Authors:
Steven Pemberton
In 1977 the architect Christopher Alexander with a number of colleagues published the seminal book A Pattern Language. This amazing book essentially describes in 253 chapters the design of cities and regions, from the highest level, down through the design of streets, various varieties of houses, rooms, right down to details like the placement of garden seats. It is a delightful book, and particularly great for just opening at random, and reading about the design of some part of a city, street, or home. In 1993 I happened to learn that Dick Rijken and a number of colleagues were…
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