Color sketch for the marble terrazzo pools project

Hot tub and cold tub hand-worked in yellow, green and white terrazzo, surrounded by a marble decked outdoor room with seats. Trellised walk, stairs and decking through the house gardens leading to the spa area.

One view of a full size watercolor painting of the pool terrazzo ornament and a second one of a watercolor sketch.

Christopher Alexander postulated that centers and the field of centers they create are the building blocks from which wholeness is made. However, he further argued that geometry alone is not sufficient, and that color is the way wholeness comes to ...

“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, ...