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Theodora Vardouli, Assistant Professor, Peter Guo-hua Fu School of Architecture, McGill University

Architect Christopher Alexander mined mathematics to find patterns for good living

The Julian Sreet Inn, Shelter for the Homeless, in San Jose, Calif., designed by Christopher Alexander. (David Ing/Flickr), CC BY-NC-SA

Architect and mathematician Christopher Alexander died at age 85 on March 17.

“The end of an era,” one of my colleagues remarked. She was perhaps referring to Alexander’s influential trajectory of over 30 years at the University of California, Berkeley.

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