PROJECTS

THE UPHAM HOUSE

Berkeley, CA 1988
designed and built by Christopher Alexander
with Randy Schmidt, Carl Lindberg, and Gary Black
and the Upham family
using techniques described in A Pattern Language
and The Timeless Way of Building

The house and garden — The garden of the Upham house, looking towards Berkeley and the San Francisco Bay

View from the kitchen — Looking outwards from the inside of the kitchen

The living room — A view of the living room and windows

The entrance hall — The finished entrance hall

Finished buildings — Detail of the tiles on the kitchen floor

The living room and fireplace — A view of the living room and tiled fireplace

Position, main centers, fine structure, tranquility: The bay window of the Upham house

Move-in day — The Upham family and friends on move-in day

The fireplace — Detail of the blue tiled fireplace

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