Christopher Alexander’s Battle for Beauty in a World Turning Ugly: The Inception of a Science of Architecture?
Christopher Alexander has been a leading pioneer of academic research on architectural and urban design since the early 1960s. He is also a practicing architect and builder with a passion for creating and restoring life and beauty to our physical environment. In this essay I review, evaluate, and re...
Main Author: | Per Galle |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2020-01-01
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Series: | She Ji: The Journal of Design, Economics and Innovation |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405872620300459 |
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