The Production of Houses: Preface to Japanese Edition

01/01/1990

Book Publication

A 5-page draft expressing Christopher Alexander’s gratitude to the translators of the book for undertaking such a cumbersome task and for deeply understanding its meaning and ethos. Additionally, he discusses the complete misunderstanding of the book by the American reviewers and lays out the societal reasons for that.

Authors:

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

Content of

Published Book

The Production of Houses 01/01/1985

Original Book

Authors:

Christopher Alexander, Howard Davis, Julio Martinez, Donald Corner

Publisher:

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

The fifth volume in “The Center for Environmental Structure Series” on architecture published by Oxford University Press, “The Production of Houses” puts Alexander’s theories to the test and shows what sort of production system can create the kind of environment Alexander ...