What I'd dearly love to read now is a "where is it now?" on the Oregon Experiment. How's it coming? How, in Stewart Brand's parlance, has it learned?
Another of my required reading books for architecture. Alexander provides a way for people to talk about architecture, not just to draft it. It's important.
This is the cornerstone book of my architecture education. I love the way Alexander is seeking to really understand what makes a building work.
I love the theory that Alexander and others were exploring in Oregon. Wouldn't it be wonderful if all our buildings and public spaces were beautiful and functional?