Article

Discord Over Harmony in Architecture: The Eisenman / Alexander Debate

01/05/1983

Article, University Publication

Contents

Correspondence 1 Items

"Discord Over Harmony in Architecture - The Eisenman / Alexander Debate" article: Informing Alexander that the article has been published in "HGSD News" 07/06/1983

Article Publication, Informative

Records 2 Items

Discord Over Harmony in Architecture - The Eisenman / Alexander Debate: Edited excerpt of the discussion between the two architects 20/12/1982

Article Publication, Transcript

18-page edited excerpt of the discussion that took place on November 18 between Peter Eisenman, who was then Adjunct professor of Architecture at the GSD and Christopher Alexander. The discussion focused on issues raised in Alexander’s lecture at the GSD ...
Discord Over Harmony in Architecture - The Eisenman / Alexander Debate: Text of article 01/05/1983

Article Publication, Original Text

7-page text of the article published in “HGSD News”.

References

Scientific Research 1 Items

Wholeness as a Tangible and Objective Quality: The Mirror of the Self

In any process of design or making, the next step which is most structure-enhancing, is that step which most intensifies the feeling of the emerging whole. What ultimately matters in this process is that the work produced generates feeling in ...

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Public Events 1 Items

Lecture at the Graduate School of Design, Harvard University 17/11/1982

Piper Auditorium, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.

Invited Lecture, Academic Event

Christopher Alexander gave a talk before a large audience in the Graduate School of Design, the school from which he received his Ph.D. in architecture in 1963. He touched on his research on spatial unity and deep stucture, he elaborated ...

Correspondence 1 Items

Lecture at the Harvard Graduate School of Design: With reference to the 10-Dec letter by Millimen, she emphasizes that the response by Alexander is being expected shortly, and that the tapes from the discussion with Eisenman have been tracked down and she is preparing an edited version for publication. 20/12/1982

Public Event, Post-event Communication, Request for Feedback, Informative

Visual & Audio Materials 1 Items

Lecture on "The Nature of Order", given during Fall 1991 03/09/1991

Academic, Audio, Tape

Cassette tape of the third Fall semester lecture by Christopher Alexander on the “Idea of Life, Value, Objectivity and Objective Geometric Structure”, part of a series of lectures on “The Nature of Order”; the duration of the lecture is about ...