Chapter 16. Continuous Invention of New Materials and Techniques, 8 / Sophisticated May Mean Adavanced or it May Mean Primitive in appearance but Advanced in Content

“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, ...

One of the main topics of research, included in every building project, was to identify, early on in the design process, the material and techniques of construction. This would re-establish building as an art, and allow rapid shaping and adaptation, ...

12-acre site, intended for a place for community and vivid life with commercial buildings that were to be built around the trellised structure of the Farmer's Market.

Mockups for innovative block techniques used the construction of structural walls made of a mixture of concrete blocks and bricks. Normal concrete blocks used together with cast blocks which have special treatment with chases, reveals and ornaments in them.