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Christopher Alexander was a British-American architect, theorist, and professor, renowned for his influential work in design theory and urban planning. His book "A Pattern Language" transformed how architects and planners approach the built environment. He inspired generations of designers to prioritize human needs and natural harmony in architecture. Here are 31 of his quotes:
...we have so far beset ourselves with rules, and concepts, and ideas of what must be done to make a building or a town alive, that we have become afraid of what will happen naturally, and convinced that we must work within a "system" and with "methods" since without them our surroundings will come tumbling down in chaos.
Christopher Alexander
...a great architect's creative power, his capacity to make something beautiful, lies in his capacity to observe correctly, and deeply. A painter's talent lies in his capacity to see – he sees more acutely, more precisely, what it is that really matters in a thing, and where its qualities come from.
Christopher Alexander
Christopher Alexander
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Occupation: American Architect
Born: October 4, 1936
Died: March 17, 2022
Quotes count: 31
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