The timeless way of building
By Christopher Alexander
"The timeless way of building" is published by Oxford University Press in 1979 - New York, it has 552 pages and the language of the book is English.
“The timeless way of building” Metadata:
- Title: The timeless way of building
- Author: Christopher Alexander
- Language: English
- Number of Pages: 552
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Publish Date: 1979
- Publish Location: New York
“The timeless way of building” Subjects and Themes:
- Subjects: ➤ Long Now Manual for Civilization - Pattern perception - Architecture - Linguistics - the quality with no name - languages - Arquitetura (Teoria) - Perception des structures - Architekturtheorie - Architectuurtheorieën - Kwaliteit - Patronen (decoratie's) - Architecture, history
Edition Specifications:
- Format: hardcover
- Weight: 710 grams
- Pagination: xv, 552p
Edition Identifiers:
- The Open Library ID: OL19029499M - OL17431345W
- Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN): 76042650
- ISBN-13: 9780195022483
- ISBN-10: 0195022483
- All ISBNs: 0195022483 - 9780195022483
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"The timeless way of building" Table Of Contents:
- 1- THE TIMELESS WAY
- 2- The timeless way
- 3- THE QUALITY
- 4- The quality without a name
- 5- Being alive
- 6- Patterns of events
- 7- Patterns of space
- 8- Patterns which are alive
- 9- The multiplicity of living patterns
- 10- The quality itself
- 11- THE GATE
- 12- The flower and the seed
- 13- Our pattern languages
- 14- Our pattern languages (cont.)
- 15- The creative power of language
- 16- The breakdown of language
- 17- Patterns which can be shared
- 18- The reality of patterns
- 19- The structure of a language
- 20- The evolution of a common language for a town
- 21- THE WAY
- 22- The genetic power of language
- 23- Differentiating space
- 24- One pattern at a time
- 25- Shaping one building
- 26- Shaping a group of buildings
- 27- The process of construction
- 28- The process of repair
- 29- The slow emergence of a town
- 30- Its ageless character
- 31- THE KERNEL OF THE WAY
- 32- The kernel of the way
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There is one timeless way of building.
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