Article

Notes on the Design of the Linz Café

01/01/1980

Book Contribution

Authors:

Christopher Alexander

Published in:

Design ist Unsichtbar, pp. 664-667

Editor:

Liesbeth Waechter-Böhm

Publisher:

Löcker Verlag, Vienna, Austria

Language:

German

References

Published Books 1 Items

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

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

Projects 1 Items

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 ...

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