An edition of The Timeless Way Of Building (1979)

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An edition of The Timeless Way Of Building (1979)

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Oxford University Press
Language
English
Pages
552

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1979, Oxford University Press
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1979, Oxford University Press
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First Sentence

"There is one timeless way of building."

Table of Contents

THE TIMELESS WAY
1. The timeless way Page 3
THE QUALITY
2. The quality without a name Page 19 3. Being alive Page 41 4. Patterns of events Page 55 5. Patterns of space Page 75 6. Patterns which are alive Page 101 7. The multiplicity of living patterns Page 123 8. The quality itself Page 137
THE GATE
9. The flower and the seed Page 157 10. Our pattern languages Page 167 11. Our pattern languages (cont.) Page 193 12. The creative power of language Page 211 13. The breakdown of language Page 225 14. Patterns which can be shared Page 243 15. The reality of patterns Page 277 16. The structure of a language Page 305 17. The evolution of a common language for a town Page 325
THE WAY
18. The genetic power of language Page 351 19. Differentiating space Page 365 20. One pattern at a time Page 385 21. Shaping one building Page 403 22. Shaping a group of buildings Page 427 23. The process of construction Page 455 24. The process of repair Page 475 25. The slow emergence of a town Page 493 26. Its ageless character Page 511
THE KERNEL OF THE WAY
27. The kernel of the way Page 531

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Series
Center for Environmental Structure series -- vol.1
Copyright Date
1979

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Library of Congress
NA2500 .A45

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Format
hardcover
Pagination
xv, 552p
Number of pages
552
Weight
710 grams

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OL19029499M
Internet Archive
timelesswayofbui0000alex_u9i8
ISBN 10
0195022483
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76042650
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12304
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1123858

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