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# The Timeless Way of Building: 1 (Center for Environmental Structure Series)

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Buy The Timeless Way of Building: 1 (Center for Environmental Structure Series) Illustrated by Alexander, Christopher (ISBN: 9780195024029) from desertcart's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

Review: Beautiful book - Beautiful book
Review: A brilliant mind-moving essay on human fundamentals, and architecture by the way - Christopher Alexander is one of the seminal thinkers in architecture, but his ideas are also relvant to software architecture, organisation design, customer experience and indeed science genrally. This is a highly challenging, brilliantly written, engaging explanation of his thinking. It stands with such classics as Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenaence as a book that could change your thinking on the nature of quality and the social process of design. I would say the book brings together aspects of Taoism, Whiteheadian physics, Drucker's concern for the customer, and his original thinking. He also confirms Stewart's introduction of value into systems thinking as an objective feature of the system. Entrancing

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | 194,906 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) 2,142 in Other Reference by Subject 9,793 in Arts & Photography (Books) 26,556 in Social Sciences (Books) |
| Customer reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (291) |
| Dimensions  | 13.97 x 5.08 x 18.8 cm |
| Edition  | Illustrated |
| ISBN-10  | 0195024028 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-0195024029 |
| Item weight  | 635 g |
| Language  | English |
| Part of series  | Center for Environmental Structure |
| Print length  | 576 pages |
| Publication date  | 10 April 1980 |
| Publisher  | OUP USA |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Beautiful book
*by D***Y on 4 October 2024*

Beautiful book

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A brilliant mind-moving essay on human fundamentals, and architecture by the way
*by A***N on 30 July 2014*

Christopher Alexander is one of the seminal thinkers in architecture, but his ideas are also relvant to software architecture, organisation design, customer experience and indeed science genrally. This is a highly challenging, brilliantly written, engaging explanation of his thinking. It stands with such classics as Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenaence as a book that could change your thinking on the nature of quality and the social process of design. I would say the book brings together aspects of Taoism, Whiteheadian physics, Drucker's concern for the customer, and his original thinking. He also confirms Stewart's introduction of value into systems thinking as an objective feature of the system. Entrancing

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Five Stars
*by D***S on 12 January 2015*

If all architects thought like Christopher Alexander, cities would be wonderful places to live in....

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