Table of Contents

Part 1 1. Our Belonging to the World: Part One 2. Our Belonging to the World: Part Two Part 2 3. The Hulls of Public Space 4. The Form of Public Buildings 5. Production of Giant Projects 6. The Positive Pattern of Space and Volume in Three Dimensions of the Land 7. Positive Space in Structure and Materials 8. The Character of Gardens Part 3 9. Forming a Collective Vision for a Neighbourhood 10. Reconstruction of an Urban Neighbourhood 11. High Density Housing 12. Further Dynamics of a Growing Neighbourhood Part 4 13. The Uniqueness of People's Individual Worlds 14. The Character of Rooms Part 5 15. Construction Elements as Living Centers 16. All Building as Making 17. Active Invention of New Building Techniques Part 6 18. Ornament as a Part of All Unfolding 19. Color which Unfolds from the Configuration Epilogue: The Morphology of Living Architecture

About the Author

Christopher Alexander is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, architecture, builder and author of many books and technical papers. He is the winner of the first medal for research ever awarded by the American Institute of Architects, and after 40 years of teaching is professor Emeritus and the University of California, Berkeley.

Reviews

'This monumental work is the long awaited outcome of Christopher Alexander's reflections since the 1970s. No recent writer, I think, has viewed architecture so broadly, setting it in the context of all human making and living, and even of biology, cosmology and particle physics.' - Richard Padovan, The Architectural Review 'Alexander has a wonderful eye for the work of vernacular builders and anonymous artists.' - Richard Padovan, The Architectural Review