Christopher Alexander

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Christopher Alexander was an influential architect and design theorist best known for developing the concept of pattern languages in architecture and urban planning.

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instanceOf architect
author
design theorist
awardReceived Best Book in Architecture and Urban Planning Award (AIA) for A Pattern Language
Gold Medal of the American Institute of Architects (AIA California Council) NERFINISHED
citizenship United Kingdom
United States of America
coFounded Center for Environmental Structure NERFINISHED
conceptCoined pattern language
conceptDeveloped fifteen properties of living structure
generative design
dateOfBirth 1936-10-04
dateOfDeath 2022-03-17
degree PhD in Architecture
doctoralThesis Notes on the Synthesis of Form NERFINISHED
doctoralThesisYear 1963
educatedAt Harvard University
Cambridge University
surface form: University of Cambridge
employer University of California, Berkeley
fieldOfWork architecture
design theory
software design theory
urban design
founded Center for Environmental Structure NERFINISHED
fullName Christopher Wolfgang Alexander NERFINISHED
influenced New Urbanism NERFINISHED
object-oriented design
permaculture design
software engineering
urban planning
influencedBy modernism in architecture
traditional vernacular architecture
knownFor A Pattern Language NERFINISHED
Notes on the Synthesis of Form NERFINISHED
The Nature of Order NERFINISHED
The Timeless Way of Building NERFINISHED
influencing software design patterns
pattern language
languageOfWorkOrName English
movement human-centered design
pattern language movement NERFINISHED
nationality American
Austrian
British
notableWork A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction NERFINISHED
Notes on the Synthesis of Form NERFINISHED
The Nature of Order, Book 1: The Phenomenon of Life NERFINISHED
The Nature of Order, Book 2: The Process of Creating Life NERFINISHED
The Nature of Order, Book 3: A Vision of a Living World NERFINISHED
The Nature of Order, Book 4: The Luminous Ground NERFINISHED
The Timeless Way of Building NERFINISHED
philosophicalView buildings and cities should have a quality of life and wholeness
placeOfBirth Vienna, Austria NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Binsted, West Sussex, England NERFINISHED
positionHeld Professor of Architecture
residence Berkeley, California NERFINISHED
Binsted, West Sussex, England NERFINISHED
website https://www.patternlanguage.com/
workInstitution University of California, Berkeley NERFINISHED

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Serge Chermayeff coAuthorWith Christopher Alexander