A Pattern Language
book Christopher Alexander, Sara Ishikawa, Murray Silverstein (1977)
253 patterns for architecture and urban planning, explicitly designed as a shared vocabulary. The origin of pattern languages and the direct inspiration for software design patterns.
Entries (40)
- Accessible Green — pattern
- Building Complex — pattern
- Cascade of Roofs — pattern
- Circulation Realms — pattern
- Connected Buildings — pattern
- Connection to the Earth — metaphor
- Deep Reveals — metaphor
- Different Chairs — pattern
- Family of Entrances — pattern
- Filtered Light — pattern
- Flexible Office Space — pattern
- Good Materials — pattern
- Gradual Stiffening — metaphor
- Half-Hidden Garden — pattern
- Half-Private Office — pattern
- Identifiable Neighborhood — pattern
- Intimacy Gradient — metaphor
- Light on Two Sides — metaphor
- Main Entrance — metaphor
- Main Gateways — pattern
- Mosaic of Subcultures — pattern
- Natural Doors and Windows — pattern
- Ornament — pattern
- Pattern Language as Shared Vocabulary — paradigm
- Piecemeal Growth — metaphor
- Positive Outdoor Space — pattern
- Quiet Backs — pattern
- Secret Place — pattern
- Sheltering Roof — pattern
- Small Panes — metaphor
- Small Services Without Red Tape — pattern
- Small Work Groups — pattern
- Software Habitability — metaphor
- Structure Follows Social Spaces — pattern
- Tapestry of Light and Dark — pattern
- The Quality Without a Name — metaphor
- Things from Your Life — pattern
- Window Place — pattern
- Windows Overlooking Life — metaphor
- Work Community — pattern