Books and Composite Documents in 'Patterns' Digital Library
2019
A New Pattern Language for Growing Regions: Places, Networks, Processes. Portland, Oregon, USA: Sustasis Press, 2019.
2016
متحد آرکیٹیکچرل اصول. Unified Architectural Theory. Islamabad, 2016.
2015
VERSO UN'ARCHITETTURA RESILIENTE. Il Covile, 2015.
Design for a Living Planet: Settlement, Science, and the Human Future. Design for a Living Planet: Settlement, Science, & the Human Future. Levellers/Sustasis Press and Vajra Publications, 2015.
统一性的建筑理论: 一个导论. archdaily.cn, 2015.
2013
Teoría Unificada de la Arquitectura. Plataforma Arquitectura, 2013.
Uma introdução In Teoria Unificada da Arquitetura. ArchDaily Brasil, 2013.
2009
Intelligence-Based Architecture. Solingen, Germany: Umbau-Verlag, 2009.
2008
Algorithmic Sustainable Design: a free online video course. University of Texas at San Antonio, 2008.
2006
A Theory of Architecture. with contributions by Michael W. Mehaffy, Terry M. Mikiten, Debora M. Tejada, and Hing-Sing Yu. Preface by HRH Charles, The Prince of Wales. Solingen: Umbau-Verlag, 2006.
2005
Principles of Urban Structure. Amsterdam: Techne Press, 2005.
2004
Anti-Architecture and Deconstruction: The Triumph of Nihilism. Fourth ed. Solingen: Umbau-Verlag, 2004.
1996
Space is the Machine: A Configurational Theory of Architecture. Cambridge University Press, 1996.
Articles and Projects in 'Patterns' Digital Library
2022
Why Christopher Alexander Still Matters. First published in Planetizen, 22nd March 2022., 2022.
The Future of Cities: Sustainability’s Deceptive Dream. San Antonio, 2022.
Architectural Beauty: Developing a Measurable and Objective Scale." Challenges 13 (2022): 56.
"2021
Spontaneous Cities: Lessons to Improve Planning for Housing." Land 10, no. 5 (2021): 535.
"Making Mumbai and other largely pedestrian cities better places to live. Architexturez Imprints, 2021.
Nature of Order #4: The Discovery of the Self in Architecture. Dave Hora, 2021.
Rules for Urban Space: Design Patterns Create the Human Scale." Journal of Urban Research and Development 2 (2021): 4-16.
"Happiness and Biophilic Urban Geometry." Journal of Biourbanism 9, no. 1-2 (2021): 21-28.
"2020
Connecting to the World: Christopher Alexander’s Tool for Human-Centered Design." She Ji: The Journal of Design, Economics, and Innovation 6, no. 4 (2020): 455-481.
"The Impacts of Symmetry in Architecture and Urbanism: Toward a New Research Agenda." Buildings 10, no. 12 (2020): 249.
"Christopher Alexander and the Inadequacy of Genius in the Architecture of the Coming Age." Urban Science 4, no. 2 (2020): 17.
"The grail serves the grail king: the crux of the nature of order." New Design Ideas 4, no. 2 (2020): 4-23.
"Architectural education in the age of the intelligent machine." New Design Ideas 4, no. 2 (2020): 50-57.
"Lesson Plan #9: Ideas on Architectural Education, Edited by Kristen Richards and Nikos Angelos Salingaros. ArchNewsNow.com, 2020.
Three comments on the Executive Order “Making Federal Buildings Beautiful Again”. New Delhi: Architexturez Imprints, 2020.
From Industrial to Artisan: Modernism’s Sleight-of-Hand. Architexturez Imprints, 2020.
Colonial Modernism Strikes Again!. Archdaily and Architexturez Imprints, 2020.
What Should Courthouses Look Like?. Ohio, United States, 2020.
RE: Comments on HR 7604, “Democracy in Design Act”. New Delhi: Architexturez Imprints, 2020.
