Public Radio Features Alexander

Today, November 5, 2000, NationalPublicRadio ran a 15-minute story by Alex Van Oss on the impact of architecture on our lives. It featured ChristopherAlexander and others. I'm not much of a note taker, but this is what I got.

• Winson Churchill -- first we shape our building, then they shape us
• William Whyte -- measured conversations
• Fred Kent -- ProjectForPublicSpaces
• Roger Lewis -- 2000 year history ... classical architecture ... Vitruvius' commodity, firmness, delight
• Matheu Masca
• ChristopherAlexander -- light two sides, site repair -- contracts, building, design, management.
• Peter Wadel -- Tudor Place artist in residence

You can hear the audio (including Alexander's comments) by going to the November 5, 2000 Weekend Edition program at http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1113506

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NPR's Public Architecture and Design-Creating Community six part series airs between June - December 2000. See http://www.npr.org/programs/specials/architecture/

More links ...

• http://www.PatternLanguage.com/ -- Alexander's site (mentioned)
• http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/wash/dc12.htm -- Tudor Place
• http://www.inform.umd.edu/EdRes/Colleges/ARCH/profiles/rkl.html -- Roger Lewis ( BrokenLink )
• http://www.winstonchurchill.org/bonmots.htm -- "we shape" quote and story ( BrokenLink )
• http://www.metropolismag.com/new/content/other/my99urb.htm -- includes timelapse by Whyte ( BrokenLink )
• http://www.britannica.com/bcom/eb/article/0/0,5716,119280+6+110410,00.html -- commody, firmess ...

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All Things Considered:

''In the late 1970s, Christopher Alexander became an icon in the architecture world with his book, A Pattern Language. In it, he argued for injecting personal, emotional and spiritual qualities into manmade structures, streets and cities. Alexander's book challenged the architectural establishment and derided much that's been built over the past century as "deadly." ''

-- http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4469331

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