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A pattern language : towns, buildings, construction / Christopher Alexander, Sara Ishikawa, Murray Silverstein, with Max Jacobson, Ingrid Fiksdahl-King, Shlomo Angel.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Alexander, Christopher, 1936-2022, author.
- Ishikawa, Sara, author.
- Silverstein, Murray, author.
- Jacobson, Max, author.
- Fiksdahl-King, Ingrid, author.
- Shlomo, Angel, author.
- Series:
- Center for Environmental Structure series ; v. 2.
- Center for Environmental Structure series ; volume 2
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Symbolism in architecture.
- Architecture--Human factors.
- Architecture.
- Architecture--Aesthetics.
- City planning--Social aspects.
- City planning.
- Architecture--Details.
- Architectural design.
- Harmony (Aesthetics).
- Architecture--Environmental aspects.
- Semiotics.
- Buildings.
- Space perception.
- City Planning.
- Space Perception.
- Medical Subjects:
- City Planning.
- Space Perception.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xliv, 1171 pages) : black and white illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 1977.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- "Brilliant....Here's how to design or redesign any space you're living or working in--from metropolis to room. Consider what you want to happen in the space, and then page through this book. Its radically conservative observations will spark, enhance, organize your best ideas, and a wondrous home, workplace, town will result"--San Francisco Chronicle. This classic handbook presents a language which ordinary people can use to express themselves in their own communities or homes, and to better communicate with each other.
- Contents:
- v. 1. The timeless way of building
- v.2. A pattern language
- v.3. The Oregon experiment.
- Notes:
- Companion volume to The timeless way of building and The Oregon experiment.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Martin and Margy Meyerson Endowment Fund for the Built Environment.
- ISBN:
- 9780199726530
- 0199726531
- Publisher Number:
- 99989862850
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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