- Long Now Manual for Civilization, Pattern perception, Architecture, Linguistics
The theory of architecture implicit in our world today, Christopher Alexander believes, is bankrupt. More and more people are aware that something is deeply wrong. Yet the power of present-day ideas is so great that many feel uncomfortable, even afraid, to say openly that they dislike what is happening, because they are afraid to seem foolish, afraid perhaps that they will be laughed at.
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- gravecomic
- contemplativerelentless
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- Author
- Christopher Alexander
- First published
- 1979
- Pages
- 552
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Editions
- 3
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780195024029
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“There is one timeless way of building.”
British-born architect, planning researcher, educator at UC-Berkeley and Univ. of Oregon. *(Source: Union List of Artist Names - Getty Research Institute)*
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