Special Session of The Nature of Order Webinar: The Future of Architecture in the 21st Century

In this week's webinar we will have a special session dedicated to the closing chapter of Book II of The Nature of Order - The Process of Creating Life. In these chapters Alexander discusses the social, political and economical changes that need to occur in order for 'living building process' to be possible again, and the existing difficulties ranging from administrative and legal ones, to technological, cultural and ideological. He moves on to describe how change could (and should) occur by introducing small changes in practice, that would work somewhat like genetic mutations to slowly change current practices. These changes will also necessitate a different role for architects (who presently are responsible for less then 5% of buildings built). 

To discuss these issues we've invited 4 leading professionals for a symposium on:

The Future of Architecture in the 21st Century

Moderating the symposium will be Duo Dickinson, FAIA, Principal at Duo Dickinson Architect, author and co-chair of Building Beauty's North American Advisory Board.

Debating will be:

Ann Sussman, Architect and researcher on how buildings influence our behavior. Author of Cognitive Architecture, and Urban Experience + Design, https://annsussman.com/

Clay Chapman, Builder and founder of "Hope for Architecture". https://www.urbanguild.org/clay-chapman

Steve Mouzon, Architect, Principal of Mouzon Design and New Urban Guild, author of many books on traditional regional architecture. http://mouzon.com/MDZ/1.2_About_Us.html

The webinar will be on Thursday, December 9, 2021 at 16:00 UTC. If you would like to participate, please write to natureoforder@buildingbeauty.org and ask to be included.

The Korinthos Apt. House in Nicosia, Cyprus. Designed and Built by Kyriakos Pontikis