“Tony Ward Reviews: A Pattern Language”: Original text of article

01/11/1978

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43-page original text of the article “Tony Ward Reviews: A Pattern Language”, shortened and edited before its publication in the January issue of “Architectural Design” journal.

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Tony Ward Reviews: A Pattern Language 01/01/1979

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Theory of Patterns and Pattern Languages

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 ...
The Quality without a Name

Christopher Alexander's research for a central quality which he named "the quality without a name", was a search for those attributes and circumstances which give life to events, relationships, buildings and spaces. It set the foundation for identifying the patterns ...
Development of first Patterns and Pattern Languages

The first patterns were developed in 1967 by a group of people working together with Christopher Alexander in the Center for Environmental Structure. Between 1968 and 1976 the first pattern languages were developed and tested for particular projects undertaken by ...
Participation of the Users in the Design Process - Testing and Applying Pattern Languages and Layout Rules

Christopher Alexander believed that people have a right to determine and shape their environment. The genuine and wholehearted involvement of the users in the shaping of their buildings contributes positively to good architecture. It gives life, identity and personal qualities ...

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