Eternal Architecture

by Christopher Alexander

Eternal Architectureb A classic of architectural philosophy created by reflection on people, society and history b This book is about finding the most natural way for buildings, villages and cities to last forever. The author is a British architect and architecture theorist. This book offers a new alternative to architecture, architecture and urban planning. He presents the concept of pattern language. This basic idea is the same type of design that often appears when designing buildings, and seeing them in one language and reusing the pattern language when designing other buildings is beneficial in many ways. The book contains 253 basic pattern languages. These languages extend from small rooms to homes, buildings, towns and beyond to cities, and have had a major impact not only on architecture but also on creative thinking and software design. This book describes the harmonious world that the pattern language will create, sometimes as poetry and sometimes as beautifully as Proverbs. Although it is an architectural book, there is little mention of the technical part, and it conveys simple and timeless truth. Through this, we will find a way to a natural architecture that encompasses humans, society, and history, rather than human beings.

Hardcover

Published November 4, 2013

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