Article

How to Design a Happy House: Excerpts from A Pattern Language about how to create homes that sustain us

01/06/1996

Book Contribution

Authors:

Christopher Alexander

Published in:

Aspen Snowmass Star, pp. 8

Publisher:

BJ Adams & Co. Real Estate, Aspen, CO, U.S.A.

Contents

Correspondence

Forwarding the publish issue of "Aspen Snowmass Star", which featured one article by Christopher Alexander and another one on his work titled "Houses with Soul: A talk with Christopher Alexander", and informing on the already received responses by the people 03/07/1996

Article Publication, Notification

Sender:

Barbara Adams, BJ Adams and Company, Snowmass Village, CO, U.S.A.

Recipient:

Christopher Alexander, Pamela Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Medium:

Letter

References

Projects

Aspen Village 1990

Aspen, CO, U.S.A.

Master Planning, Designed , Not built

Client:

City of Aspen and Pitkin County, County Commisionners - John McBride, in coordination with Director of Planning

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, others

Project cost:

Expected construction cost: $40,000,000

Project stages:

Generative rules for urban growth process Generative rules for layout on the site by users Preliminary Design stage in progress

A form of integrated development of residential and commercial, a pedestrian village, capable of preserving and enhancing the original beauty of the Aspen valley. The project was designed for the permanent residents and employees at the Aspen Airport Business Center, ...