A pattern language : towns, buildings, construction
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Contributors
Ishikawa, Sara, author.
Silverstein, Murray, author.
Jacobson, Max, author.
King, Ingrid F. 1937- author.
Angel, Shlomo, author.
Silverstein, Murray, author.
Jacobson, Max, author.
King, Ingrid F. 1937- author.
Angel, Shlomo, author.
Published
New York : Oxford University Press, 1977.
Format
Book
ISBN
9780195019193, 0195019199
Physical Desc
xliv, 1,171 pages : black and white illustrations ; 21 cm.
Status
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Published
New York : Oxford University Press, 1977.
Language
English
ISBN
9780195019193, 0195019199
Notes
General Note
Companion volume to The timeless way of building and The Oregon experiment.
Description
"At the core of the book is the point that in designing their environments people always rely on certain 'languages', which, like the languages we speak, allow them to articulate and communicate an infinite variety of designs within a formal system which gives them coherence. This book provides a language of this kind. It will enable a person to make a design for almost any kind of building, or any part of the built environment. 'Patterns', the units of this language, are answers to design problems (How high should a window sill be? How many stories should a building have? How much space in a neighborhood should be devoted to grass and trees?). More than 250 of the patterns in this pattern language are given: each consists of a problem statement, a discussion of a the problem with an illustration, sand a solution. As the authors say in their introduction, many of the patters are archetypal, so deeply rooted in the nature of things that it seems likely that they will be a part of human nature, and human action, as much in five hundred years as they are today"--Jacket.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Alexander, C., Ishikawa, S., Silverstein, M., Jacobson, M., King, I. F. 1., & Angel, S. (1977). A pattern language: towns, buildings, construction . Oxford University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Christopher Alexander et al.. 1977. A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction. Oxford University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Christopher Alexander et al.. A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction Oxford University Press, 1977.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Alexander, Christopher, et al. A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction Oxford University Press, 1977.
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