Go BackEleventh Vincent Scully Prize
05/11/2009The Vincent Scully Prize recognized Alexander’s seminal books such as ‘A Pattern Language’ and ‘The Nature of Order: An Essay on the Art of Building and The Nature of the Universe’ as well as his efforts toward inspiring students to be more thoughtful design practitioners. Alexander was unable to attend the prize ceremony; thus, Randy Schmidt, vice president of the Center for Environmental Structure delivered Alexander’s 15 minutes presentation with slides of projects and artworks. This was followed by a panel monitored by Boston Globe architecture critic Robert Campbell, with the participation of Michael Mehhafy, ELizabeth Plater-Zyberk, Dean in the U. of Miami School of Architecture, Witold Rybezynski, Professor in the University of Pennsylvania, and .
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Eleventh Vincent Scully Prize: Media Advisory from the National Building Museum
03/08/2009
Draft of media advisory on “Christopher Alexander named 2009 Vincent Scully Prize Laureate”, sent for reviewing and possible editing by Christopher Alexander. Exchange of two e-mails with deadlines for response are attached.
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Eleventh Vincent Scully Prize: Message from Christopher Alexander delivered at the prize ceremony
05/11/2009
6-page message prepared by Christopher Alexander to be delivered at the prize ceremony by Randall Schmidt, while expressing his regret for missing the opportunity to speak to them directly. It was a 15-minute speech with 250 pictures shown one after ...