Metropolis Magazine articles by Nikos Salingaros and Michael Mehaffy

This series gives an excellent introduction to Pattern Languages and the potential of an evidence-based approach to architecture and urban design. Recommended reading.

If you want an even shorter read, Mehaffy and Salingaros have written A Vision for Architecture as More Than the Sum of Its Parts.

Christopher Alexander (2011)

1. The Radical Technology of Christopher Alexander
2. The Sustainable Technology of Christopher Alexander
3. The Pattern Technology of Christopher Alexander
4. The Living Technology of Christopher Alexander
5. The Wholeness-Generating Technology of Christopher Alexander

Frontiers of Design Science (2011)

1. Self-Organization
2. Evidence-based Design
3. Biophilia
4. The Network City
5. Computational Irreducibility

Science for Designers (2012)

1. Intelligence and the Information Environment
2. The Meaning of Complexity
3. The Transformation of Wholes
4. Scaling and Fractals
5. Complex Adaptive Systems

Toward Resilient Architectures (2013)

1. Biology Lessons
2. Why Green Often Isn't
3. How Modernism Got Square
4. The Geometry of Resilience
5. Agile Design