2019
Assessing Alexander’s Later Contributions to a Science of Cities." Urban Science 3, no. 2 (2019): 59.
"Architecture Programs Need a Change: Put People First — Not ‘Art’. The James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal, 2019.
Building Tomorrow’s Heritage: What Historic Structures Can Teach Us About Making a Better Future In Preservation Leadership Forum. National Trust for Historic Preservation, 2019.
The Biophilic Index Predicts Healing Effects of the Built Environment." Journal of Biourbanism 8, no. 1 (2019): 13-34.
"2018
Design Should Follow Human Biology and Psychology." Journal of Biourbanism VII (2018).
"2017
How Neuroscience Can Generate a Healthier Architecture." Conscious Cities Anthology 2018: Human-Centred Design, Science, and Technology/Conscious Cities Journal (2017).
"The Science of Intelligent Architecture." Teka Komisji Urbanistyki i Architektury (2017): 95-105.
"2016
Geometry and life of urban space." In 11th Virtual City & Territory International Monograph Book, 13-31. Barcelona, Spain: Centre of Land Policy and Valuations (Centre de Política de Sòl i Valoracions), 2016.
"The Timeless Way of Educating Architects: A New Master in “Building Beauty” in Naples, Italy." In 2016 International PUARL Conference. University of San Francisco, California, 2016.
"Architecture in the Making: Intelligence-based Design." In In Pursuit of Living Architecture: Continuing Christopher Alexander's Quest for a Humane and Sustainable Building Culture, edited by Kyriakos Pontikis and Yodan Rofè, 30-49. Champaign, Illinois: Common Ground Publishing, 2016.
"2015
Adaptive vs. Random Complexity, Parts 1 and 2. ArchNewsNow, 2015.
Introduction and Bibliography. ArchNewsNow, 2015.
Pattern Theory: Introduction and Perspectives on the Tracks of Christopher Alexander In Pattern Research Series. Vol. 1. CreateSpace Independent Publishing, 2015.
Ten New Findings From the Sciences that Will Revolutionize Architecture. ArchDaily, 2015.
Biophilia and Healing Environments: Healthy Principles For Designing the Built World. Terrapin and Metropolis, 2015.
Living Structure Comes from (Living) Patterns, Parts 1 and 2. .e-architect.co.uk, 2015.
2014
¿Por qué necesitamos el ornamento en la arquitectura?. Plataforma Arquitectura, 2014.
Cognitive Dissonance and Non-adaptive Architecture: Seven Tactics for Denying the Truth." Doxa, no. 11 (2014): 100-117.
"Biophilic Design Patterns: Emerging Nature-Based Parameters for Health and Well-Being in the Built Environment." Archnet-IJAR: International Journal of Architectural Research 8, no. 2 (2014): 62-76.
"L’architettura informatica delle città In Società Internazionale di Biourbanistica. Roma: Società Internazionale di Biourbanistica, 2014.
14 Patterns of Biophilic Design: Improving Health and Well-Being in the Built Environment. New York: Terrapin Bright Green, 2014.
Understanding Complexity Through Pattern Languages in Biological and Man-made Architectures." Archnet-IJAR: International Journal of Architectural Research 8, no. 2 (2014): 8-19.
"Extract from Complexity in Architecture and Design In Oz Journal,. Vol. 36., 2014.
Complessità e Coerenza Urbana In Società Internazionale di Biourbanistica. Roma: Società Internazionale di Biourbanistica, 2014.
I linguaggi dei pattern In Società Internazionale di Biourbanistica. Roma: Società Internazionale di Biourbanistica, 2014.
Wiki as Pattern Language." In Proceedings of the 20th Conference on Pattern Languages of Programs (PLoP'13), 15 pages. Monticello, Illinois, USA , 2014.
"Intellectual [Dis]Honesty in Architecture." Journal of Architecture and Urbanism 38 (2014): 187-191.
