Christopher Alexander

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Christopher Alexander
Christopher Alexander in 2012
Born
Christopher Wolfgang Alexander

(1936-10-04)4 October 1936
Died17 March 2022(2022-03-17) (aged 85)
NationalityAmerican / British
Alma materOundle School
Trinity College, Cambridge
Harvard University (PhD)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
OccupationArchitect
AwardsVincent Scully Prize

Christopher Wolfgang Alexander (4 October 1936 – 17 March 2022)[1][2][3] was an Austrian-born British-American architect, writer and design theorist. He was an emeritus professor at the University of California, Berkeley. He talked about how architecture effects urban design, software, sociology and others.[4] Alexander designed and personally built over 100 buildings, both as an architect and a general contractor.[5][6]

His written works include Notes on the Synthesis of Form, A City is Not a Tree, The Timeless Way of Building, A New Theory of Urban Design, The Oregon Experiment. and a four volume essay The Nature of Order.

Alexander died on 17 March 2022 at his home in Walberton, West Sussex, England after a long illness at the age of 85.[7]

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