The current reading season. Updated as it progresses.

Anchor: Christopher Alexander, The Nature of Order, vol. 1 (third re-read).

Supporting:

• John Berger, "Ways of Seeing" (re-read)
• Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities (selections)
• Stewart Brand, How Buildings Learn (re-read)
• Two essays from Yi-Fu Tuan's Space and Place

Loose: miscellaneous shorter pieces I keep coming back to — a few of Hazlitt's essays, a long Gwern piece on architectural writing.

The anchor + supporting set forms a small constellation around what makes a thing feel alive. The spring season has been about that question. Next season is open, but probably about something narrower.

If you want recommendations from this list: pick Berger first. Short, transformative, and you can read it on one airplane ride.

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