The Timeless Way of Building

Alexander, Christopher

ISBN 10: 0195024028 / ISBN 13: 9780195024029

Published by Oxford University Press, New York, 1979

About this Item

Light wear. Some highlighter in the first 50 pages. Book plate inside cover. Dust jacket has some taped tears at the edges. X14. Seller Inventory # 022300

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Timeless Way of Building

Publisher: Oxford University Press, New York

Publication Date: 1979

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Good

Edition: Later Printing.

About this title

Synopsis:

The theory of architecture implicit in our world today, Christopher Alexander believes, is bankrupt. More and more people are aware that something is deeply wrong. Yet the power of present-day ideas is so great that many feel uncomfortable, even afraid, to say openly that they dislike what is happening, because they are afraid to seem foolish, afraid perhaps that they will be laughed at. Now, at last, here is a coherent theory which describes in modern terms an architecture as ancient as human society itself.

Review:

This book is more a philosophy of life than an architectural commentary. David Abbott gave it to me some years ago and I constantly refer to it. It is full of wisdom and inspiration, written in Alexander's beautiful prose style ... anyone who cares about the spaces we inhabit should read it. (Mike Dempsey, founding partner of CDT Design, Creative Review)