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Companion volume to The timeless way of building and The Oregon experiment.Companion volume to The timeless way of building and The Oregon experiment.Hide synopsis
Description:Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 0195019199. Hardcover is...Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 0195019199. Hardcover is burgundy with gold blind lettering on front and spine. Pages are clean and tight; appears as if unused. Illustrated with dozens of b/w diagrams, drawings and photographs. "...is a working document for such an architecture. It is an archetypal language which allows lay persons to design for themselves. 'I believe this to be perhaps the most important book on architectural design published this century. Every library, every school, every environmental action group, every architect, and every first-year student should have a copy'." [Tony Ward, Architectural Design].; Cess Center for Environmental Series; B & W diagrams, figures; 7.90 X 5.90 X 2.10 inches; xliv, 1171 pages; Cover has slight rubbing, bumping; first two leafs have the bottom torn, but they appear to have been blank in that area. DJ has light shelfwear, rubbing, sunning; in a mylar cover.
Description:Very good in very good dust jacket. This book is still in it's...Very good in very good dust jacket. This book is still in it's plastic wrapper w/$49.95 price tag-all proceeds benefit local library.
Description:Very good condition with text clean & binding tight / lightly...Very good condition with text clean & binding tight / lightly soiled dust jacket protected by brodart wrap. 1171pp.
Description:Fine in Very Good jacket. 8vo-8"-9" Tall. Full red cloth binding...Fine in Very Good jacket. 8vo-8"-9" Tall. Full red cloth binding. Later printing. Clean, crisp and unmarked. xliv, 1171pp. Illustrations. Dust jacket is lightly rubbed at corners, with a mildly sunned spine, short tear to back panel. New mylar cover.
Description:Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. 8vo-8"-9" Tall. Recent printing....Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. 8vo-8"-9" Tall. Recent printing. Clean and unmarked, with a couple page corners creased. xliv, 1171pp. Illustrations. Dust jacket iin a new mylar cover.
The great volume of Christopher Alexander is a basic approach in architectural design theory. As it was and is still separate from the main streamlines of architectural theory it will retain its validity for a long period.
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I am a student of Landscape Architecture and find this text very helpful. It has compiled tons of research and knowledge about patterns found in cities, back yards, children's playgournds, farm houses . . . you name it it's probably in there. Each section is concise and easily understood with a ...
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This book is an architect's "bible" ... with complete attention to the natural order as it supports humankind's building and organization efforts, big and small, from beautiful town layouts that provide sane, smooth, and supportive living ... to the details of pathway patterns within a home for people ...
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