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A Pattern Language

1171 pages, 1977

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design

194 books
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At the core of A Pattern Language is the philosophy that in designing their environments people always rely on certain ‘languages,’ which, like the languages we speak, allow them to articulate and communicate designs within a formal system that gives them coherence. 

This book provides a language of this kind and will enable making designs for almost any aspect of the built environment. 

‘Patterns,’ the units of this language, are answers to design problems: how high should a window sill be?; how many stories should a building have?; how much space in a neighborhood should be devoted to grass and trees? Over 250 of the patterns in this language are outlined, each consisting of a problem statement and a solution.

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