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Christopher Alexander4 October 1936 - 17 March 2022 Austria
Christopher Alexander was an architect, theorist, and educator who designed buildings in India, Japan, Mexico, the United Kingdom, and the United States, among others. Founder of the Pattern Language Movement.
- 4 October 1936 - Born in Vienna, Austria
- 1956-1959 - Studied mathematics and architecture at Cambridge University
- 1963 - Studies Architecture and the Massachusetts Institution of Technology and Harvard University
- 1963 - 1965 Urban Planner in Gujarat, India; Consultant on public housing and transport in San Francisco; Consultant on public works projects for London
- 1963 - Community and Privacy (with Serge Chermayeff) published
- 1964 - Notes on the Synthesis of Form published
- 1967 - Establishes the Center for Environmental Structure at Berkeley
- 1977 - A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction published
- 1979 - The Timeless Way of Building published
- 2002 - The Nature of Order: An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe published
- 17 March 2022 - Died in Sussex, UK
Resources on Archnet:
Dawson, Jaap. "A Full House." Archnet-IJAR: International Journal of Architectural Research, vol. 8, issue 2 (2014): 99-106.
Kalb, James. "Life In Design: Christopher Alexander and the Nature Of Order." Archnet-IJAR: International Journal of Architectural Research, vol. 8, issue 2 (2014): 94-98.
Salingaros, Nikos. Unified Theory of Architecture (Arabic). 22 Architectural Group, translators. 22 Architectural Group, 2017.
Learn more:
Alexander, Christopher. 1971a. Notes on the Synthesis of Form. Cambridge (Mass.): Harvard University Press.
———. 1971b. Notes on the Synthesis of Form. Cambridge (Mass.): Harvard University Press.
———. 2018. A Pattern Language. Oxford University Press.
Sources:
“Christopher-Alexander.” n.d. College of Environmental Design, UC Berkeley. Accessed March 22, 2022. https://ced.berkeley.edu/ced/faculty-staff/christopher-alexander. Archived at: https://perma.cc/K5PF-YEGN.
Midant, Jean-Paul. 1996. “Christopher Alexander.” In Dictionnaire de l’architecture Du XXe Siècle, 18. Editions Hazan.
Wikipedia. 2022. “Christopher Alexander.” Wikipedia. March 22, 2022. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Alexander. Archived at: https://perma.cc/5PB5-6YLX.
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Christopher Alexander
4 October 1936 - 17 March 2022
Austria
Christopher Alexander was an architect, theorist, and educator who designed buildings in India, Japan, Mexico, the United Kingdom, and the United States, among others. Founder of the Pattern Language Movement.
- 4 October 1936 - Born in Vienna, Austria
- 1956-1959 - Studied mathematics and architecture at Cambridge University
- 1963 - Studies Architecture and the Massachusetts Institution of Technology and Harvard University
- 1963 - 1965 Urban Planner in Gujarat, India; Consultant on public housing and transport in San Francisco; Consultant on public works projects for London
- 1963 - Community and Privacy (with Serge Chermayeff) published
- 1964 - Notes on the Synthesis of Form published
- 1967 - Establishes the Center for Environmental Structure at Berkeley
- 1977 - A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction published
- 1979 - The Timeless Way of Building published
- 2002 - The Nature of Order: An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe published
- 17 March 2022 - Died in Sussex, UK
Resources on Archnet:
Dawson, Jaap. "A Full House." Archnet-IJAR: International Journal of Architectural Research, vol. 8, issue 2 (2014): 99-106.
Kalb, James. "Life In Design: Christopher Alexander and the Nature Of Order." Archnet-IJAR: International Journal of Architectural Research, vol. 8, issue 2 (2014): 94-98.
Salingaros, Nikos. Unified Theory of Architecture (Arabic). 22 Architectural Group, translators. 22 Architectural Group, 2017.
Learn more:
Alexander, Christopher. 1971a. Notes on the Synthesis of Form. Cambridge (Mass.): Harvard University Press.
———. 1971b. Notes on the Synthesis of Form. Cambridge (Mass.): Harvard University Press.
———. 2018. A Pattern Language. Oxford University Press.
Sources:
“Christopher-Alexander.” n.d. College of Environmental Design, UC Berkeley. Accessed March 22, 2022. https://ced.berkeley.edu/ced/faculty-staff/christopher-alexander. Archived at: https://perma.cc/K5PF-YEGN.
Midant, Jean-Paul. 1996. “Christopher Alexander.” In Dictionnaire de l’architecture Du XXe Siècle, 18. Editions Hazan.
Wikipedia. 2022. “Christopher Alexander.” Wikipedia. March 22, 2022. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Alexander. Archived at: https://perma.cc/5PB5-6YLX.
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Christopher Wolfgang Alexander