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2 Blowhards (Free subscription) | 08/22/2008
Michael Blowhard writes: Dear Blowhards -- James Kunstler confesses that it didn't all come together for him until he read Christopher Alexander and Andres Duany. I've run into professional architects who have told me similar things -- that they were out there, practicing architecture for a living, yet they didn't really "get it" until they stumbled across Alexander's great "A Pattern Language" and...
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Blogs for the NC State Community (Free subscription) | 07/13/2008
One of the biggest advances in software engineering didn't originate from a programmer, but from a architect. Christopher Alexander didn't design code, he designed buildings. None the less his ideas on effective design are the underpinning of modern software... Read More
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Veritas et Venustas (Free subscription) | 06/18/2008
DURING A DISCUSSION ON TRAD-ARCH, I linked to the old post below, which included some discussion from the Urbanists list. Here it is again, combined with another post and slightly modified. CHRISTOPHER ALEXANDER gave an interesting talk at CNU XIV. Central to the talk was his idea that "the whole...
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Laughing Meme (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
Excellent, pragmatic, Christopher Alexander style patterns for building online community. With really cute graphic.
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Signal vs. Noise (Free subscription) | 05/28/2008
In this excerpt from “A Pattern Language,” architect Christopher Alexander explains that plans of buildings should be loose and fluid so they can adapt easily. Along the way, he compares the work of a fifty-year-old carpenter with the work of a novice. The difference: The experienced craftsman plans less because he has learned to do things in a way that lets him make small mistakes. This gives his...
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Nisakyuna (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008
In our view: Railroad upgrades Hiring freeze combats Placer’s budget woes Let’s hope this is a trend Messerstiche nach Streit kitchen top zaterdag 22 maart 13:34 - stil ? Guess the Slot Competition - $100 Cash Prize Central Asia Christopher Alexander Shangri-La’s Far Eastern Plaza Hotel, Tainan to Open Third Quarter sell paper box U. S. Cities See Resegregation of Public Schools Heathrow fingered...
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France 24 (Free subscription) | 03/14/2008
Canada's parliament voted to extend its military deployment in Afghanistan, as long as NATO allies back them up.
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News.com.au (Free subscription) | 03/11/2008
NATO forces in Afghanistan have clashed more times with Taliban insurgents in the first two months of 2008 compared to last year, though fighting has occurred in fewer places, the alliance-led force said today.
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Alertnet (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
Source: IRIN The UN says its "central" and "impartial" role in peace-building, development and humanitarian aid to Afghanistan will be reinforced by the appointment of the UN Secretary-General's new special representative (SRSG) to the war-torn country.
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People Daily (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
The UN Secretary-General's new envoy to Afghanistan would have a "strong mandate" and be appointed soon, an official of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said Monday. "Secretary-General of the Untied Natio ...
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Signal vs. Noise (Free subscription) | 03/05/2008
My penchant for Christopher Alexander is on the rise again after spending the weekend at an inspiringly-comfortable bed and breakfast in Green County. Here’s an excerpt from A Pattern Language that cuts to the heart of what Getting Real is about. 202. BUILT -IN SEATS Problem Built-in seats are great. Everybody loves them. They make a building feel comfortable and luxurious. But most often they do...
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A Compendium of Developments (Free subscription) | 03/02/2008
Now I’ve panned an Elfriede Dustin book before and then enjoyed another one. So thus far I have a 50/50 success rate so I pulled Effective Software Testing from the shelf, curious as to how I would react. [amazon.com][amazon.co.uk]
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Apartment Therapy (Free subscription) | 02/20/2008
All seems right when a room is ordered with a little symmetry. It's sometimes suprisingly difficult to accomplish, but the result, we think, is generally calming and pleasing...
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Planet Intertwingly (Free subscription) | 02/16/2008
Recently I’ve been thinking about the way that patterns on different scales interact with each other. If you read Christopher Alexander’s A Pattern Language , the first pattern in the book is Independent Regions , which are talked about within the context of a World Government, so it seems like a huge pattern. And it is, sort of, but it's scale invariant – it applies at the level of countries, but...
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7.5th Floor (Free subscription) | 02/13/2008
With the availability of video of Adam Greenfield's talk at Lift Asia last Fall, I could complete some of the notes I took from his Picnic07’s “The City Is Here For You to Use“. Adam adds the urbanist expertise to his repertoire from a strong influence of 50-60s Jane Jacobs, Christopher Alexander or Bernard Rurdofsky. [...]
