# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/christopher-alexander
# Generated: 2026-09-07T17:11:06.118Z

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name: "Christopher Alexander"
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description: "Christopher Wolfgang John Alexander was an Austrian-born British-American architect and design theorist. He was an emeritus professor at the University of California, Berkeley. His theories about the nature of human-centered design have affected fields beyond architecture, including urban design, software design, and sociology. Alexander designed and personally built more than 200 buildings, both as an architect and a general contractor."
tagline: "American architect and design theorist (1936-2022)"
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birthDate: "1936-10-04"
deathDate: "2022-03-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump