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quote:the-building-got-a-level-of-service-and-design-care-not-only-beyond-what-was-paid-for-but-in-this-instance-far-beyond-the-ordinary-it-was-a-new-kind-of-service-not-yet-known-todayThe building got a level of service and design care, not only beyond what was paid for, but, in this instance, far beyond the ordinary. It was a new kind of service, not yet known today!
Alexander's summary of the level of care provided on the Julian Street Inn, from the construction memo.
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- The working unit chapter that presents Alexander's method for generating large public buildings through living process, illustrated by six major projects.
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- Contrast between living process and current architectural practice.
- Emphasizes process over blueprint.
- Alexander's personal report of being shaken by the Florentine works, suggesting an ineffable extra dimension to mystical creation.
- Statement about the client's satisfaction after anxious delays.
- A strong conditional: the creation of the highest living structure requires a cosmology that reunites self and matter in terms consistent with modern science.
- Alexander's foundational insight about iterative system improvement that motivates the piecemeal growth approach.
- Direct application of the coin argument to building design and construction.