Christopher Alexander
Christopher Wolfgang Alexander (4 October 1936 – 17 March 2022)[1][2][3] was an Austrian-born British-American architect, writer and design theorist. He was an emeritus professor at the University of California, Berkeley. He talked about how architecture effects urban design, software, sociology and others.[4] Alexander designed and personally built over 100 buildings, both as an architect and a general contractor.[5][6]
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Name | Christopher Alexander |
Nationality | American / British |
Birth date | 4 October 1936 |
Birth place | Vienna, Austria |
Date of death | 17 March 2022 | (aged 85)
Place of death | Walberton, West Sussex, England |
Alma mater | Oundle School Trinity College, Cambridge Harvard University (PhD) Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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Awards | Vincent Scully Prize |
His written works include Notes on the Synthesis of Form, A City is Not a Tree, The Timeless Way of Building, A New Theory of Urban Design, The Oregon Experiment. and a four volume essay The Nature of Order.
Alexander died on 17 March 2022 at his home in Walberton, West Sussex, England after a long illness at the age of 85.[7]
Christopher Alexander Media
Entrance to the Sala House
References
- ↑ "PatternLanguage.com". www.patternlanguage.com.
- ↑ "CA FRAME". www.patternlanguage.com. Archived from the original on 2022-03-19. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
- ↑ "Sustasis.org".
- ↑ "Book of Members, 1780-2010: Chapter A" (PDF). American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 14 April 2011.
- ↑ "Christopher Alexander". www.pps.org.
- ↑ "2009 Scully Prize". nbm.org. Archived from the original on 16 February 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
- ↑ "Sustasis.org". Retrieved 19 March 2022.