MARC Record from harvard_bibliographic_metadata

LEADER: 01797pam a2200265 i 4500
001 000752172-3
005 20100610235821.0
008 770520s1979 nyua 00010 eng
010 $a 76042650
020 $z0195024028 :$c$19.50
035 0 $aocm03016520
035 0 $aocm03016520$zocm05342876
040 $aDLC$cDLC
050 0 $aNA2500$b.A 45
100 1 $aAlexander, Christopher,$d1936-
245 14 $aThe timeless way of building /$cChristopher Alexander.
260 0 $aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$c1979.
300 $axv, 552 p. :$bill. ;$c21 cm.
505 0 $aThe timeless way -- The quality without a name -- Being alive -- Patterns of events -- Patterns of space -- Patterns which are alive -- The multiplicity of living patterns -- The quality itself -- The flower and the seed -- Our pattern languages -- Our pattern languages (cont.) -- The creative power of language -- The breakdown of language -- Patterns which can be shared -- The reality of patterns -- The structure of a language -- The evolution of a common language for a town -- The genetic power of language -- Differentiating space -- One pattern at a time -- Shaping one building -- Shaping a group of buildings -- The process of construction -- The process of repair -- The slow emergence of a town -- Its ageless character -- The kernel of the way.
520 $aThis introductory volume to Alexander's other works, A Pattern of Language and The Oregon Experiment, explains concepts fundamental to his original approaches to the theory and application of architecture.
650 0 $aArchitecture.
650 0 $aPattern perception.
776 08 $iOnline version:$aAlexander, Christopher.$tTimeless way of building.$dNew York : Oxford University Press, 1979$w(OCoLC)623126890
988 $a20020608
906 $0DLC