"The changing role of critique in architecture In La Critica oggi: Convegno 15-24 maggio 2014 - Accademia Nazionale di San Luca - Triennale di Milano. Rome: Gangemi Editore, 2014.
The networked city and Peer-to-Peer Urbanism In Iaac bits, Implementing Advanced Knowledge. Talk given to the IAAC — Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia, Barcelona, 19 July 2011. Barcelona, 2014.
9A: Єдина теорія архітектури. arkhitektor.lviv.ua, 2014.
A Future Without Starchitects." In Kaleidoscope City: Reflections on Planning and London, edited by Jonathan Manns, 123-131. London: Birdcage Print/RTPI Press, 2014.
"Fundamentalismo geométrico: una arquitectura de la desconexión. Plataforma Arquitectura, 2014.
2013
Revisiting and rethinking contemporary urban design." Journal of Architecture and Urbanism 37, no. 3 (2013): 161-164.
"The Quest to "Liberate" Architecture from Modernism's Evils: An Interview with Nikos Salingaros, Edited by Vanessa Quirk. ArchDaily, 2013.
ARCHITEKTONICZNE MEMY W ŚWIECIE INFORMACJI In Teoria Architektury., 2013.
Violence et nihilisme dans le modernisme, un très bref résumé de "The Tyranny of Artistic Modernism" In Névroses Urbaines., 2013.
"A Nécessité Mathématique de l'Ornement." Névroses Urbaines (2013).
Beauty and Tradition Unmask Nihilistic Modernity In Solidarity Hall., 2013.
New Sources of Energy." Capital 117 (2013): 8-9.
"The Science of a Structuralist Revolution: Design Theory and Quality of Life." The Athens Dialogues (2013).
"Unified Architectural Theory: Form, Language, Complexity—a Companion to Christopher Alexander's "The Phenomenon of Life: the Nature of Order, Book 1". Portland, Oregon and Kathmandu, Nepal: Sustasis Foundation and Vajra Books, 2013.
"Pinigai byloja garsiau už demokratiją." Kulturos Barai (2013): 6-9.
The Tyranny of Artistic Modernism In New English Review., 2013.
Reductionism Undermines Both Science and Culture." New English Review (2013).
"Energy Advice: Think Long Term and at the Local Level!, Edited by Mumtaz Soogund. Permaculture Research Institute, 2013.
2012
Fashion and Design Ideology in Sacred Architecture: A Review of the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels." Crisis Magazine (2012).
""La creazione dell’integrità sana il creatore." Il Covile (2012).
“Making Wholeness Heals the Maker”: Why Human Flourishing Requires the Creative Act." Crisis Magazine (2012).
"Kolmogorov-Chaitin Complexity In Meandering Through Mathematics., 2012.
Why Contemporary Architecture is Against God and Man." Crisis Magazine (2012).
"Beauty, Life, and the Geometry of the Environment." In Reclaiming Beauty: Collected Essays in Political Anthropology, edited by James B. Cuffe and Agnes Horvath, 272. Ficino Press, 2012.
"Science for Designers: Intelligence and the Information Environment. Metropolis Magazine, 2012.
How to Think Seriously About the Planet: The Case for an Environmental Conservatism. Oxford University Press, 2012.
Fractal Art and Architecture Reduce Physiological Stress." Journal of Biourbanism, no. 2 (2012): 11-28.
"Urbanism as Computation." In Complexity Theories of Cities Have Come of Age: An Overview with Implications to Urban Planning and Design, edited by Juval Portugali, Han Meyer, Egbert Stolk and Ekim Tan, 245-268. Berlin: Springer, 2012.
"2011
The Architect Has No Clothes." Why so much modern design looks harsh and feels inhospitable (2011).
"Architectural Myopia: Designing for Industry, Not People In Sharable. The Architect Has No Clothes: Why does modern design tend to look so harsh and feel so unhospitable?, 2011.
