A brief history from a young German printing house, of the German interest in non-conformist architectural theory. Request is made to consider the translation of “Notes on the Synthesis of Form” and “A Pattern Language”. Letters to publishers regarding this subject are mentioned to have been sent. Awaiting Christopher Alexander’s response
02/05/1979
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Notes on the Synthesis of Form
01/01/1964
“These notes are about the process of design: the process of inventing things which display new physical order, organization, form, in response to function.” This book, opening with these words, presents an entirely new theory of the process of design. In ...
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A Pattern Language
01/01/1977
“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 ...