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In this radical new look at the theory and practice of urban design, Christopher Alexander asks why our modern cities so often lack a sense of natural growth, and suggests a set of rules and guidelines by which we can inject that `organic' character back into our High Streets, buildings, and squares. At a time when so many of Britain's inner cities are undergoing, or are in need of, drastic renovation, Christopher Alexander's detailed account of his own experiments in urban-renewal in San Francisco makes thought-provoking reading.

The venerable cities of the past, such as Venice or Amsterdam, convey a feeling of wholeness, an organic unity that surfaces in every detail, large and small, in restaurants, shops, public gardens, even in balconies and ornaments. But this sense of wholeness is lacking in modern urban design, with architects absorbed in problems of individual structures, and city planners The venerable cities of the past, such as Venice or Amsterdam, convey a feeling of wholeness, an organic unity that surfaces in every detail, large and small, in restaurants, shops, public gardens, even in balconies and ornaments. But this sense of wholeness is lacking in modern urban design, with architects absorbed in problems of individual structures, and city planners preoccupied with local ordinances, it is almost impossible to achieve.

In this groundbreaking volume, architect and planner Christopher Alexander presents a new theory of urban design which attempts to recapture the process by which cities develop organically. To discover the kinds of laws needed to create a growing whole in a city, Alexander proposes here a preliminary set of seven rules which embody the process at a practical level and which are consistent with the day-to-day demands of urban development. He then puts these rules to the test, setting out with a number of his graduate students to simulate the urban redesign of a high-density part of San Francisco, initiating a project that encompassed some ninety different design problems, including warehouses, hotels, fishing piers, a music hall, and a public square. This extensive experiment is documented project by project, with detailed discussion of how each project satisfied the seven rules, accompanied by floorplans, elevations, street grids, axonometric diagrams and photographs of the scaled-down model which clearly illustrate the discussion. A New Theory of Urban Design provides an entirely new theoretical framework for the discussion of urban problems, one that goes far to remedy the defects which cities have today. Christopher Alexander made his name in the 70s andearly 80s as a challenging radical theorist and practitioner of urban design and architecture.

This book is thw conclusion of a series of pieces of writing that set out to clarify his approaches based in the integration of urban spatiality and building details - so space design with architecture. He is, sadly, often characterised as utopian and impractical - but I have architect friends who swear by his work, and we worked successfully with desig Christopher Alexander made his name in the 70s andearly 80s as a challenging radical theorist and practitioner of urban design and architecture.

This book is thw conclusion of a series of pieces of writing that set out to clarify his approaches based in the integration of urban spatiality and building details - so space design with architecture. He is, sadly, often characterised as utopian and impractical - but I have architect friends who swear by his work, and we worked successfully with designers of a recent new building at my university to get some of the key elements incorporated; some of the more rigidly utilitarian elements see it as wasteful but it is hard to miss the diversity of place experience and use it has brought about. It may be a highly specialist text, but it is an important one. Like the books on architecture from the same authors, this book approaches the topic from an unusual perspective and with a focus on process. For instance, the one overriding rule of urban design is that all construction should create wholeness in all aspects of its environment. A few principles are laid out in the first section, then a case study in San Francisco is the second section, and the last section is a short evaluation. The result of the case study was an interesting urban area, showin Like the books on architecture from the same authors, this book approaches the topic from an unusual perspective and with a focus on process.

For instance, the one overriding rule of urban design is that all construction should create wholeness in all aspects of its environment. A few principles are laid out in the first section, then a case study in San Francisco is the second section, and the last section is a short evaluation. The result of the case study was an interesting urban area, showing that the process can lead to quality design.

But as an entire process, it is unrealistic, given current urban & legal realities. Perhaps the book is best seen as a critique of current structures & methods of planning & managing urban areas.