The structure we know as living structure is just that kind of structure which has unfolded smoothly and naturally, arising step by step from what exists, preserving the structure of what exists.

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• Living structure is that which remains behind from a continuous striving for the simple, and from the removal of dross.claim0.886
  Pithy definition of living structure as the residuum of simplicity-seeking.
• Living structure might even be defined as 'that which pleases us'—that which truly pleases us.claim0.878
  A proposed operational definition of living structure in terms of genuine pleasure.
• Living structure is at once structural and personal, uniting objective and subjective and potentially bridging the bifurcation of nature described by Whitehead.claim0.872
  From the concluding Part Two interlude, asserting a synthesis of science and feeling.
• 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.claim0.869
  The closing claim of the chapter's mid-book appendix, asserting that the theory of centers has implications for physics.
• A structure is truly generated, and perceived as having life, only when it has unfolded from a nice, beautiful sequence of differentiations.claim0.861
  The most profound claim of the chapter: the niceness of the sequence is directly perceptible in the built form and is the ultimate source of living quality.
• Unless we have a form language which supports the necessities of living structure, then living structure is simply out of our reach.quote0.856
  Emphasizes the necessity of a form language for achieving living structure.
• Living structure comes into being effortlessly simply as a result of following the sequence.claim0.856
  Alexander asserts that when the generative sequence is correctly ordered, the form unfolds without struggle—a central thesis of the chapter.
• The kind of order that occurs in living structure has a complexity not usually describable by drawings or by architectural images.claim0.855
  Emphasizes the non-pictorial, process-dependent nature of living order.