An edition of The Production of Houses
(1985)
The Production of Houses
by Christopher Alexander
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Describes how the design and construction of a cluster of five homes were carried out under the guidance of Alexander’s architectural principles.
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The Production of Houses
1985, Oxford University Press
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0195032233 9780195032239
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First Sentence
"In the modern world, the idea that houses can be loved and beautiful has been eliminated almost altogether."
Table of Contents
| Introduction | 11 | |
| I | The System of Production | 19 |
| II | The Mexicali Project | 51 |
| 1 | The Architect Builder | 63 |
| 2 | The Builder's Yard | 89 |
| 3 | The Collective Design of Common Land | 119 |
| 4 | The Layout of Individual Houses | 157 |
| 5 | Step by Step Construction | 209 |
| 6 | Cost Control | 263 |
| 7 | The Human Rhythm of the Process | 291 |
| III | Large Scale Production | 323 |
| IV | The Shift of Paradigm | 351 |
| Postscript on Color | 375 | |
| Acknowledgments | 279 |
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| December 10, 2022 | Edited by MARC Bot | import existing book |
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| April 1, 2008 | Created by an anonymous user | Imported from Scriblio MARC record. |