A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction
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- Sales Rank:515
- Languages:English (Unknown), English (Original Language), English (Published)
- Media:Hardcover
- Pages:1216
- Shipping Weight (lbs):2.1
- Dimensions (in):8 x 5.7 x 1.8
- Publication Date:August 1, 1977
- ISBN:0195019199
- EAN:9780195019193
- ASIN:0195019199
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The second of three books published by the Center for Environmental Structure to provide a "working alternative to our present ideas about architecture, building, and planning," A Pattern Language offers a practical language for building and planning based on natural considerations. The reader is given an overview of some 250 patterns that are the units of this language, each consisting of a design problem, discussion, illustration, and solution. By understanding recurrent design problems in our environment, readers can identify extant patterns in their own design projects and use these patterns to create a language of their own. Extraordinarily thorough, coherent, and accessible, this book has become a bible for homebuilders, contractors, and developers who care about creating healthy, high-level design.
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