36th Annual P/A Awards

01/10/1988

Award-Honor, Architectural Journal Award

In October 1988, for the 36th time, the P/A Awards jury chose 25 projects for recognition, among a total of 805 submissions. The Pasadena Zoning Ordinance for Multi-family Housing, titled as “A City of Gardens”, was among the Urban Design projects awarded with a Citation.

Awarded by:

Progressive Architecture Journal, Cleveland, OH, U.S.A. - the January 1989 issue featues the award

References

Projects

Pasadena Zoning Ordinance for Multi-family Housing 1987 to 1988

Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.

Zoning Ordinance, Residential, Realized , Completed in 1988 and implemented

Client:

Pasadena Multi-family Housing Task Force

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Artemis Anninou, Friso Broeksma

Project cost:

$135,000

Project stages:

Pattern language for project by C.E.S. Generative rules for urban growth process Generative rules for building layout process Implementation process

The purpose of the draft ordinance was to define new guidelines which would permit high intensity development to continue in a way which is in keeping with Pasadena's heritage. Respect for the existing physical qualities of the old Pasadena residential ...

Articles

A City of Gardens 01/01/1989

Publication, Article

Authors:

Christopher Alexander, Artemis Anninou, Daniel Solomon

Published in:

Progressive Architecture, No. 1, pp. 116-117

Publisher:

Penton Publishing, Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.