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Christopher Alexander
American
Architect
About the author
We are searching for some kind of harmony between two intangibles: a form which we have not yet designed and a context which we cannot properly describe.
Christopher Alexander,
American
Architect
#Harmony
Complexity is one of the great problems in environmental design.
Christopher Alexander,
American
Architect
#Problems
#Design
#Environmental
#Complexity
The structure of life I have described in buildings - the structure which I believe to be objective - is deeply and inextricably connected with the human person, and with the innermost nature of human feeling.
Christopher Alexander,
American
Architect
#Life
#Feeling
#Nature
Drawings help people to work out intricate relationships between parts.
Christopher Alexander,
American
Architect
#Relationships
#People
#Work
#Help