Why Monotonous Repetition is Unsatisfying In Meandering Through Mathematics. Austin, Texas, 2011.
Why do people persist in embracing non-adaptive architectural and urban typologies?. P2P Founcation, 2011.
"Habitação socialmente organizada, uma nova abordagem à estrutura urbana III: alguns problemas que enfrentamos." urbe. Revista Brasileira de Gestão Urbana (Brazilian Journal of Urban Management) 3, no. 2 (2011): 293-308.
2010
Urban nuclei and the geometry of streets: The ‘emergent neighborhoods’ model." URBAN DESIGN International 15, no. 1 (2010): 22-46.
"From Pattern Languages To Generative Codes: A Report On The Work Of Christopher Alexander And Colleagues & Its Application To The Regeneration Of Traditional Settlements." New Architecture and Urbanism: Development of Indian Traditions (2010): 192-200.
""Habitação socialmente organizada,uma nova abordagem à estrutura urbana I: design capaz de estabelecer posse emocional." urbe. Revista Brasileira de Gestão Urbana (2010).
Geospatial Analysis and Living Urban Geometry." In Geospatial Analysis and Modelling of Urban Structure and Dynamics, edited by Bin Jiang and Xiaobai Yao, 331-353. Vol. 99. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2010.
"Horizons of Pattern Languages: Why architects should look much more carefully at the opportunities for a new generation of pattern technology." In Pattern Languages and Sustainability: Proceedings of Portland Urban Architecture Research Laboratory’s 2009 symposium, “Current Challenges for Patterns, Pattern Languages and Sustainability” . Eugene, OR: University of Oregon Foundation , 2010.
"Teaching Design at the Limits of Architecture." ArchNet-IJAR: International Journal of Architectural Research 4, no. 2/3 (2010).
"P2P Urbanism. Draft Version 3.0 ed. Creative Commons – Attribution – Share Alike, Nikos A. Salingaros, 2010.
Κεφάλαιο 7 In Στοιχεία Πολεοδομίας. greekarchitects.gr, 2010.
2009
No alle archistar. Il manifesto contro le avanguardie. Against Ecophobia — Italian version. Libreria Editrice Fiorentina, 2009.
Peer-to-Peer Urbanism. (Συνέντευξη): Ο Νίκος Σαλίγκαρος μιλά στον Michel Bauwens.. greekarchitects.gr, 2009.
Κεφάλαιο 1: Θεωρία του Αστικού Ιστού - Θεμελιώδεις διαδικασίες πίσω από τον αστικό σχεδιασμό. In Στοιχεία Πολεοδομίας. greekarchitects.gr, 2009.
Αρχιτεκτονικός Κανιβαλισμός στην Αθήνα. greekarchitects.gr, 2009.
Architectural cannibalism in Athens. greekarchitects.gr, 2009.
Optimizing urban structure: toward an integrated new urbanist model-urban nuclei and the geometry of streets: the 'emergent neighborhoods' model In 17th Congress for the New Urbanism., 2009.
"Favelas e social housing: un codice generativo per l'edilizia sociale." Bioarchitettura 56 (2009): 52-59.
Harmony-Seeking Computations: a Science of Non-Classical Dynamics based on the Progressive Evolution of the Larger Whole. A Science of Non-Classical Dynamics Based on the Progressive Evolution of the Larger Whole., 2009.
Κεφάλαιο 8: Γλώσσες Προτύπων. In Στοιχεία Πολεοδομίας. greekarchitects.gr, 2009.
"ΑΡΧΙΤΕΚΤΟΝΙΚΕΣ ΜΑΤΙΕΣ." In Ενάντια στην Οικοφοβία: Προς τη θέσπιση αρχιτεκτονικών κριτηρίων. Against Ecophobia — Greek version., 2009.
2008
Peer-to-Peer Urbanism: Michel Bauwens interviews Nikos Salingaros. greekarchitects.gr, 2008.
