false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171567193m/106728.jpg 106728 1 This volume provides the opening work in Christopher Alexander's seminal trilogy on architecture (continued in A Pattern Language and The Oregon Experiment). Here he provides a fascinating introduction to the ideas behind the succeeding two books. 102870 1979 The Timeless Way of Building total:197|5:95|4:68|3:26|2:7|1:1| 197 840 368 28 3 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 06:14:24 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 06:15:57 -0700 2009
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"There is a central quality which is the root criterion of li...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Apr 06 21:15:01 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 21:15:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 27 11:03:20 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 27 11:06:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Nov 17 08:23:13 -0800 2007 Sat Nov 17 09:17:05 -0800 2007 yet could never read very far into it before I gave up. But I finally gave it a
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He has an interesting concept ("the quality without a name"), but explains it poorly and, in fact, pretty much says it can't be explained. Must be an architect thing? It's frustrating to read.

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