Article

Alexander’s Architecture – View From a Café

01/07/1983

Article

Authors:

Nigel Cross

Published in:

Design Studies, Vol. 4, No. 3, pp. 196-197

References

Published Books

Eine Pattern Sprache 01/06/1981

Publication, Translation Unofficial

Authors:

Christopher Alexander, Sara Ishikawa, Murray Silverstein, Max Jacobson, Ingrid Fiksdahl-King, Shlomo Angel

Title translation:

A Pattern Language

Publisher:

Edited under the guidance of Prof. Eduardo Vargas, Hannover, Germany

Language:

German

Translation of “A Pattern Language” in German and its publication in Germany, in 1981.

Projects

Linz Café 1980

Linz , Austria

Commercial, Realized , Construction completed in Jul-1980

Client:

Forum Design; Österreichisches Institut für Visuelle Gestaltung - Angela Hareiter

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander

Contractor:

Construction management by the Center for Environmental Structure with local subcontractors

Project cost:

$35.000

Project stages:

Layout on the site by C.E.S. Use of full scale mock-ups Design Development drawings done after layout Direct construction management and on-site design decisions

Built as part of the international exposition "Forum Design" and designed to be "portable". Wooden building overlooking the Danube, with the first floor of the building raised to clear the ten-foot-high river embarkment. Yellow and red exterior, three stories, 2,300 ...