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The Timeless Way of Building (Center for Environmental Structure Series)
The Timeless Way of Building (Center for Environmental Structure Series)

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Author: Christopher Alexander
Publisher: OUP USA
Category: Book

List Price: £34.99
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Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars 1 reviews
Sales Rank: 154609

Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 552
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5.6 x 1.2

ISBN: 0195024028
Dewey Decimal Number: 720.1
EAN: 9780195024029
ASIN: 0195024028

Publication Date: April 10, 1980
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days

Also Available In:

  • Paperback - Timeless Way of Building
  • Unknown Binding - The timeless way of building

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A breathtaking and profound book.   March 28, 1997
 48 out of 53 found this review helpful

It is amazing how a book that propounds revolutionaryarchitectural theory has stirred up the computer software industry. This deeply philosophical book, which is very practical and rigorous, lays the foundation for developing "pattern languages".

The book is all about a common language that can be shared to build artifacts that are alive. It stresses that a design should always concentrate on the "whole" and not on assembling parts. It also shows the power of distributed processing, if you will, as against centralized processing.

All the great principles have one thing in common. They are simple. And, after one realizes such a simple but profound principle, one can not stop wondering how one survived without it's knowledge. This book gives that feeling. If you are involved in architecture of any sort- buildings, software, organization or even politics- this book is a must for you.



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