors:Kenneth BakerPublished in:San Francisco Chronicle , pp. 1-2
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To Be a Good Builder, you Need a Feel for What Surrounds you - Part 2
03/02/2006
Publication, Article, Book ReviewAuthors:Kenneth BakerPublished in:San Francisco Chronicle , pp. 1-2
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The Nature of Order: The Work of Christopher Alexander
01/03/2006
Publication, Article, Book ReviewAuthors:Stuart Smithers, Craig HollowPublished in:Parabola , Vol. 31, No. 1, pp. 88-91Publisher:Society for the Study of Myth and Tradition, New York, NY, U.S.A.
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Arkkitehtuuri Luonnon Järjestyksenä / Architecture as the Order of Nature
01/05/2006
Publication, Article, Book ReviewAuthors:Kaj NymanPublished in:Ark: Arkkitehti - Finsk Arkitekturtidskrift / The Finnish Architectural Review, Vol. 103, No. 5, pp. 100-101Publisher:Suomen Arkkitehdit - Arkitektforbundet (SAFA ) / The Finnish Association of Architects, Helsinki, FinlandLanguage:Finnish, English
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Making as a Process of Creating Aliveness: Christopher Alexander's "The Nature of Order"
01/09/2006
Publication, Article, Book Review, University PublicationAuthors:Shierry Weber NicholsenPublished in:Environmental & Architectural Phenomenology, Vol. 17, No. 3, pp. 5-7Publisher:Department of Architecture, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, U.S.A.
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Empirical Findings from 'The Nature of Order'
01/12/2007
Publication, Article, University PublicationAuthors:Christopher AlexanderPublished in:Environmental & Architectural Phenomenology, Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 11-19Publisher:Department of Architecture, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, U.S.A.
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Sustainability and Morphogenesis: The Birth of a Living World
01/04/2007
Publication, ArticleAuthors:Christopher AlexanderPublished in:The Structurist - Art and Architecture in the Biological Century, No. 47/48Publisher:University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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Grasping the Ineffable: From Patterns to Sequences
01/12/2007
Publication, Article, University PublicationAuthors:Jenny QuillienPublished in:Environmental & Architectural Phenomenology, Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 4-10Publisher:Department of Architecture, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, U.S.A.
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Generative Codes: The Path to Building Welcoming, Beautiful, Sustainable Neighborhoods
01/01/2008
Publication, Book ContributionAuthors:Christopher Alexander, Randall Schmidt, Maggie Moore Alexander, Brian Hanson, Michael MehaffyPublished in:New Urbanism and Beyond: Designing Cities for the Future, pp. 14-29Editor:Tigran HaasPublisher:Rizzoli, New York, NY, U.S.A.
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Summary of Empirical Findings from 'The Nature of Order'
01/01/2008
Publication, PaperAuthors:Christopher AlexanderPublisher:Center for Environmental Structure, Binsted, West Sussex, U.K.
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Nature Unfolding
01/03/2008
Publication, ArticleAuthors:Katy ButlerPublished in:Tricycle, Vol. 17, No. 3, pp. 44-49 & 116Publisher:James Shaheen, New York, NY, U.S.A.
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Christopher Alexanders: A Review Essay - Review of the first two volumes of "The Nature of Order"
01/03/2008
Publication, Article, Book ReviewAuthors:Ritu Bhatt, Julie BrandPublished in:Design Issues, Vol. 24, No. 2, pp. 93-102Publisher:M.I.T. Press, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.
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Harmony-Seeking Computations: A Science of Non-Classical Dynamics Based on the Progressive Evolution of the Larger Whole (Revised and expanded vesion of the keynote speech at the International Workshop "The Grand Challenge in Non-Classical Computation")
01/01/2009
Publication, PaperAuthors:Christopher AlexanderPublisher:University of California Berkeley & University of Cambridge, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
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Beauty: Would it Change the World if it Turned out That Beauty is After All Objective? Could it be Objective?
01/01/2009
Publication, Paper, OnlineAuthors:Christopher AlexanderPublished in:www.livingneighborhoods.com, pp. 6 ppPublisher:Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
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The Nature of Order - IBM Research
02/03/2010
Publication, Paper, OnlineAuthors:Richard P. GabrielPublished in:https://dreamsongs.com/Files/NatureOfOrder2.pdf, pp. 256 ppPublisher:IBM Research, Stanford, CA, U.S.A.
