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The Nature of Order: An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe, Book 4 - The Luminous Ground (Center for Environmental Structure, Vol. 12)
Christopher Alexander
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Hardcover. Num Pages: 356 pages, illustrations, (some colour ) maps, (some colour ), portraits, (some colour ). BIC Classification: HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 287 x 203 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1004.
Book Four presents a new cosmology that arises from the careful study of architecture and art, and above all from the practice of the arts. It is a cosmology which places the I, our experience of self, as the linking stem that unites each individual with the whole, connecting consciousness and matter.
Book Four presents a new cosmology that arises from the careful study of architecture and art, and above all from the practice of the arts. It is a cosmology which places the I, our experience of self, as the linking stem that unites each individual with the whole, connecting consciousness and matter.
Product Details
Publisher
Routledge
Number of pages
356
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
Number of Pages
356
Place of Publication
California, United States
ISBN
9780972652940
SKU
V9780972652940
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99-50
About Christopher Alexander
Christopher Alexander is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, architecture, builder and author of many books and technical papers. He is the winner of the first medal for research ever awarded by the American Institute of Architects, and after 40 years of teaching is professor Emeritus and the University of California, Berkeley.
Reviews for The Nature of Order: An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe, Book 4 - The Luminous Ground (Center for Environmental Structure, Vol. 12)
... Alexander's approach presents a fundamental challenge to us and our style-obsessed age. It suggests that beautiful form can come about only through a process that is meaningful to people...""- Thomas Fisher, Former Editor, Progressive Architecture; ""Alexander's genetic scripts are likely to... play a role so fundamental in the future,that their widespread use cannot even be imagined today. This ... Read more