A Pattern Language; Towns, Buildings, Construction German shepherd its maker has managed to

its maker has managed to make what is quite a striking and dynamic piece

silver and pinkish molded ceramic vase/planter

ancient to modern

circa 1960

Truly a special object

A Pattern Language; Towns, Buildings, Construction German shepherd its maker has managed toI love this book, which I return again and again as a marvelous tool for observing and thinking about my surroundings, with a great sense of poetry to boot. Published by Oxford University Press in 1977, authors Christopher Alexander, Sara Ishikawa, and Murray Silverstein with Max Jacobson, Ingrid Fiksdahl King, Shlomo Angel) sought to identify essential, enduring design problems or "patterns" (of which they identify 253) and ways of approaching