Growing Sustainable Suburbs: An Incremental Strategy for Reconstructing Sprawl." In New Urbanism and Beyond: Designing Cities for the Future, edited by Tigran Haas. Rizzoli, 2008.
"New Urbanism and Beyond: Designing Cities for the Future." In New Urbanism and Beyond: Designing Cities for the Future, edited by Tigran Haas. Rizzoli, 2008.
"Intelligence-Based Design: A Sustainable Foundation for Worldwide Architectural Education." ArchNet-IJAR: International Journal of Architectural Research 2, no. 1 (2008): 129-188.
"Chapter 5: Neuroscience, the Natural Environment, and Building Design." In Biophilic Design: The Theory, Science and Practice of Bringing Buildings to Life , edited by Stephen R. Kellert, Judith Heerwagen and Martin Mador. John Wiley & Sons, 2008.
"Empirical Findings from The Nature of Order." Environmental & Architectural Phenomenology Newsletter 18 (2008): 11-19.
"Connecting the Fractal Coast: Plenary talk at the 7o Laboratorio Internazionale d’Architettura, Università degli Studi Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria, Italy, 22 September 2008." Italy: Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria, 2008.
"The Elementary Forms of Religious Life. Oxford Paperbacks, 2008.
Generative Codes." In New Urbanism and Beyond: Designing Cities for the Future, edited by Tigran Haas, 14-29. Chapter 1.1. New York: Rizzoli, 2008.
"Between Art and Science." The New Criterion 26 (2008): 4-10.
"2007
Restructuring 21st Century Architecture Through Human Intelligence." ArchNet-IJAR: International Journal of Architectural Research 1 (2007).
"2006
Favelas and Social Housing: The Urbanism of Self-Organization." In Proceedings of the Brazilian and Ibero-American Congress on Social Housing, edited by Ernesto Philibert-Petit, 28-‐67. Florianópolis, Brazil: Press of the Federal University of Santa Catarina, 2006.
"Architecture: Biological Form and Artificial Intelligence." The Structurist, no. 45/46 (2006): 54-61.
"Compact City Replaces Sprawl." In Crossover: Architecture, Urbanism, Technology, edited by Arie Graafland and Leslie Kavanaugh, 100-115. DSD Series Vol. 1 . Rotterdam, Holland: 010 Publishers, 2006.
"2005
"A Teoria da Teia Urbana." Tradução Lívia Salomão Piccinini (2005).
Towards a New Urban Philosophy: The Case of Athens." In Shifting Sense in Spatial Planning: Looking Back to the Future, edited by Edward Hulsbergen, Ina Klaasen and Iwan Kriens, 265-280. Design Science Planning. Amsterdam: Techne Press, 2005.
""Teoría de la Red Urbana.", 2005.
Building Civil Cities In Traditional Building., 2005.
2004
Some Sober Reflections on the Nature of Architecture in Our Time." Katarxis Nº 3: New Science, New Urbanism, New Architecture?, no. 3 (2004).
"Memory and Project." Katarxis Nº 3: New Science, New Urbanism, New Architecture? 3, no. 3 (2004).
"Contrasting Concepts of Harmony in Architecture: The 1982 Debate Between Christopher Alexander and Peter Eisenman - An Early Discussion of the "New Sciences" of Organised Complexity in Architecture." Katarxis Nº 3: New Science, New Urbanism, New Architecture? 3, no. 3 (2004).
"Charles Jencks and the New Paradigm in Architecture." Katarxis Nº 3: New Science, New Urbanism, New Architecture? 3, no. 3 (2004).
"City of Chaos. greekworks.com, 2004.
Enriched environment and acceleration of visual system development." Neuropharmacology 47 (2004): 649-660.
"2003
2002
The End Of The Modern World In Planetizen. Planetizen, 2002.
Twentieth-Century Architecture as a Cult In INTBAU Essays. Vol. 1. Chapter 7 of N. A. Salingaros (2014) Anti-Architecture and Deconstruction, Fourth Edition, Sustasis Press, Portland, Oregon, USA and Vajra Books, Kathmandu, Nepal 1., 2002.
