A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction (Center for Environmental Structure Series)
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A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction (Center for Environmental Structure Series)
The placement of structures on the land also affects our sense of community, for it determines both where we must go, and how we can do so,
Paul Hawken • Natural Capitalism
As architect Christopher Alexander described it: If I consider my life honestly, I see that it is governed by a certain very small number of patterns of events which I take part in over and over again. Being in bed, having a shower, having breakfast in the kitchen, sitting in my study writing, walking in the garden, cooking and eating our common lu
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A set of interconnected patterns forms the design language of your product’s interface.
Alla Kholmatova • Design Systems (Smashing eBooks)
Taking architecture seriously therefore makes some singular and strenuous demands upon us. It requires that we open ourselves to the idea that we are affected by our surroundings even when they are made of vinyl and would be expensive and time-consuming to ameliorate. It means conceding that we are inconveniently vulnerable to the colour of our wal
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The most complete study of this problem that we know, comes from Ian McHarg (Design With Nature, New York: Natural History
Christopher Alexander • A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction (Center for Environmental Structure Series)
This pattern for a mosaic of subcultures was originally proposed by Frank Hendricks. His latest paper dealing with it is “Concepts of environmental quality standards based on life styles,” with Malcolm MacNair (Pittsburg, Pennsylvania: University of Pittsburgh, February 1969). The psychological needs which underlie this pattern and which make it ne
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