Pattern Manual and Procedures for Filing and Inputting New Patterns

“A Pattern Language” is the second volume of “The Center for Environmental Structure Series” on architecture published by Oxford University Press. You can use this book to design a house for yourself with your family; you can use it to ...

In 'The Timeless Way of Building' Christopher Alexander postulates that the quality in buildings cannot by made, but only generated, indirectly, by the ordinary actions of the people. He asserts that people can shape buildings for themselves, and have done ...

Four versions of the “Pattern Manual”, intended to establish a single format for the patterns; it proposes a three-part format for each pattern, elaborates on them and provides examples of patterns foloowing the proposed format. The final 13-page version is ...