Christopher Alexander - Life in Buildings (Full)

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Christopher Alexander, architect, author, and seminal late 20th Century design theorist, had an outsize influence far beyond the world of architecture. This film includes interviews with the man, as well as an overview of his ideas and built projects.
Note: This version (12/21/2021) fixes a minor audio bug in the previous release.

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@kevinbeach8743 2 жыл бұрын

Rest In Peace Christopher Alexander. Your work has already inspired many generations.

@LuigiSHALOMDEYESHUA Күн бұрын

A Big Teaching for all architects Thank You, Shalom of Yeshua (Peace of Jesus) to your family and your soul

@jankaufmann4305 3 ай бұрын

I read pattern language. Basically everything he proposes is good architecture. Alexander was a genius.

@btimec5290 2 жыл бұрын

What a colossal loss for all of us. A brilliant man. RIP CA

@niliportugali2225 2 жыл бұрын

Important for all who is not familiar with the great !! Scientist Architect Prof. Alexander

@rosalbabelibani2423 2 жыл бұрын

RIP Christopher. Thank you!

@TheBloxDev Жыл бұрын

Christopher Alexander was a genius, the way he articulates what he says and how he get’s his point across is also incredible

@jararacca Жыл бұрын

My father, Johan van Lengen, was very much inspired by a lecture of yours in the late 60s in Berkeley, later he wrote the book The Manual of the Barefoot Architect.

@building_drawings1331 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing this with the world.

@jararacca Жыл бұрын

Our Guru, thank you for so many thoughts, research, and teachings. How to move forward and return to common sense is our biggest challenge.

@danastolzgen3185 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, it's important.

@kunzangdolma2163 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for uploading and thanks to the person who interviewed him

@michaelmehaffy325 Жыл бұрын

The music that begins at 14:11 is Prelude #6 in D Minor, from The Well-Tempered Clavier by J.S. Bach. I always thought it was fascinating that you could hear the properties Alexander was describing in the music (alternating repetition, strong centers, deep interlock, echoes, etc). And yes, I think AI might well be able to do the things Alexander was hoping to do in his later years (find latent centers, and do the computations of wholeness). A fascinating prospect! (And yet also a dangerous one, like all technological innovation.)

@mukeirabluetemple6950 2 жыл бұрын

His work should be a classic standard in architecture school. Unfortunately the industrial and commercial, dead, standard still prevails.

@philipm3173 Жыл бұрын

Not for long!

@jankaufmann4305 3 ай бұрын

In fact, his ideas are more alive than ever. People still value good architecture. Good architecture is timeless. It's like good food. And everything which is considered to be good architecture boils down to the principles Alexander proposed.