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A City is Not a Tree

A City is Not a Tree
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Author Christopher Alexander
Series Center for Environmental Structure
Subject Architecture
Publisher Sustasis Foundation
Publication date
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".


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