Living structure is enormously susceptible to minor changes, and accuracy of detail is necessary for success.

Entities in the same semantic neighborhood but without a typed relation to this one — candidates for new edges or unrecognized duplicates.

• The existence of living structure, as defined in The Nature of Order, requires modifications in our physical picture of the world, not only in the picture we have of architecture.claim0.852
  The closing claim of the chapter's mid-book appendix, asserting that the theory of centers has implications for physics.
• Uniqueness is a necessary aspect of living structure.claim0.848
  Strong claim that living structure cannot exist without every part being unique.
• The intricate and context-specific adaptation that shapes every detail differently is a necessary structural feature of all life.claim0.844
  Foundational claim about the necessity of adaptation for life in structures.
• Unless we have a form language which supports the necessities of living structure, then living structure is simply out of our reach.quote0.840
  Emphasizes the necessity of a form language for achieving living structure.
• Buildings and objects with living structure enlarge our capacity for relatedness; those without deaden it, even in nature.claim0.839
  Practical consequence for architecture and urbanism.
• The issue is not whether the process will produce living structure if done faithfully — it will — but whether the maker has the stamina and will to keep rejecting versions that lack life.claim0.837
  Alexander's claim that the limiting factor in creating living structure is not method but the maker's persistence.
• In order to achieve living structure, at a certain stage, it is necessary to seize hold of the building design and force it into an almost brutal, simple, massive geometric mold.claim0.836
  The chapter's central thesis: brutal geometric imposition is a necessary phase in achieving living structure
• Living structure might even be defined as 'that which pleases us'—that which truly pleases us.claim0.835
  A proposed operational definition of living structure in terms of genuine pleasure.