Dorian Taylor on Christopher Alexander

Dorian Taylor is a consulting designer. He’s been influenced by the work of the architect and design theorist Christopher Alexander, who died in March. In this conversation, we discuss Alexander’s influence on the design of built environments and software.Show notesDorian Taylor@doriantaylor on TwitterThe Making of Making Sense (Dorian’s newsletter)At Any Given Moment in a Process (Dorian’s post about Christopher Alexander)Fifteen Properties Through an Information-Theoretic Lens  by Dorian TaylorChristopher AlexanderThe Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering by Fred BrooksA Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction by Christopher AlexanderNotes on the Synthesis of Form by Christopher AlexanderThe Nature of Order: An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe by Christopher AlexanderThe Timeless Way of Building by Christopher AlexanderThe Oregon Experiment by Christopher AlexanderA City Is Not a Tree by Christopher Alexander (PDF)Patterns in Architecture OOPSLA 1996 keynote lecture by Christopher Alexander (YouTube)Cognition in the Wild by Edwin HutchinsGall’s Law (jarango.com)Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, designed by Frank GehryWalt Disney Concert Hall, designed by Frank GehryEishin School, designed by Christopher Alexander et alStata Center at MIT, designed by Franky GehryThe West Dean Visitor Centre, designed by Christopher Alexander et alVineyard Farmer’s Market, designed by Christopher Alexander et alClaude ShannonMarvin MinskyJohn McCarthyJ.C.R. LickliderDouglas EnglebartPatterns of Software: Tales from the Software Community by Richard GabrielShow notes include Amazon affiliate links. I get a small commission for purchases made through these links.