Christopher Alexander (1) (1936–2022)
Autor de Un lenguaje de patrones : ciudades, edificios, construcciones
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Christopher Alexander, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, winner of the first medal for research ever awarded by the American Institute of Architects, is an architect, scientist and builder who has built in many countries. After thirty-eight years in the Department of Architecture mostrar más at the University of California, Berkeley, he is now Emeritus Professor at the University, Director of the Center for Environmental Structure, and Chairman of the Board at PatternLanguage.com mostrar menos
Series
Obras de Christopher Alexander
The Phenomenon of Life: An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe (1999) 308 copias
The Process of Creating Life: An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe (2002) 203 copias
The Luminous Ground: An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe (2004) 191 copias
A Vision of a Living World: An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe (2005) 180 copias
The Battle for the Life and Beauty of the Earth: A Struggle Between Two World-Systems (Center for Environmental… (2012) 46 copias
The nature of order : an essay on the art of building and the nature of the universe (2005) 41 copias
A Foreshadowing of 21st Century Art: The Color and Geometry of Very Early Turkish Carpets (1993) 31 copias
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- Nombre canónico
- Alexander, Christopher
- Nombre legal
- Alexander, Christopher Wolfgang John
Alexander, Wolfgang Christian Johann - Fecha de nacimiento
- 1936-10-04
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 2022-03-17
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- UK
USA
Austria (birth) - Lugar de nacimiento
- Vienna, Austria
- Lugar de fallecimiento
- Binsted, East Hampshire, England, UK
- Causa de fallecimiento
- pneumonia
- Lugares de residencia
- Arundel, England, UK
Berekely, California, USA - Educación
- University of Cambridge (BA|MA - Trinity College)
Harvard University (PhD|1962) - Ocupaciones
- architect
professor - Organizaciones
- University of California, Berkeley
Center for Environmental Structure - Premios y honores
- Swedish Royal Academy of Arts (1980)
Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1996)
Athena Medal (2006)
Vincent Scully Prize (2009)
Global Award for Sustainable Architecture (2014)
Seaside Prize (1994) (mostrar todos 7)
AIA Gold Medal for Research (1970)
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- Obras
- 27
- También por
- 2
- Miembros
- 5,793
- Popularidad
- #4,258
- Valoración
- 4.4
- Reseñas
- 46
- ISBNs
- 65
- Idiomas
- 7
- Favorito
- 6
Anyone dealing with complex nultiscale systems and design should at least review the approach taken with this text.
Problems with the specifix approach are:
- overly culturally “western”
- many big decisions are made without detailed evidence
- there is an assumption of shared values that are not a given
- the book leaves open contextual problems that can emerge from bad application of these patterns
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