Remembering Christopher Alexander, the "Father of Pattern"
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Christopher Alexander has passed away at the age of 85. A pioneering theorist and early proponent of the New Urbanism movement, Alexander authored several crucial texts including "The Timeless Way of Building" and 1973's semina...
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