To anyone searching the horizon for an architectural future that does not repeat the paths of Classicism, Modernism or any other style-based solution, the Visitor Centre at West Dean represents a set of possible answers.

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• The public responded favorably to the West Dean Visitor Centre for its easy familiarity, while architectural specialists questioned its material juxtapositionsfinding0.867
• At West Dean Visitor's Centre, the introduction of four massive transverse cross-walls pierced by arches transformed the building from an incomplete carcass into a coherent structure with syncopated unequal spacing and distinct levels of scale.finding0.817
  Empirical design result: the cross-wall intervention was the specific transformation that completed the West Dean building
• The arched cross-wall structure at West Dean — not foreseen at the time of initial drawings — is what most firmly holds the building together and gave it definite unity as a thing.claim0.805
  Alexander's account of emergence in architectural design: a major structural element was discovered on site, not pre-designed.
• The long curved bench at West Dean Visitor's Centre holds and defines the drop of space between gate and building, making the space come alive.claim0.804
• West Dean Visitor's Centreconcept0.799
  The test-bed project where innovative brick, concrete, flint, and stonework were developed, informing the Mary Rose Museum.
• The West Dean building was worth about one and a half times what the client paid compared to conventional practice, due to program budgeting.claim0.782
  Empirical claim about the efficiency and value gain of the integrated cost process.
• The public has been much in favour of the building because the Visitor Centre has the sort of easy familiarity that non-architects understand more readily.claim0.781
  Observation contrasting public approval with specialist scepticism.
• The arched cross-wall system at West Dean was not planned at the time of initial drawings or permit application but was discovered as necessary only when walls were three meters high and the space could be experienced.finding0.776
  Finding from the West Dean project demonstrating that critical structural elements can only be properly specified through direct experience of the emerging whole.