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A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction

Christopher Alexander, Sara Ishikawa, Murray Silverstein, Max Jacobson

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The whole book, about 16 hours to read.

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Author
Christopher Alexander, Sara Ishikawa, Murray Silverstein, Max Jacobson
Reading time
16 hours

Contents

  1. A PATTERN LANGUAGE
  2. TOWNS • BUILDINGS • CONSTRUCTION
  3. A PATTERN LANGUAGE
  4. TOWNS • BUILDINGS • CONSTRUCTION
  5. USING THIS BOOK
  6. A PATTERN LANGUAGE
  7. SUMMARY OF THE LANGUAGE
  8. CHOOSING A LANGUAGE FOR YOUR PROJECT
  9. THE POETRY OF THE LANGUAGE
  10. TOWNS
  11. PATTERNS
  12. 1. INDEPENDENT REGIONS**
  13. 2 THE DISTRIBUTION OF TOWNS
  14. 3 CITY COUNTRY FINGERS**
  15. 4 AGRICULTURAL VALLEYS*
  16. 5 LACE OF COUNTRY STREETS
  17. 6 COUNTRY TOWNS*
  18. 7 THE COUNTRYSIDE*
  19. 8 MOSAIC OF SUBCULTURES**
  20. 9 SCATTERED WORK**
  21. 10 MAGIC OF THE CITY
  22. 11 LOCAL TRANSPORT AREAS**
  23. 12 COMMUNITY OF 7000*
  24. 13 SUBCULTURE BOUNDARY*
  25. 14 IDENTIFIABLE NEIGHBORHOOD**
  26. 15 NEIGHBORHOOD BOUNDARY*
  27. 16 WEB OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION*
  28. 17 RING ROADS
  29. 18 NETWORK OF LEARNING*
  30. 19 WEB OF SHOPPING *
  31. 20 MINI-BUSES *
  32. 21 FOUR-STORY LIMIT **
  33. 22 NINE PER CENT PARKING **
  34. 23 PARALLEL ROADS
  35. 24 SACRED SITES*
  36. 25 ACCESS TO WATER *
  37. 25 ACCESS TO WATER
  38. 26 LIFE CYCLE*
  39. 27 MEN AND WOMEN
  40. 28 ECCENTRIC NUCLEUS*
  41. 29 DENSITY RINGS *
  42. 30 ACTIVITY NODES**
  43. 31 PROMENADE **
  44. 33 NIGHT LIFE *
  45. 33 NIGHT LIFE
  46. 34 INTERCHANGE
  47. 35 HOUSE HOLD MIX *
  48. 36 DEGREES OF PUBLICNESS**
  49. 37 HOUSE CLUSTER **
  50. 38 ROW HOUSES*
  51. 39 HOUSING HILL
  52. 40 OLD PEOPLE EVERYWHERE**
  53. 41 WORK COMMUNITY**
  54. 42 INDUSTRIAL RIBBON*
  55. 43 UNIVERSITY AS A MARKETPLACE
  56. 44 LOCAL TOWN HALL*
  57. 45 NECKLACE OF COMMUNITY PROJECTS
  58. 46 MARKET OF MANY SHOPS**
  59. 47 HEALTH CENTER*
  60. 48 HOUSING IN BETWEEN**

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