Unfettered Architect-Creator Vision

The dominant post-1600 notion that great architecture arises from sudden inspired vision; Alexander argues this is completely wrong given the nature of living structure creation

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The view that profound architectural form arises from sudden inspired vision is completely wrong and incompatible with how living structure is actually created through slow successive transformations.
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Alexander's architectural conclusion from his natural philosophy argument, issued as a definitive critique of modernist design ideology

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