false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171567190m/106723.jpg 106723 1 Christopher Alexander, the humble messiah of good architectural design, invites readers to get comfortable with their inner judgments in <I>The Nature of Order: The Phenomenon of Life</I>. Best known as principal author of <I>A Pattern Language</I>, Alexander has designed and built countless projects worldwide, all the while thinking deeply about the nature of his work. Frustrated with the 20th century's reluctance to acknowledge human commonality and reliance on Cartesian mechanism, he urges us to rethink our understanding of space itself. With an architect's precision and clarity, he explains his theory of life as the order inhabiting space--an order both variable in degree and apprehensible to human minds. Though the scientifically minded will resist his seeming subjectivity, it will be hard for any to argue that his many examples of good and bad design are equivalent. Alexander's combination of powerful analysis and compelling synthesis makes <I>The Nature of Order</I> essential 21st-century reading. <I>--Rob Lightner</I> 102865 1 9 2004 The Phenomenon of Life: Nature of Order, Book 1: An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe (The Nature of Order) total:50|5:32|4:11|3:6|2:1|1:0| 50 224 114 7 5 0 false false Tue Jan 27 10:14:38 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 12 16:05:56 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 10:14:38 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Mon Jul 13 06:11:39 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 06:12:06 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon Oct 01 11:25:05 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 01 22:01:02 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Feb 02 09:33:39 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 02 09:40:34 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Nov 12 10:46:34 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 12 10:49:39 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Sun Aug 19 22:51:34 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 19 22:52:12 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Wed Aug 20 20:21:14 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 20 21:03:38 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Wed Dec 02 15:40:11 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 02 15:40:11 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Nov 20 18:36:42 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 20 18:36:42 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Nov 17 17:24:16 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 17 17:24:16 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Nov 15 22:58:31 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 15 22:58:31 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Nov 11 13:33:04 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 13:33:04 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Nov 10 15:16:26 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 10 15:16:26 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Nov 09 19:06:22 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 19:06:22 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Nov 09 14:15:40 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 14:15:40 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Nov 09 12:45:47 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 12:45:47 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Nov 03 05:42:13 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 03 05:42:13 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Tue Oct 27 09:11:36 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 27 09:11:36 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Oct 21 19:22:53 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 19:22:57 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Sep 27 22:51:30 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 22:51:30 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=106723