Correspondence

A New Theory of Urban Design: Expressing impressions and questions, after reading the book, suggesting new points for development by the students regarding the experiment; other books mentioned as well

01/01/1987

Book Publication, Impact on Readers

Sender:

Stephan Curl, Oakland, CA, U.S.A.

Recipient:

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

Medium:

Letter

Content of

Published Book

A New Theory of Urban Design 01/01/1987

Original Book

Authors:

Christopher Alexander, Hansjoachim Neis, Artemis Anninou, Ingrid Fiksdahl-King

Publisher:

Oxford University Press, New York, NY, U.S.A.

The sixth volume of “The Center for Environmental Structure Series” on architecture published by Oxford University Press, “A New Theory of Urban Design” attempts to recapture the process by which cities develop organically. The venerable cities of the past, such ...