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Book Description
This volume provides the opening work in Christopher Alexander's seminal trilogy on architecture (continued in A Pattern Language and The Oregon Experiment). Here he provides a fascinating introduction to the ideas behind the succeeding two books.
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- English Books
- Hardcover 576 Pages
- ISBN-10: 0195024028
- ISBN-13: 9780195024029
- Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
- Pub date: Jan 01, 1979
- Dimensions: 1355 mm x 903 mm x 194 mm Just how big is that?
- Also available as: Paperback
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| ISBN | Edition | List | Sale | Seller |
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| 9780195024029 | Hardcover | $65.00 | $43.87 | bn.com |
| $65.00 | $38.17 | The Book Depository | ||
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Adriano Comai 
Well written with great ideas
This is the first part of a trilogy and although it is a discussion on architecture it raises questions about sociology as well. Another book in the trilogy 'A Pattern Lanuage' was very influential in technology. I wish bisiness and technology people could write so well they could get me excited abo ... (continue)
This is the first part of a trilogy and although it is a discussion on architecture it raises questions about sociology as well. Another book in the trilogy 'A Pattern Lanuage' was very influential in technology. I wish bisiness and technology people could write so well they could get me excited about their ideas.
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