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Books that use the pattern language concept that was developed by Christopher Alexander and others.
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A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction (Center for Environmental Structure Series)
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The Timeless Way of Building
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The Oregon Experiment (Center for Environmental Structure Series)
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A New Theory of Urban Design (Center for Environmental Structure Series)
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4.16 avg rating — 238 ratings
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The Phenomenon of Life
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The Process of Creating Life
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A Vision of a Living World
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The Luminous Ground
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4.43 avg rating — 119 ratings
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The Production of Houses (Center for Environmental Structure Series)
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4.14 avg rating — 85 ratings
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The Battle for the Life and Beauty of the Earth: A Struggle Between Two World-Systems (Center for Environmental Structure, 16)
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4.30 avg rating — 83 ratings
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The Linz Cafe / Das Linz Cafe (Center for Environmental Structure Series) (English and German Edition)
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4.08 avg rating — 24 ratings
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The Mary Rose Museum
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3.77 avg rating — 13 ratings
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A City is Not a Tree
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4.20 avg rating — 81 ratings
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Notes on the Synthesis of Form
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4.06 avg rating — 750 ratings
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Pattern Theory: Introduction and Perspectives on the Tracks of Christopher Alexander
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3.61 avg rating — 18 ratings
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Cities Alive: Jane Jacobs, Christopher Alexander, and the Roots of the New Urban Renaissance
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4.57 avg rating — 14 ratings
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Shifting Patterns: Christopher Alexander and the Eishin Campus
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Eva Guttmann (Editor)
3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
score: 84,
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The Master Plan and Process for Harbor Peak: A Model Creation Process for 21st Century Cities
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Patterns of Home: The Ten Essentials of Enduring Design
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Max Jacobson (Goodreads Author)
4.07 avg rating — 232 ratings
score: 82,
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A New Pattern Language for Growing Regions: Places, Networks, Processes
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4.33 avg rating — 9 ratings
score: 81,
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Free, Fair, and Alive: The Insurgent Power of the Commons
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4.41 avg rating — 29 ratings
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The Permaculture Handbook: Garden Farming for Town and Country
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4.12 avg rating — 332 ratings
score: 79,
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More Fearless Change: Strategies for Making Your Ideas Happen
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3.79 avg rating — 52 ratings
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Design for a Living Planet: Settlement, Science, and the Human Future
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score: 77,
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The Smart Growth Manual
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3.99 avg rating — 326 ratings
score: 76,
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LifePlace: Bioregional Thought and Practice
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3.92 avg rating — 39 ratings
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Sane Polity: A Pattern Language
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4.45 avg rating — 11 ratings
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Pursuit of Pattern Languages for Societal Change - PURPLSOC: Designing Lively Scenarios in Various Fields
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score: 73,
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Delight's Muse on Christopher Alexander's The Nature of Order: A Summary and Personal Interpretation
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4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
score: 72,
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Design Patterns and Living Architecture
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4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings
score: 71,
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Christopher Alexander: The Search for a New Paradigm in Architecture
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3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings
score: 70,
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Edible Forest Gardens, Vol. 1: Ecological Vision and Theory for Temperate Climate Permaculture
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4.48 avg rating — 670 ratings
score: 69,
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Tiny Cottages and Small Homes: Economical, Ecological Homes Inspired By A Pattern Language
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4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
score: 68,
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Change Here Now: Permaculture Solutions for Personal and Community Transformation
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4.33 avg rating — 46 ratings
score: 67,
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In Pursuit of a Living Architecture: Continuing Christopher Alexander's Quest for a Humane and Sustainable Building Culture
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Yodan Rofae (Contributor)
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score: 66,
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Early and Unpublished Writings of Christopher Alexander: Thinking, Building, Writing
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score: 65,
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A Foreshadowing of 21st Century Art: The Color and Geometry of Very Early Turkish Carpets
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4.45 avg rating — 29 ratings
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