A Clean, Well-Lighted Place

Nonfiction, Art & Architecture, Architecture, Public, Commercial, or Industrial Buildings, Biography & Memoir, Artists, Architects & Photographers
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Author: Jon Krakauer ISBN: 9780525562740
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group Publication: January 23, 2018
Imprint: Vintage Language: English
Author: Jon Krakauer
ISBN: 9780525562740
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication: January 23, 2018
Imprint: Vintage
Language: English

Here is Jon Krakauer’s portrait of the iconoclastic architect Christopher Alexander, whose revolutionary human-centered approach has shaken the foundations of modern architecture. Krakauer delves into Alexander’s life and career, from his theories on a timeless “pattern language” that could be used to create buildings and towns that were simultaneously more livable and more beautiful, to his belief that architecture is correctly viewed as a powerful social instrument; from his on-site drafting techniques to his design process that, like a cocoon, shapes a building from the inside out. With trademark rigor, nuance, and insight, Krakauer powerfully draws us into Alexander’s singular vision of human-centered design—one in which people reclaim control over their built environment.

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Here is Jon Krakauer’s portrait of the iconoclastic architect Christopher Alexander, whose revolutionary human-centered approach has shaken the foundations of modern architecture. Krakauer delves into Alexander’s life and career, from his theories on a timeless “pattern language” that could be used to create buildings and towns that were simultaneously more livable and more beautiful, to his belief that architecture is correctly viewed as a powerful social instrument; from his on-site drafting techniques to his design process that, like a cocoon, shapes a building from the inside out. With trademark rigor, nuance, and insight, Krakauer powerfully draws us into Alexander’s singular vision of human-centered design—one in which people reclaim control over their built environment.

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