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Understanding Complexity Through Pattern Languages in Biological and Man-Made Architectures. Comparisons between Biological and Architectonic Patterns
01/07/2014
Publication, Article, OnlineAuthors:Ramray BhatPublished in:https://www.researchgate.net/journal/International-Journal-of-Architectural-Research-Archnet-IJAR-1938-7806, Vol. 8, No. 2, pp. 8-19
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Life in Design: Christopher Alexander and "The Nature of Order"
01/07/2014
Publication, Article, OnlineAuthors:James KalbPublished in:https://www.archnet.org/publications/9769, Vol. 8, No. 2, pp. 94-98
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The Nature of Order: Some Reflections on the Nature of Architecture in our Time; Christopher Alexander responds to William Saunders's review of his latest book
01/01/2016
Publication, Paper, OnlineAuthors:Christopher AlexanderPublished in:http://www.natureoforder.com/library/reply-to-saunders.htm, pp. 16 ppPublisher:Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
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The Nature of Order: Christopher Alexander responds to William Saunders's review of his latest book
18/01/2016
Publication, ArticleAuthors:Christopher AlexanderPublished in:Architectural Record, pp. 7 ppPublisher:McGraw Hill Inc., New York, NY, U.S.A.
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Christopher Alexander's Theory of Wholeness as a Tetrad of Creative Activity: The Example of "A New Theory of Urban Design" and "The Nature of Order"
21/03/2019
Publication, ArticleAuthors:David SeamonPublished in:Urban Science, Vol. 3, No. 46, pp. 2-13Publisher:Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) - Publisher of Open Access Journals, Basel, Switzerland
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Christopher Alexander’s Battle for Beauty in a World Turning Ugly: The Inception of a Science of Architecture?
01/10/2020
Publication, Article, Book Review, OnlineAuthors:Per GallePublished in:She Ji - The Journal of Design, Economics, and Innovation https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sheji.2020.03.002, Vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 345-375Publisher:Elsevier Ltd., Tongji University and Tongji University Press, New York, NY, U.S.A.
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New Concepts in Complexity Theory: Arising from Studies in the Field of Architecture - An Overview of the Four Books of 'The Nature of Order' with Emphasis on the Scientific Problems which are Raised
01/01/2021
Publication, Book ContributionAuthors:Christopher AlexanderPublished in:Handbook on Cities and Complexity, pp. 210-232Editor:Juval PortugaliPublisher:Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., Cheltenham, Cloucestershire, U.K.
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"Ever More Popular, Ever More Dogmatic: The Sad Sequel to Christopher Alexander's Work" Article: Addressed to Literary Lawyer regarding the article in Architectural Record magazine by William Saunders on "The Nature of Order" Book 1, seeking consultation whether the article, as written deserves a response
21/05/2002
Publication, Article Publication, Request for FeedbackSender:Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure , Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Recipient:Robert G. Pimm, Law Office of Robert G. Pimm, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.Medium:Fax
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Letter sent by a student to Christopher Alexander, accompanying a report of his seminar "Arch. 207, Fall 1979 - Introduction to Geometry". The student expressed the seminar's long term, profound impact, and her personal evaluation of a different teaching approach being more effective
01/05/1984
Academic, Student Affairs, NotificationSender:Carrie Kingman, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Recipient:Christopher Alexander, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Medium:Letter
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Arch 280, Winter 1977 - The Relative "Oneness": Student notes on how to determine and measure "Oneness"
01/03/1977
Academic, Student Work, Essays9-page student essay with the following headings: An Experiment to determine the Relative “Oneness” of a collection of structures; Further objective measure of oneness, possibly; Further Notes for an Experimental Determination of Oneness; Excerpts from “Altered States of Awareness: Reading ...
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Arch 280, Winter 1977 - The Relative "Oneness": Course work on the formulation of patterns and the relationship between patterns and properties of space
01/03/1977
Academic, Student Work, Design Studio Course NotesAuthors:Benjamin Clavan, Bob Delaney, John, Amos Gitai, Dragoslav Kozul, Chris Polk, David J. Richmond, Karman Safamanesh, Harissos Tsiringas, David Week, Barbara Winslow, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Two sets of student class notes: a) 19-page copy of a section from “A Pattern Language” which presents the sequence of patterns as a ‘base map’; b) 18-page student notes on the formulation of patterns mostly for public buildings, with ...
