What is Christopher Alexander?
{{Infobox architect | name = Christopher Alexander | image = ChristopherAlexander2012.jpg | caption=Christopher Alexander in 2012 | parents = | nationality = American / British | birth_name = Christopher Wolfgang Alexander | birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1936|10|4}} | birth_place = [[Vienna]], [[Austria]] | death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2022|3|17|1936|10|4}} | death_place = [[Walberton]], [[West Sussex]], [[England]] | significant_buildings = | significant_projects = | alma_mater = [[Oundle School]] <br /> [[Trinity College, Cambridge]] <br /> [[Harvard University]] (PhD)<br />[[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] | awards = [[Vincent Scully Prize]] | signature = }} '''Christopher Wolfgang Alexander''' (4 October 1936 – 17 March 2022)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.patternlanguage.com/ca/ca.html|title=PatternLanguage.com|website=www.patternlanguage.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.patternlanguage.com/leveltwo/caframe.htm?/../ca/whoswho.htm|title=CA FRAME|website=www.patternlanguage.com|access-date=2022-03-19|archive-date=2022-03-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220319154126/http://www.patternlanguage.com/leveltwo/caframe.htm?/../ca/whoswho.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sustasis.org/media|title=Sustasis.org}}</ref> was an Austrian-born British-American [[architect]], writer and design theorist. He was an emeritus professor at the [[University of California, Berkeley]]. He talked about how [[architecture]] effects [[urban design]], [[software]], [[sociology]] and others.<ref name=AAAS>{{cite web|title=Book of Members, 1780-2010: Chapter A|url=http://www.amacad.org/publications/BookofMembers/ChapterA.pdf|publisher=American Academy of Arts and Sciences|access-date=14 April 2011}}</ref> Alexander designed and personally built over 100 buildings, both as an architect and a general contractor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pps.org/reference/calexander/|title=Christopher Alexander|website=www.pps.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbm.org/support-u