Author | Christopher Alexander |
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Series | Center for Environmental Structure |
Subject | Architecture |
Publisher | Sustasis Foundation |
Publication date
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2015 |
Pages | 241 |
ISBN | |
Preceded by | The Battle for the Life and Beauty of the Earth |
A City is Not a Tree is a widely cited 1965 essay (later published as a book) by the architect and design theorist Christopher Alexander, first published in the journal Architectural Forum, and re-published many times since. In 2015 the essay was published as a book including new exegesis commentaries on the original essay from other architects, engineers and physicists.A City is Not a Tree has been widely described as a landmark text, and the Resource for Urban Design Information calls it "one of the classic references in the literature of the built environment and related fields".