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concept:sweet-s-catalogueSweet's Catalogue
Standard reference used by 20th-century architects to assemble available components; represents the passive role Alexander critiques.
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- Chapter 16: How Living Process Should Inspire — Continuous Invention of New Materials and TechniquesmentionsThe working unit under analysis; Alexander argues for inventing new construction techniques that support living process and adaptation.
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- The quality of being in touch with the I; beauty so deep that it makes God visible and which 20th-century design systematically avoided.
- Children's clothing factory in Berkeley for which Alexander's team built tailored workspaces.
- Question asked about the six big projects to identify shared features of living process buildings.
- Auction house where Alexander saw Gauguin's Vache Accroupie and heard the auctioneer call it a 'very nice minor Gauguin.'
- The core prescription of the chapter: making what truly pleases you at the deepest level, which Alexander argues is the key to creating all living structure and the path to the I.