Christopher Alexander, Influential Author of "A Pattern Language," Passes Away at 85

 -- article from Planetizen

Many of the great ideas for urbanism and urban design and placemaking that people like me think we've originated have long since been outlined by Christopher Alexander, in a variety of books about urbanism, most in the set of books  A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction and The Battle for the Life and Beauty of the Earth.

-- pdf of the book
-- "Christopher Alexander’s A Pattern Language: analysing, mapping and classifying the critical response, Cities, Territory and Architecture, 2017
-- "A Pattern Language: A user’s guide to the seminal architectural handbook, Harvard GSD
-- "A City is Not a Tree," essay, 1965