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The timeless way of building
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The timeless way of building

Author: Christopher Alexander
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 1979.
Edition/Format: Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Christopher Alexander
ISBN: 0195022483 9780195022483
OCLC Number: 3016520
Description: xv, 552 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Contents: The timeless way -- The quality without a name -- Being alive -- Patterns of events -- Patterns of space -- Patterns which are alive -- The multiplicity of living patterns -- The quality itself -- The flower and the seed -- Our pattern languages -- Our pattern languages (cont.) -- The creative power of language -- The breakdown of language -- Patterns which can be shared -- The reality of patterns -- The structure of a language -- The evolution of a common language for a town -- The genetic power of language -- Differentiating space -- One pattern at a time -- Shaping one building -- Shaping a group of buildings -- The process of construction -- The process of repair -- The slow emergence of a town -- Its ageless character -- The kernel of the way.
Responsibility: Christopher Alexander.

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