Dorian Taylor on Christopher Alexander

<p><a href='https://doriantaylor.com/'>Dorian Taylor</a> is a consulting designer. He’s been influenced by the work of the architect and design theorist <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Alexander'>Christopher Alexander</a>, who died in March. In this conversation, we discuss Alexander’s influence on the design of built environments and software.</p><p><b>Show notes</b></p><ul><li><a href='https://doriantaylor.com/'>Dorian Taylor</a></li><li><a href='https://twitter.com/doriantaylor'>@doriantaylor</a> on Twitter</li><li><a href='https://dorian.substack.com/'><em>The Making of Making Sense</em></a> (Dorian’s newsletter)</li><li><a href='https://dorian.substack.com/p/at-any-given-moment-in-a-process?s=r'><em>At Any Given Moment in a Process</em></a> (Dorian’s post about Christopher Alexander)</li><li><a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Alexander'>Christopher Alexander</a></li><li><a href='https://amzn.to/3jGcWup'><em>The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering</em></a> by Fred Brooks</li><li><a href='https://amzn.to/3E02Y0f'><em>A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction</em></a> by Christopher Alexander</li><li><a href='https://amzn.to/35YvK4J'><em>Notes on the Synthesis of Form</em></a> by Christopher Alexander</li><li><a href='https://amzn.to/3E03c7B'><em>The Nature of Order: An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe</em></a> by Christopher Alexander</li><li><a href='https://amzn.to/3KsNHXX'><em>The Timeless Way of Building</em></a> by Christopher Alexander</li><li><a href='https://amzn.to/3LWGIXx'><em>The Oregon Experiment</em></a> by Christopher Alexander</li><li><a href='http://en.bp.ntu.edu.tw/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/06-Alexander-A-city-is-not-a-tree.pdf'><em>A City Is Not a Tree</em></a> by Christopher Alexander (PDF)</li><li><a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98LdFA-_zfA'><em>Patterns in Architecture</em></a> OOPSLA 1996 keynote lecture by Christopher Alexander (YouTube)</li><li><a href='https://amzn.to/35XbMXY'><em>Cognition