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Arch 280, Winter 1977 - The Relative "Oneness": Centering Process, Second Draft, March 3 1977: Part I - Overview; Part II - The Operation; Part III - The Definition of a Center
03/03/1977
Academic, Research Paper, Handout to StudentsAuthors:Christopher Alexander, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.7-page paper on first attempt to define the Centering Process; also a copy of the same with a note by Christopher Alexander.
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Arch 280, Winter 1977 - The Relative "Oneness": Notes from different students for a class assignment with a proposed seven part outline: I. The Unnamable; II. The force and the 12 properties; III: The state of mind; IV. The generative process; V. The relationship to the PL; VI. Universal Implications; VII: Appendix - Experiments?
01/03/1977
Academic, Student Work, EssaysAuthors:Benjamin Clavan, Bob Delaney, John, Amos Gitai, Dragoslav Kozul, Chris Polk, David J. Richmond, Karman Safamanesh, Harissos Tsiringas, David Week, Barbara Winslow, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Five different incomplete essays, mostly thoughts noted in the form of bullet points; essays do not bear the names of authors.
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Arch 280, Winter 1977 - The Relative "Oneness": Review of Results, Axioms, Assumptions
01/03/1977
Academic, Research Paper, Handout to StudentsAuthors:Christopher Alexander, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.8-page notes with 60 bullet points starting with the statement “There are some buildings which have more feeling than others” and through a series of sequential statements introduces certain recognizable geometric properties, and further continuing the trail of thought on ...
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Arch 280, Winter 1977 - The Relative "Oneness": Four student Essays on the design process with references to "Oneness" and geometric properties
01/03/1977
Academic, Student Work, EssaysAuthors:Dragoslav Kozul, Barbara Winslow, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Four student essays: a) eight pages on “What do we mean by saying that Nature is trying to come to a state of Oneness”, unidentified author; b) five pages on “The Minimum Energy Principle”, unidentified author; c) five pages on ...
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Rhythm and Oneness
01/04/1977
Academic, Student Work, Comprehensive ExaminationAuthors:David J. Richmond, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.84-page student paper submitted for the Comprehensive Examination, with Christopher Alexander and Jean Pierre Protzen as advisors. Organized in two parts, addressing the given themes: 1) Gives an account of the geometric properties required to bring an ornament, or a ...
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Arch 280, Winter 1977 - The Relative "Oneness": Course work on defining the process and sequential steps for the design of ornaments
01/02/1977
Academic, Student Work, EssaysAuthors:Benjamin Clavan, Bob Delaney, Amos Gitai, David J. Richmond, Karman Safamanesh, Harissos Tsiringas, David Week, Barbara Winslow, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Ten essays by students on the geometric properties a good ornament must have and the design process to be followed; essays include descriptive text, rule outlines and sketches .
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Arch. 207 Winter 1979 - Seminar on Theory of Urban Design: The Centering Process, with shirt-tail design example, dated Fall 1978
01/09/1978
Academic, Research Paper, Handout to StudentsAuthors:Christopher Alexander, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.13-page text with doodling and sketches, focusing on the speed and not the thinking aspect of the process.
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Arch. 207, Fall 1979 - Introduction to Geometry Seminar class: A retrospective view
25/09/1979
Academic, Student Work, Seminar Course NotesAuthors:Carrie Kingman, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.A complete record by a student about Arch. 207 seminar with syllabus, notes, projects, examples and personal thoughts; compiled and sent on May of 1984.
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Arch. 207, Fall 1979 - Introduction to Geometry Seminar class: Student notes on the class
25/09/1979
Academic, Student Work, Seminar Course NotesAuthors:David Davis, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Student sketches in pencil and watercolor along with notes for nine seminars on Geometry: 25-Sep-1979; 27-Sep-1979; 2-Oct-1979; 4-Oct-1979; 9-Oct-1979; 11-Oct-1979; 16-Oct-1979; 18-Oct-1979; 30-Oct-1979 .
