The Phenomenon of Life: An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe

by Christopher W. Alexander

Christopher Alexander's series of ground-breaking books including A Pattern Language and The Timeless Way of Building have pointed to fundamental truths of the way we build, revealing what gives life and beauty and true functionality to our buildings and towns. Now, in The Nature of Order, Alexander explores the properties of life itself, highlighting a set of well-defined structures present in all order and in all life from micro-organisms...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0972652914
• ISBN13: 9780972652919
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Center for Environmental Structure
• Length: 476 Pages
• Weight: 3.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.9" x 11.1"