Nature of order : an essay on the art of building and the nature of the universe. Book 3 : a vision of a living world .
Alexander, Christopher
Nature of order : an essay on the art of building and the nature of the universe. Book 3 : a vision of a living world . Book - California Centre for Environmental Structure 2005 - xii,697p. - Center for environmental structure series .
CONTENT : BOOK THREE A VISION OF A LIVING WORLD PREFACE: THE FUNDAMENTAL PROCESS REPEATED TEN MILLION TIMES .. 1 PART ONE 1. A BELONGING AND NOTBELONGING 25 2. OUR BELONGING TO THE WORLD: 41 PART TWO PART TWO 3. THE HULLS OF PUBLIC SPACE .. 67 4. THE FORM OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS .. 101 5. THE POSITIVE PATTERN OF SPACE AND VOLUME IN THREE DIMENSIONS ON THE LAND 153 6. POSITIVE SPACE IN STRUCTURE AND MATERIALS .. 191 7.. THE CHARACTER OF GARDENS .. 229 PART THREE 8.FORMING A COLLECTIVE VISION FOR A NEIGHBORHOOD 257 9. RECONSTRUCTION OF AN URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD..283 10.HIGH DENSITY HOUSING 311 11. FURTHER DYNAMICS OF A GROWING NEIGHBORHOOD . 333 PART FOUR 12. THE UNIQUENESS OF PEOPLE'S INDIVIDUAL WORLDS . 361 13. THE CHARACTER OF ROOMS 411 PART FIVE 14. CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS AS LIVING CENTERS .. 447 15. ALL BUILDING AS MAKING 481 16. CONTINUOUS INVENTION OF NEW MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES517 17.PRODUCTION OF GIANT PROJECTS 561 PART SIX 18. ORNAMENT AS A PART OF ALL UNFOLDING579 19. COLOR WHICH UNFOLDS FROM THE CONFIGURATION . 615 THE MORPHOLOGY OF LIVING ARCHITECTURE 639 CONCLUSION: THE WORLD CREATED AND TRANSFORMED . 677 APPENDIX ON NUMBER 685
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Nature of order : an essay on the art of building and the nature of the universe. Book 3 : a vision of a living world . Book - California Centre for Environmental Structure 2005 - xii,697p. - Center for environmental structure series .
CONTENT : BOOK THREE A VISION OF A LIVING WORLD PREFACE: THE FUNDAMENTAL PROCESS REPEATED TEN MILLION TIMES .. 1 PART ONE 1. A BELONGING AND NOTBELONGING 25 2. OUR BELONGING TO THE WORLD: 41 PART TWO PART TWO 3. THE HULLS OF PUBLIC SPACE .. 67 4. THE FORM OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS .. 101 5. THE POSITIVE PATTERN OF SPACE AND VOLUME IN THREE DIMENSIONS ON THE LAND 153 6. POSITIVE SPACE IN STRUCTURE AND MATERIALS .. 191 7.. THE CHARACTER OF GARDENS .. 229 PART THREE 8.FORMING A COLLECTIVE VISION FOR A NEIGHBORHOOD 257 9. RECONSTRUCTION OF AN URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD..283 10.HIGH DENSITY HOUSING 311 11. FURTHER DYNAMICS OF A GROWING NEIGHBORHOOD . 333 PART FOUR 12. THE UNIQUENESS OF PEOPLE'S INDIVIDUAL WORLDS . 361 13. THE CHARACTER OF ROOMS 411 PART FIVE 14. CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS AS LIVING CENTERS .. 447 15. ALL BUILDING AS MAKING 481 16. CONTINUOUS INVENTION OF NEW MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES517 17.PRODUCTION OF GIANT PROJECTS 561 PART SIX 18. ORNAMENT AS A PART OF ALL UNFOLDING579 19. COLOR WHICH UNFOLDS FROM THE CONFIGURATION . 615 THE MORPHOLOGY OF LIVING ARCHITECTURE 639 CONCLUSION: THE WORLD CREATED AND TRANSFORMED . 677 APPENDIX ON NUMBER 685
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