A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction (Center for Environmental Structure Series)

@book{citeulike:305879, abstract = {{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," <I>A Pattern Language</I> 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.} {"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. A handbook designed for the layman which aims to present a language which people can use to express themselves in their own communities or homes, and to better communicate with each other.}}, author = {Alexander, Christopher and Ishikawa, Sara and Silverstein, Murray }, citeulike-article-id = {305879}, howpublished = {Hardcover}, isbn = {0195019199}, keywords = {patterns, planning, trust}, month = {August}, posted-at = {2005-11-27 21:34:00}, priority = {0}, publisher = {{Oxford University Press}}, title = {A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction (Center for Environmental Structure Series)}, url = {http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike09-20\&amp;path=ASIN/0195019199}, year = {1978} }

TY - BOOK ID - citeulike:305879 L3 - citeulike-article-id:305879 N2 - {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," <I>A Pattern Language</I> 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.} {"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. A handbook designed for the layman which aims to present a language which people can use to express themselves in their own communities or homes, and to better communicate with each other.} SN - 0195019199 TI - A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction (Center for Environmental Structure Series) PB - {Oxford University Press} KW - patterns KW - planning KW - trust AU - Alexander, Christopher AU - Ishikawa, Sara AU - Silverstein, Murray PY - 1978/08/17/ UR - http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike09-20&amp;path=ASIN/0195019199 ER -