The Timeless Way of Building
- ISBN-10
- 0195024028
- ISBN-13
- 9780195024029
- Category
- Architecture
- Pages
- 552
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1979
- Publisher
- New York : Oxford University Press
- Author
- Christopher Alexander
Description
This introductory volume to Alexander's other works, A Pattern of Language and The Oregon Experiment, explains concepts fundamental to his original approaches to the theory and application of architecture
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