Correspondence

The Linz Café: Expressing gratitude for the photos in the book, and expressing interest for its translation from German to English; also discusses the location of the storage facility of the dismantled Linz Café building

11/01/1982

Book Publication, Request for Translation

Sender:

Christian Makowetz, Vienna, Austria

Recipient:

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

Medium:

Letter

Language:

German

Content of

Published Book

The Linz Café, Das Linz Café 01/01/1981

Original Book

Authors:

Christopher Alexander

Translator:

Hermann Czech

Publisher:

Oxford University Press, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Löcker Verlag, Vienna, Austria

Language:

English, German

“The Linz Café”, a bilingual book, both in German and English, is the fourth in “The Center for Environmental Structure Series” on architecture published by Oxford University Press. The book describes the application of the theory to a single building commissioned by ...

References

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 ...