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Material Type: | Internet resource |
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Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Christopher Alexander; Sara Ishikawa; Murray Silverstein; Max Jacobson; Ingrid Fiksdahl-King; Angel Shlomo |
ISBN: | 0195019199 9780195019193 |
OCLC Number: | 3132495 |
Notes: | Companion volume to The timeless way of building and The Oregon experiment. |
Description: | xliv, 1171 pages : black and white illustrations ; 21 cm |
Contents: | v. 1. The timeless way of building--v.2. A pattern language--v.3. The Oregon experiment. |
Series Title: | Center for Environmental Structure series, v. 2. |
Responsibility: | Christopher Alexander, Sara Ishikawa, Murray Silverstein, with Max Jacobson, Ingrid Fiksdahl-King, Shlomo Angel. |
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Abstract:
In this volume, 253 archetypal patterns consisting of problem statements, discussions, illustrations, and solutions provide lay persons with a framework for engaging in architectural design.
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A Pattern Language by Chris Alexander changed the way I think about the way space is organised in a room, a house, a street and a town ... I keep giving it away to people who feel their homes don't quite work in the way they want them to. Every architect, estage agent and MP should read it. * James Runcie, Daily Mail * Read more...
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