Alistair Knox
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Alistair Knox
Christopher Alexander was known for his theories on bringing humanity into architecture. He believed everyone possessed the ability to create and design a space that he called alive. His book, Pattern language, is based on core belief that people should design their own communities. Observation is that some of the best places in the world were desi
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His ability to maintain his opinions against all assaults won his pupils' unswerving allegiance and their frustrations, at the same time. He demonstrated his building and design ability every day as the work proceeded, irrespective of the observers' personal opinion of it. It could not be denied. He encouraged the rich to become patrons of his grea... See more
Alistair Knox
the account book of Capability Brown, now owned by the Royal Horticultural Society and kept in the Lindley Library, which lists 125 of his clients during the period of his greatest success between 1761 and 1783.