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Arch. 207, Fall 1979 - Introduction to Geometry Seminar class: Course Description, Objective, Organization
25/09/1979
Academic, Seminar Course, SyllabusAuthors:Christopher Alexander, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Three part course: 1. Learning to recognize the structure of space which has harmony and order in it; 2. Learning to understand the dozen or so fundamental properties of space which are the necessary and sufficient preconditions for this order ...
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The Identification of Good Buildings and their Physical Geometrical Properties: Test No. II
01/06/1980
Academic, Student Work, PaperAuthors:Hansjoachim Neis, Ralf Weber, University of California Berkeley, College of Letters and Sciences, Department of Psychology, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.40-page paper to be given to various experts who would decide if they agree upon the four proposed concepts: 1) Structural Hierarchy of Centers, 2) Symmetries, 3) Contrast, 4) Positive-Negative Space – Figure-Ground Relation. It contains analysis of the concepts ...
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Arch. 207, Spring 1980 - Advanced Topics in Geometry & Special Problems: Thoughts about good structures in design - Preliminary state of discussing processes leading to good structures
01/03/1980
Academic, Student Work, PaperAuthors:Ralf Weber, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.41-page paper discussing the underlying factors and elements, which account for a good structure and trying to establish if a process, a universal algorithm, can be determined, able of guiding the creative process.
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Arch. 207, Winter 1980 - Seminar class on Geometry and Color: Sketches on Japanese Kimono motifs
01/03/1980
Academic, Student Work, Seminar Course NotesAuthors:Hiroshi Nakano, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Analysis of the structure of the patterns and the arrangement of the colors on the motifs.
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Arch. 207, Spring 1980 - Advanced Topics in Geometry & Special Problems: Process of "Seeing" and Creating the Structure
01/06/1980
Academic, Student Work, PaperAuthors:Nili Portugali, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.9-page essay on the inner-nature of things and on the process that makes possible its manifestation.
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Arch. 207, Winter 1980 - Seminar class on Geometry and Color: Preliminary State of Discussing the Color Problematic of the "Nameless Quality"
01/01/1980
Academic, Student Work, PaperAuthors:Ralf Weber, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.38-page paper on “An attempt to discuss the possibility of establishing properties, rules and process-algorithms for the color problematic of the nameless quality”: 1. Introductory Remarks; 2. The Phenomenon; 3. The Color Problem in General; 4. An Approach to Establish ...
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Arch. 207, Spring 1980 - Advanced Topics in Geometry & Special Problems: Notes in response to class lectures and discussions on the "Centering Process"
01/03/1980
Academic, Student Work, Seminar Course NotesAuthors:Ralf Weber, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Sporadic student reflections over a course semester.
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Arch. 207, Spring 1980 - Advanced Topics in Geometry & Special Problems: Different versions of the Centering Process
02/04/1980
Academic, Research Paper, Handout to StudentsAuthors:Christopher Alexander, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.A compilation of fifty pages on the centering process approached through six different ways: 1) Definition of Centering Process, Fall 1979; 2) Example of Centering Process, Fall 1978, with shirt-tail design; 3) A Simplicity Seeking Process; 4) The Presence of ...
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Arch. 207, Spring 1980 - Advanced Topics in Geometry & Special Problems: Unbroken Wholeness
01/04/1980
Academic, Research Paper, Handout to StudentsAuthors:Christopher Alexander, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.12-page paper on the definition of a “whole” followed by the description of its geometric properties, which present a way of constructing a more complex whole; definition of a process in which unbroken wholeness is created .
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Arch. 207, Spring 1980 - Advanced Topics in Geometry & Special Problems: The Centering Process May 8, 1980
08/05/1980
Academic, Research Paper, Handout to StudentsAuthors:Christopher Alexander, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.14-page paper on the centering process used for generating a design; the ceiling of the seminar room used as an example. The 15 geometric properties are also introduced as part of the design process.
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Arch. 207, Spring 1980 - Advanced Topics in Geometry & Special Problems: Seminar weekly notes
01/06/1980
Academic, Student Work, Seminar Course NotesAuthors:Artemis Anninou, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Twenty four pages of notes covering the eleven weekly meeting of the seminar, starting 1-Apr-1980 until 12-Jun-1980.
