Arch. 100, Fall 1978 – The Timeless Way of Building: Student notes of the lectures given during the ten weeks of the fall quarter

01/12/1978

Student Work, Lecture Course Notes

Handwritten shortened transcript of the biweekly lectures given by Christopher Alexander and Howard Davis during the Fall 1978 quarter from 25-Sep-1978 to 1-Dec-1978.

Authors:

Ramzi Kawar, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Content of

Academic Course

Architecture 100: The Timeless Way of Building 1978

University Program:

Bachelor of Architecture, Master of Architecture

Course type:

Lecture Course

Course number:

Arch. 100

Instructors:

Christopher Alexander, Howard Davis

Introduction to the theory of pattern languages and the geometric principles.

References

Published Books

A Pattern Language 01/01/1977

Publication, Original Book

Authors:

Christopher Alexander, Sara Ishikawa, Murray Silverstein, Max Jacobson, Ingrid Fiksdahl-King, Shlomo Angel

Publisher:

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

“A Pattern Language” is the second volume of “The Center for Environmental Structure Series” on architecture published by Oxford University Press. You can use this book to design a house for yourself with your family; you can use it to ...
The Timeless Way of Building 01/01/1979

Publication, Original Book

Authors:

Christopher Alexander

Publisher:

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

“The Timeless Way of Building” is the opening work in “The Center for Environmental Structure Series” on architecture published by Oxford University Press. Here Alexander introduces the ideas behind the succeeding books. The book lays the foundation of the series. It ...