A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction by Christopher Alexander (Eng

Description: A Pattern Language by Christopher Alexander, Sara Ishikawa 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. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description You can use this book to design a house for yourself with your family; you can use it to work with your neighbors to improve your town and neighborhood; you can use it to design an office, or a workshop, or a public building. And you can use it to guide you in the actual process of construction. After a ten-year silence, Christopher Alexander and his colleagues at the Center for Environmental Structure are now publishing a major statement inthe form of three books which will, in their words, "lay the basis for an entirely new approach to architecture, building and planning, which will we hope replace existing ideas and practices entirely."The three books are The Timeless Way of Building, The Oregon Experiment, and this book, A Pattern Language. At the core of these books is the idea that people should design for themselves their own houses, streets, and communities. This idea may be radical (it implies a radical transformation of the architectural profession) but it comes simply from the observation that most of the wonderful places of the world were not made by architects but bythe people. At the core of the books, too, is the point that in designing their environments people always rely on certain "languages," which, like the languages we speak, allow them to articulate andcommunicate an infinite variety of designs within a forma 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?). Morethan 250 of the patterns in this pattern language are given: each consists of a problem statement, a discussion of the problem with an illustration, and a solution. As the authors say in theirintroduction, many of the patterns are archetypal, so deeply rooted in the nature of things that it seemly likely that they will be a part of human nature, and human action, as much in five hundred years as they are today. Flap You can use this book to design a house for yourself with your family; you can use it to work with your neighbors to improve your town and neighborhood; you can use it to design an office, or a workshop, or a public building. And you can use it to guide you in the actual process of construction. After a ten-year silence, Christopher Alexander and his colleagues at the Center for Environmental Structure are now publishing a major statement in the form of three books which will, in their words, "lay the basis for an entirely new approach to architecture, building and planning, which will we hope replace existing ideas and practices entirely." The three books, The Timeless Way of Building, The Oregon Experiment, and this book, A Pattern Language, are described on the back cover. At the core of these books is the idea that people should design for themselves their own houses, streets, and communities. This idea may be radical (it implies a radical transformation of the architectural profession) but it comes simply from the observation that most of the wonderful places of the world were not made by architects but by the people. At the core of the books too 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 the problem with an illustration, and a solution. As the authors say in their introduction, many of the patterns 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. Author Biography Christopher Alexander, winner of the first medal for research ever awarded by the American Institute of Architects, is a practicing architect and contractor, Professor of Architecture at the University of California, Berkeley, and Director of the Center for Environmental Structure. Table of Contents USING THIS BOOKA pattern languageSummary of the languageChoosing a language for your projectThe poetry of the languageTOWNSUsing the languagePatternsBUILDINGSUsing the languagePatternsCONSTRUCTIONUsing the languagePatternsACKNOWLEDGMENTS Review "A wise old owl of a book, one to curl up with in an inglenook on a rainy day.... Alexander may be the closest thing home design has to a Zen master."--The New York Times"A classic. A must read!"--T. Colbert, University of Houston"The design students bible for relativistic environmental design."--Melinda La Garce, Southern Illinois University"Brilliant....Heres how to design or redesign any space youre 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"The most important book in architecture and planning for many decades, a landmark whose clarity and humanity give hope that our private and public spaces can yet be made gracefully habitable."--The Next Whole Earth Catalog Promotional The famed architectural handbook filled with insights into designing everything from homes to computer programs Long Description You can use this book to design a house for yourself with your family; you can use it to work with your neighbors to improve your town and neighborhood; you can use it to design an office, or a workshop, or a public building. And you can use it to guide you in the actual process of construction. After a ten-year silence, Christopher Alexander and his colleagues at the Center for Environmental Structure are now publishing a major statement inthe form of three books which will, in their words, "lay the basis for an entirely new approach to architecture, building and planning, which will we hope replace existing ideas and practices entirely."The three books are The Timeless Way of Building, The Oregon Experiment, and this book, A Pattern Language. At the core of these books is the idea that people should design for themselves their own houses, streets, and communities. This idea may be radical (it implies a radical transformation of the architectural profession) but it comes simply from the observation that most of the wonderful places of the world were not made by architects but bythe people. At the core of the books, too, is the point that in designing their environments people always rely on certain "languages," which, like the languages we speak, allow them to articulate andcommunicate an infinite variety of designs within a forma 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?). Morethan 250 of the patterns in this pattern language are given: each consists of a problem statement, a discussion of the problem with an illustration, and a solution. As the authors say in theirintroduction, many of the patterns are archetypal, so deeply rooted in the nature of things that it seemly likely that they will be a part of human nature, and human action, as much in five hundred years as they are today. Review Text "A wise old owl of a book, one to curl up with in an inglenook on a rainy day.... Alexander may be the closest thing home design has to a Zen master."--The New York Times"A classic. A must read!"--T. Colbert, University of Houston"The design students bible for relativistic environmental design."--Melinda La Garce, Southern Illinois University"Brilliant....Heres how to design or redesign any space youre 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"The most important book in architecture and planning for many decades, a landmark whose clarity and humanity give hope that our private and public spaces can yet be made gracefully habitable."--The Next Whole Earth Catalog Review Quote "The most important book in architecture and planning for many decades, alandmark whose clarity and humanity give hope that our private and public spacescan yet be made gracefully habitable."--The Next Whole Earth Catalogdelights....Its simply a great book--a bracing adventure in architecturalthought, a lift for the spirit, an inspiration for practical work. Feature Selling point: Will enable a person to make a design for almost any kind of building, or any part of the built environmentSelling point: More than 250 patterns are provided for design problems: each consists of a problem statement, a discussion of the problem with an illustration, and a solution.Selling point: The final title in a series of three books by Christopher Alexander that lays the basis for an entirely new approach to architecture New Feature USING THIS BOOK A pattern language Summary of the language Choosing a language for your project The poetry of the language TOWNS Using the language Patterns BUILDINGS Using the language Patterns CONSTRUCTION Using the language Patterns ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Details ISBN0195019199 Author Sara Ishikawa Short Title PATTERN LANGUAGE Pages 1216 Language English ISBN-10 0195019199 ISBN-13 9780195019193 Media Book Format Hardcover Series Center for Environmental Structure Series Subtitle Towns, Buildings, Construction Affiliation University of California, Berkeley, USA Residence US Imprint Oxford University Press Inc Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States DOI 10.1604/9780195019193 UK Release Date 1978-08-17 NZ Release Date 1978-08-17 US Release Date 1978-08-17 Publisher Oxford University Press Inc Year 1978 Publication Date 1978-08-17 DEWEY 711.4 Series Number 2 Illustrations photographs and drawings throughout Audience Professional & Vocational AU Release Date 1977-08-24 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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