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Arch. 207, Spring 1980 - Advanced Topics in Geometry & Special Problems: Thoughts on the Centering Process
01/06/1980
Academic, Student Work, PaperAuthors:Artemis Anninou, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.34-page paper attempting to bring into clear and coherent terms the ideas discussed in the Spring 1980 Arch. 241 seminar on the centering process.
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Arch. 207, Spring 1980 - Advanced Topics in Geometry & Special Problems: Seminar weekly notes and sketches
08/04/1980
Academic, Student Work, Seminar Course NotesAuthors:Hiroshi Nakano, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Five sets of student notes and sketches, twelve pages in total: 1) The Process of Orchid Drawing, 2-Apr-1980; 2) The Process of Bamboo Drawing, 17-Apr-1980; 3) The Process of Plum Tree Drawing, 24-Apr-1980; 4) My essential task, 28-Apr-1980; 5) The ...
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Arch. 207, Spring 1980 - Advanced Topics in Geometry & Special Problems: Seminar notes on "How do the Centering Process and the Properties work together in a defined process?"
08/04/1980
Academic, Student Work, Seminar Course NotesAuthors:Hansjoachim Neis, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Seven pages of notes on the sequence of steps of the centering process.
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Arch. 207, Fall 1980 - Seminar on Advanced Topics on Geometry and Wholeness: Handouts and brief essays on wholeness, centers, centering process, simplicity seeking process and not-separateness
01/09/1980
Academic, Student Work, Seminar Course NotesAuthors:Christopher Alexander, Artemis Anninou, Hansjoachim Neis, Nili Portugali, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Fifty four pages with a mixture of notes from a seminar held by Christopher Alexander with Artemis Anninou, Hajo Neis and Nili Portugali, on the following topics: 1) On wholeness and the process to attain it, 13-Oct-1980; 2) On the ...
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The Identification of Good Places and their Physical Properties
01/02/1980
Academic, Student Work, PaperAuthors:Hansjoachim Neis, Ralf Weber, University of California Berkeley, College of Letters and Sciences, Department of Psychology, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.42-page paper on a test conducted in a class by the authors, with the task to identify a common understanding of what people consider to be “good” places, beautiful towns, buildings and rooms which have a “spirit of place”. The ...
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Arch. 201, Winter 1981 - Introduction to Geometry: Studio course syllabus
01/01/1981
Academic, Design Studio Course, SyllabusAuthors:Christopher Alexander, Ingrid Fiksdahl-King, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Course description with ten topics, to be presented progressively, one per week: 1) Order; 2) Mirror of the Self; 3) Fifteen Properties; 4) Centers; 5) Centers and Function; 6) The Centering Process; 7) The “Being” Nature; 8) Color and Inner ...
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Arch. 201, Winter 1981 - Introduction to Geometry: Preparatory notes for the studio course
07/12/1981
Academic, Design Studio Course, Teaching AssignmentAuthors:Christopher Alexander, Ingrid Fiksdahl-King, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Six versions of the ten topics of the design studio in further detail with notes and indications of the weekly tasks to be completed by the students for each one of them. The six versions, eleven pages in total, have ...
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Arch. 201, Winter 1981 - Introduction to Geometry: "Dialogue on Ignorance" between C1 and C2
07/12/1981
Academic, Research NotesAuthors:Christopher Alexander, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.15-page essay, an early attempt to clarify the different ideas and versions of the theory through posing questions and looking for their answers; it touches on practical issues of design as well .
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Arch. 201, Winter 1981 - Introduction to Geometry: Three different typewritten texts with handwritten notes and corrections, all dealing with the ten topics of the studio class, or variations of them
07/12/1981
Academic, Research NotesAuthors:Christopher Alexander, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Three sets of research notes on the following topics: a) three pages on “Fundamental Geometry of Space” with the 10 topics list; b) twelve pages on the ten topics with slight variations, with main points, definitions, lists of properties and ...
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Arch. 201, Winter 1981 - Introduction to Geometry: Typewritten text on Order, with handwritten heading "Get Overall Questions?"
06/11/1981
Academic, Research NotesAuthors:Christopher Alexander, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.20-page text in the form of outlines with bullet points, consists of four sequential sections with different dates, written within the span of 10 days. The first 10-page section was written on November 6, 1980; the second 2-page section was ...
