Title: The Linz Café Das Linz Café by Christopher Alexander
Publisher: 1981 Oxford University Press; Locker Verlag, New York, Wien, 1981. First edition, printed in English and German.
ISBN: 0195202635
A richly illustrated monograph documenting Alexander’s architectural commission for a café in Linz, Austria; one of the few built realizations of his “pattern language” principles. The book presents detailed plans, photographs, and Alexander’s reflections on the design process, exploring how architecture can embody human wholeness and harmony in public space.
Condition: minimal chipping along the edges of the dust jacket, half inch closed tear to front cover of the jacket, edges of the jacket slightly clipped but the original price still present, clean copy in Very Good condition