The Battle for the Life and Beauty of the Earth: A Struggle Between Two World-Systems

by Christopher W. Alexander

The purpose of all architecture, writes Christopher Alexander, is to encourage and support life-giving activity, dreams, and playfulness. But in recent decades, while our buildings are technically better--more sturdy, more waterproof, more energy efficient-- they have also became progressively more sterile, rarely providing the kind of environment in which people are emotionally nourished, genuinely happy, and deeply contented.
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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199898073
• ISBN13: 9780199898077
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 520 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.1" x 9.1"