The battle for the life and beauty of the earth/

Christopher Alexander

pp. 10-505

Center for Environmental Structure Series | 1

Oxford University Press

2012

Abstract

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

Reviews

• David Seamon, "C. Alexanders, battle for the life and beauty of the earth" Environmental & Architectural Phenomenology 24 (1), 2013, pp. 5-7