A Pattern Language

“A wise old owl of a book, one to curl up with in an inglenook on a rainy day…. Alexander may be the closest thing home design has to a Zen master.”–The New York Times”A classic. A must read!“–T. Colbert, University of Houston”The design student’s bible for relativistic environmental design.“–Melinda La Garce, Southern Illinois University”Brilliant….Here’s how to design or redesign any space you’re living or working in–from metropolis to room. Consider what you want to happen in the space, and then page through this book. Its radically conservative observations will spark, enhance, organize your best ideas, and a wondrous home, workplace, town will result.“–San Francisco Chronicle”The most important book in architecture and planning for many decades, a landmark whose clarity and humanity give hope that our private and public spaces can yet be made gracefully habitable.“–The Next Whole Earth Catalog

Christopher Alexander, winner of the first medal for research ever awarded by the American Institute of Architects, is a practicing architect and contractor, Professor of Architecture at the University of California, Berkeley, and Director of the Center for Environmental Structure.