Early and Unpublished Writings of Christopher Alexander Thinking, Building, Writing

This book brings together key works of the noted architect and  architectural theorist Christopher Alexander (1936–2022), many of which  have not been published before. The book contains twenty-five essays and  other works, many chosen from the newly organized Christopher Alexander  archive, providing a window into the ideas and thought process of one  of the most innovative architectural thinkers of the twentieth century.  The items span Alexander’s fifty-year career, beginning with an early  version of his PhD dissertation based on fieldwork in India, continuing  to fifteen years in the development of A Pattern Language, one of the  best-selling books in the history of architecture, and proceeding to the  writing of The Nature of Order, Alexander’s four-volume masterwork, and  beyond. The writings combine theory and descriptions of practice, and  together support a blueprint for the development of a new, humane way of  building, while also providing a window into the mind of an  extraordinary thinker, teacher and professional.