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Radical Cities: Across Latin America in Search of a New Architecture

by Justin McGuirk · 15 Feb 2014 · 246pp · 76,561 words

air. But each typology reflects the particular preoccupations of its architect. Christopher Alexander, who went on to make his name with the hugely successful book A Pattern Language, spent two weeks living in a barriada before designing his house. He was a meticulous researcher of behaviour, and he observed that Peruvians apparently prefer

Corduroy Mansions

by Alexander McCall Smith · 1 Jan 2009 · 395pp · 114,583 words

tubs and troughs. I really think that. “And there’s another thing,” he went on. “There’s a book you should read. It’s called A Pattern Language and it’s by a group of architects. I think the main author’s called Christopher Alexander, something like that. Anyway, they set out a

The Secret Lives of Buildings: From the Ruins of the Parthenon to the Vegas Strip in Thirteen Stories

by Edward Hollis · 10 Nov 2009 · 444pp · 107,664 words

Way of Building. Oxford University Press, 1979. Alexander, Christopher, et al. The Oregon Experiment. Oxford University Press, 1975. Alexander, Christopher, Sara Ishikawa, and Murray Silverstein. A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction. Oxford University Press, 1977. Brand, Stewart. How Buildings Learn. Viking, 1994. Brooker, Graeme, and Sally Stone. Rereadings: Interior Architecture and the Design

Love Over Scotland

by Alexander McCall Smith · 31 Dec 2005 · 438pp · 124,269 words

his.” Matthew leaned against the bar and peered at Big Lou’s book. He reached out and flipped the book over to reveal its cover. “A Pattern Language: Towns, Building, Construction?” he said. “Interesting, Lou. You going to build something?” Big Lou reclaimed her book. “You’ll lose my place, you great gowk

Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice From the Best in the World

by Timothy Ferriss · 14 Jun 2017 · 579pp · 183,063 words

given most as a gift, and why? Or what are one to three books that have greatly influenced your life? I frequently give the book A Pattern Language by Christopher Alexander. I’m not a visual person, but this book taught me to see the world around me in an entirely new way

Dreaming in Code: Two Dozen Programmers, Three Years, 4,732 Bugs, and One Quest for Transcendent Software

by Scott Rosenberg · 2 Jan 2006 · 394pp · 118,929 words

language movement, an effort on the part of software developers to apply the ideas of architectural philosopher Christopher Alexander to their work. Alexander’s book A Pattern Language derived a sort of grammar of construction by observing common elements or patterns in successful buildings. The software pattern–language people aimed to apply the

Emotional design: why we love (or hate) everyday things

by Donald A. Norman · 10 May 2005

the diminishing impact of familiarity has led some designers to propose hiding beautiful views, lest continual encounter might diminish their emotional impact. In the book A Pattern Language, the architect Christopher Alexander and his colleagues describe 253 different design patterns derived from their observations and analyses. These patterns provide the basis of their

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). Creating Juicy salif. Product brochure accompanying the Special Anniversary Edition 2000 of the Juicy Salif. Crusinallo, Italy: Alessi. Alexander, C., Ishikawa, S., & Silverstein, M. (1977). A pattern language: Towns, buildings, construction. New York: Oxford University Press. Ashby, F. G., Isen, A. M., & Turken, A. U. (1999). A neuropsychological theory of positive affect and

Whole Earth: The Many Lives of Stewart Brand

by John Markoff · 22 Mar 2022 · 573pp · 142,376 words

Eno. Brand had discovered Eno when the musician appeared at the San Francisco Exploratorium in 1988. During a lecture, Eno mentioned how important Alexander’s A Pattern Language was to his thinking, and afterward Brand tried to reach him backstage to tell him he not only shared a passion for Alexander but could

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world.”) After seven years of research and writing, How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They’re Built was published in 1994. As Christopher Alexander’s A Pattern Language and Jane Jacobs’s The Death and Life of Great American Cities had for their respective authors, How Buildings Learn established Brand as an independent

The Pragmatic Programmer

by Andrew Hunt and Dave Thomas · 19 Oct 1999 · 509pp · 92,141 words

many methodology books. I've studied this problem for a dozen years and found the most promise in a device called a pattern language. In short, a pattern is a solution, and a pattern language is a system of solutions that reinforce each other. A whole community has formed around the search for these systems. This

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book is more than a collection of tips. It is a pattern language in sheep's clothing. I say that because each tip is drawn from experience, told as concrete advice, and related to others to form a

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system. These are the characteristics that allow us to learn and follow a pattern language. They work the same way here. You can follow the advice in this book because it is concrete. You won't find vague abstractions. Dave

The Filter Bubble: What the Internet Is Hiding From You

by Eli Pariser · 11 May 2011 · 274pp · 75,846 words

specifically, he needs a great variety of choices so that he is not misled about the nature of his own person. —Christopher Alexander et al., A Pattern Language In theory, there’s never been a structure more capable of allowing all of us to shoulder the responsibility for understanding and managing our world

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a team of colleagues began publishing a series of books that would change the face of urban planning, design, and programming. The most famous volume, A Pattern Language, is a guidebook that reads like a religious text. It’s filled with quotes and aphorisms and hand-drawn sketches, a bible guiding devotees toward

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, Alexander argued, was that design has to fit its literal and cultural context. And the best way to ensure that, they concluded, was to use a “pattern language,” a set of design specifications for human spaces. Even for nonarchitects, the book is an entrancing read. There’s a pattern that describes the ideal

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find their way to the neighborhoods and traditions in which they’re most at home. Alexander was writing about cities, but what’s beautiful about A Pattern Language is that it can be applied to any space in which humans gather and live—including the Internet. Online communities and niches are important. They

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with someone so smart, beautiful, talented, principled, and good-spirited in my life. I love you. FURTHER READING Alexander, Christopher, Sara Ishikawa, and Murray Silverstein. A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction. New York: Oxford University Press, 1977. Anderson, Benedict. Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism. New York: Verso, 1991

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/wired/archive/8.04/joy.html. Chapter Eight: Escape from the City of Ghettos 217 “the nature of his own person”: Christopher Alexander et al., A Pattern Language (New York: Oxford University Press, 1977), 8. 217 “Long Live the Web” Sir Tim Berners-Lee, “Long Live the Web: A Call for Continued Open

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, 2010. 219 “need to address the core issues”: Bill Joy, phone interview with author, Oct. 1 2010. 220 ideal nook for kids: Alexander et al., A Pattern Language, 445, 928–29. 220 “distinct pattern language”: Ibid., xvi. 220 “city of ghettos”: Ibid., 41–43. 221 “dampens all significant variety”: Ibid., 43. 221 “move