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Arch. 201, Winter 1981 - Introduction to Geometry: "Our Separation from the World"
07/12/1981
Academic, Research NotesAuthors:Christopher Alexander, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.44-page text, which presents an outline –most probably for the design studio class, building an overall argument on the ten topics; each page contains a heading and one or two sentences.
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Arch. 201/203, Winter 1983 - Design studio on "The Nature of Order": Student essays on "The Nature of Order"
01/12/1983
Academic, Student Work, EssaysAuthors:Gregory C. Tung, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Eleven essays by a student, summarizing his/her understanding of “The Nature of Order”, distributed to the students in the form of a xerox copy of the manuscript. The essays are titled as follows: 1) Architecture and the Production of Order ...
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Arch. 201/203, Winter 1983 - Design studio on "The Nature of Order": Student essays on "The Nature of Order"
01/12/1983
Academic, Student Work, EssaysAuthors:Stuart MacDonald, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Four essays by a student, summarizing his/her understanding of “The Nature of Order”, distributed to the students in the form of a xerox copy of the manuscript. The essays are titled as follows: 1) Architecture and the Production of Order; ...
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Arch. 201/203, Winter 1983 - Design studio on "The Nature of Order": Student essays on "The Nature of Order"
03/02/1983
Academic, Student Work, EssaysAuthors:Wei-jen Yang, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Four essays by a student, summarizing his/her understanding of “The Nature of Order”, distributed to the students in the form of a xerox copy of the manuscript. The essays are titled as follows: 1) Architecture and the Production of Order; ...
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Arch. 201/203, Winter 1983 - Design studio on "The Nature of Order": Student essays on "The Nature of Order"
01/01/1983
Academic, Student Work, EssaysAuthors:Michael Robinette, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Three short by a student, summarizing his/her understanding of “The Nature of Order”, distributed to the students in the form of a xerox copy of the manuscript. The essays are titled as follows: 1) Beyond Function and Beyond Ornament: A ...
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Arch. 201/201, Winter 1983 - On "The Nature of Order": Essays on "The Nature of Order"
17/01/1983
Academic, Student Work, EssaysAuthors:Carl Sanders, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Three essays on “The Nature of Order”: 1. Architecture and the Production of Order; 2. Beyond Function and Beyond Ornament; 3. Mirror of Self.
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Arch. 201/201, Winter 1983 - On "The Nature of Order": Essays on "The Nature of Order"
10/01/1983
Academic, Student Work, EssaysAuthors:Michael Leaf, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Eleven essays on “The Nature of Order”: 1. Architecture and the Production of Order, 2. Form and Ornament, 3. Mirror of the Self, 4. Fifteen Properties, 5. The Structure of Wholeness, 6. Creation of Centers, 7. Local Symmetries and S.P. ...
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Arch. 201/201, Winter 1983 - On "The Nature of Order": Essays on "The Nature of Order and The Nature of the Universe"
01/01/1983
Academic, Student Work, EssaysAuthors:Gunnar Johann Brinck, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Eleven essays on “The Nature of Order and The Nature of the Universe”: 1. Architecture and the Production of Order, 2. Function and Ornament, 3. Mirror of the Self, 4. Fifteen Properties, 5. The Structure of Wholeness, 6. Creation of ...
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Arch. 201/201, Winter 1983 - On "The Nature of Order": Essay on the Fifteen Properties
01/02/1983
Academic, Student Work, EssaysAuthors:Tom Carnegie, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.5-page student essay on the concepts of “The Nature of Order” as presented in the manuscript by Chris Alexander, followed by one page personal note to Chris, dated 18-Mar-1983.
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Arch. 201/201, Winter 1983 - On "The Nature of Order": Essay on the concepts of "The Nature of Order"
01/12/1983
Academic, Student Work, EssaysAuthors:Jerri Holan, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.28-page essay presenting a personal understanding and evaluationt. A critical reading of the 11-week course material of Arch. 201, analyzed by week in ten essays; discussing concepts of Cosmology, Order and Geometry, Feeling, Properties, The Structure of Wholeness, Function and ...
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Illustrations of the fifteen properties of "the Nature of Order"
01/01/1994
Academic, Student Work, Design Studio Course SketchesAuthors:Sean H. McPherson, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.A portfolio type binder with labeled pencil and colored drawings and some photographs, possibly an assignment for a class; undated.
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