On Seeing Design as Redesign: An Exploration of a Neglected Problem in Design Education." Scandinavian Journal of Design History 12 (2002): 7-23.
"2001
The Future Of Cities: The Absurdity of Modernism In Planetizen., 2001.
2000
The Devil’s Work." In An Intelligent Person's Guide to Modern Culture, 186. St Augustine's Press, 2000.
"Ecology and the Fractal Mind in the New Architecture: a Conversation. RUDI - Resource for Urban Design Information , 2000.
A Pattern Measure." Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design 27 (2000): 537-547.
"1998
Architecture: Choice or Fate. Windsor, Berkshire, England: Andreas Papadakis, 1998.
1996
Pattern Theory: Extract from the transcript of a presentation given at The 1996 ACM Conference." In The 1996 ACM Conference on Object-Oriented Programs, Systems, Languages and Applications (OOPSLA. San Jose, California, 1996.
"1990
Pattern Thinking. Praeger Publishers Inc, 1990.
1989
A Vision of Britain: A Personal View of Architecture. Doubleday, 1989.
1987
Duality rotations and relativistic charged-particle motions." American Journal of Physics 55, no. 4 (1987): 352.
"An amended magnetohydrodynamic equation which predicts field-aligned current sheets." Astrophysics and Space Science 137, no. 2 (1987): 385-395.
"The Architecture of Complexity. MIT Press, 1987.
1986
The Lorentz group and the Thomas precession. II. Exact results for the product of two boosts." Journal of Mathematical Physics 27, no. 1 (1986): 157.
"1985
Invariants of the electromagnetic field and electromagnetic waves." American Journal of Physics 53, no. 4 (1985): 361.
"Some remarks on the algebra of Eddington's E numbers." Foundations of Physics 15 (1985).
"1984
The relationship between finite groups and Clifford algebras." Journal of Mathematical Physics 25, no. 4 (1984): 738.
"Relativistic motion of a charged particle, the Lorentz group, and the Thomas precession." Journal of Mathematical Physics 25, no. 3 (1984): 706.
"Leon Krier: Houses, Palaces, Cities, Edited by Demetri Porphyrios. Academy/John Wiley & Sons, 1984.
1983
"Contrasti sul concetto di armonia in architettura. Dibattito tra Christopher Alexander e Peter Eisenman." Lotus International: Storie di edifici | Stories of buildings, no. 40 (1983): 60-68.
1982
Erratum: On the classification of Clifford algebras and their relation to spinors in n dimensions [J. Math. Phys. 23, 1 (1982)]." Journal of Mathematical Physics 23, no. 6 (1982): 1231.
"On the classification of Clifford algebras and their relation to spinors in n dimensions." Journal of Mathematical Physics 23, no. 1 (1982): 1.
"Lecture by Christopher Alexander at Harvard, presented on 27 October 1982. Architexturez Imprints, 1982.
1981
Algebras with three anticommuting elements. II. Two algebras over a singular field." Journal of Mathematical Physics 22, no. 10 (1981): 2096.
"Electromagnetism and the holomorphic properties of spacetime." Journal of Mathematical Physics 22, no. 9 (1981): 1919.
"Realization, extension, and classification of certain physically important groups and algebras." Journal of Mathematical Physics 22, no. 2 (1981): 226.
"Algebras with three anticommuting elements. I. Spinors and quaternions." Journal of Mathematical Physics 22, no. 10 (1981): 2091.
"1979
Urban Space. New York: Rizzoli, 1979.
1977
The City Within the City." A + U, Tokyo, no. Special Issue, November (1977): 69-152.
"1968
Systems Generating Systems." Architectural Design 38, no. December 1968 (1968): 605-610.
"1963
Cmmunity and privacy; toward a new architecture of humanism. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1963.