The battle for the life and beauty of the earth : a struggle between two world-systems (Record no. 716)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780199898077
Terms of availability 2259.64
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Original cataloging agency ANU
041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE
Language code of text/sound track or separate title English
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 720.1 ALE
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Alexander, Maggie Moore
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Title The battle for the life and beauty of the earth : a struggle between two world-systems
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Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2012
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Oxford University Press
Place of publication, distribution, etc. New York
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent x, 505 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm.
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Title Center for Environmental Structure series
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Summary, etc. he 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. Using the example of his building of the Eishin Campus in Japan, Christopher Alexander and his collaborators reveal an ongoing dispute between two fundamentally different ways of shaping our world. One system places emphasis on subtleties, on finesse, on the structure of adaptation that makes each tiny part fit into the larger context. The other system is concerned with efficiency, with money, power and control, stressing the more gross aspects of size, speed, and profit. This second, "business-as-usual" system, Alexander argues, is incapable of creating the kind of environment that is able to genuinely support the emotional, whole-making side of human life. To confront this sterile system, the book presents a new architecture that we--both as a world-wide civilization, and as individual people and cultures--can create, using new processes that allow us to build places of human energy and beauty. The book outlines nine ways of working, each one fully dedicated to wholeness, and able to support day-to-day activities that will make planning, design and construction possible in an entirely new way, and in more humane ways. An innovative thinker about building techniques and planning, Christopher Alexander has attracted a devoted following. Here he introduces a way of building that includes the best current practices, enriched by a range of new processes that support the houses, communities, and health of all who inhabit the Earth.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Architect - Christopher Alexander
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Architectural design
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Architecture - Japan
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Architecture - Philosophy
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Topical term or geographic name entry element British-American architect - Christopher Alexander
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Higashino Koto Gakko - Buildings
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Higashino Koto Gakko (Organization) - Colby College Libraries - Japan
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Personal name Alexander, Christopher
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Personal name Neis, Hansjoachim
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