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 enlarge | Author: Christopher Alexander
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Category: Book
List Price: $65.00
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Rating:  78 reviews
Sales Rank: 7145
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 1216
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.9
Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.8 x 2
ISBN: 0195019199
Dewey Decimal Number: 720.1
EAN: 9780195019193
ASIN: 0195019199
Publication Date: 1977
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Not just for architects - good for software engineers too October 23, 2007
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
This book talks specifically about what works and doesn't work when building cities and towns and how to take the human element into consideration when doing so. However, I found its conclusions and most of its patterns applicable to software engineering. There are good books on software design patterns such as "Head First Design Patterns", and there are some good books on user interface design such as "Designing Interfaces: Patterns for Effective Interaction Design", but this book really helped me merge the idea of software design patterns with the user perspective in a way that other books I have read have not.
If you are a software designer, read the book all the way through, make notes as you go, and see if it doesn't help you write better organized code that is more responsive and coherent to a user who walks up to your user interface completely uninitiated in your method of design. I know it helped me.
A Pattern Language October 21, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This was an extremely helpful book in using to decide what house or town home to buy, why spaces might work, what needs to be added to them, etc. I am very glad I bought this book.
 a patatern language October 3, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is an amazing book for anyone interested in building, remodeling or buying a home. It points out basic tenents of architecture that go across cultural lines. It is easy to read and retain.
A must-read for the custom home builder. September 14, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I knew nothing about this book before the purchase other than it was something I might want to read in preparation for building a house.
Originally published in 1977 by the Center For Environmental Structure, Berkeley, Calif, A Pattern Language is #2 in a series of 3 and reviewed as a working document for a new theory of architecture, building and planning.
It definitely is that and so much more. In fact, the total tonnage of information contained in this book would stop a team of oxen in it's tracks.
As a practical purchase, this book definitely fills the bill. At half the cost at publication, you can't go wrong.
A Pattern Language September 5, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
A must read for anyone designing their own house. I talks about the functional relationships in a house rather than the construction itself. Every community or home architect should read this book.
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