The Production of Houses (Center for Environmental Structure Series) by Christopher Alexander - June 1985

NY: Oxford University Press, 1985. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 383 pages, b&w illustrations. This is the fourth in a series of books which describe an entirely new attitude to architecture and planning. The Production of Houses centers around a group of buildings which Alexander and his associates built in 1976 in northern Mexico. Each house is different and the book explains how each family helped to lay out and construct its own home according to the family's own needs and in the framework of the pattern language. Numerous diagrams and tables as well as a variety of anecdotes make the day-today process clear. Clean copy. Record # 378376

Oxford University Press, 1985-06-13. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Hardback. New. As an innovative thinker about building and planning, Christopher Alexander has attracted a devoted following. His seminal books--The Timeless Way of Building, A Pattern Language, and The Oregon Experiment--defined a radical and fundamently new process of environmental design. Alexander now gives us the latest book in his series--a book that puts his theories to the test and shows what sort of production system can create the kind of environment he has envisioned. The Production of Houses centers around a group of buildings which Alexander and his associates built in 1976 in northern Mexico. Each house is different and the book explains how each family helped to lay out and construct its own home according to the family's own needs and in the framework of the pattern language. Numerous diagrams and tables as well as a variety of anecdotes make the day-today process clear. The Mexican project, however, is only the starting point for a comprehensive theory of housing production.… Read More

Oxford Univ Pr, 1985. Hardcover. New. 381 pages. 8.25x5.75x1.25 inches.