The Timeless Way Of Building

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Published Nov. 8, 1979 by Oxford University Press, USA.

ISBN:
9780195024029

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4 stars (1 review)

Develops a humane and intuitive design and construction technique applicable to a wide range of built forms from rooms to houses to towns.

1 edition

reviewed The Timeless Way Of Building by Christopher Alexander

First pass reading was excellent

4 stars

I’m not someone who builds physical spaces in a professional sense but I do put thought into the spaces I do have control over. Reading the italicized sentences and sometimes diving into the corresponding detailed paragraph was the way to go for me.

This book is making me see things in a new way. I’m noticing what feels alive and what doesn’t in the spaces around me. It encourages readers to use their intuition and that’s what I’ll do.