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1.
A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction (Center for Environmental Structure Series)
by:
Christopher W. Alexander
4.42 avg rating β 5,327 ratings
2.
The Timeless Way of Building
by:
Christopher W. Alexander
4.37 avg rating β 2,573 ratings
3.
The Oregon Experiment (Center for Environmental Structure Series)
by:
Christopher W. Alexander
3.92 avg rating β 181 ratings
4.
A New Theory of Urban Design (Center for Environmental Structure Series)
by:
Christopher W. Alexander
4.16 avg rating β 237 ratings
5.
The Phenomenon of Life
by:
Christopher W. Alexander
4.49 avg rating β 350 ratings
6.
The Process of Creating Life
by:
Christopher W. Alexander
4.48 avg rating β 163 ratings
7.
A Vision of a Living World
by:
Christopher W. Alexander
4.50 avg rating β 111 ratings
8.
The Luminous Ground
by:
Christopher W. Alexander
4.42 avg rating β 118 ratings
9.
The Production of Houses (Center for Environmental Structure Series)
by:
Christopher W. Alexander
4.13 avg rating β 84 ratings
10.
The Battle for the Life and Beauty of the Earth: A Struggle Between Two World-Systems (Center for Environmental Structure, 16)
by:
Christopher W. Alexander
4.31 avg rating β 84 ratings
11.
The Linz Cafe / Das Linz Cafe (Center for Environmental Structure Series) (English and German Edition)
by:
Christopher W. Alexander
4.09 avg rating β 22 ratings
12.
The Mary Rose Museum
by:
Christopher W. Alexander
3.77 avg rating β 13 ratings
13.
A City is Not a Tree
by:
Christopher W. Alexander
4.22 avg rating β 78 ratings
14.
Notes on the Synthesis of Form
by:
Christopher W. Alexander
4.06 avg rating β 742 ratings
15.
Pattern Theory: Introduction and Perspectives on the Tracks of Christopher Alexander
by:
Helmut Leitner
3.61 avg rating β 18 ratings
16.
Cities Alive: Jane Jacobs, Christopher Alexander, and the Roots of the New Urban Renaissance
by:
Michael W. Mehaffy
4.57 avg rating β 14 ratings
17.
Shifting Patterns: Christopher Alexander and the Eishin Campus
by:
Eva Guttmann
3.67 avg rating β 3 ratings
18.
The Master Plan and Process for Harbor Peak: A Model Creation Process for 21st Century Cities
by:
Christopher W. Alexander
0.00 avg rating β 0 ratings
19.
Patterns of Home: The Ten Essentials of Enduring Design
by:
Max Jacobson
4.07 avg rating β 231 ratings
20.
A New Pattern Language for Growing Regions: Places, Networks, Processes
by:
Michael Mehaffy
4.25 avg rating β 8 ratings
21.
Free, Fair, and Alive: The Insurgent Power of the Commons
by:
David Bollier
4.39 avg rating β 28 ratings
22.
The Permaculture Handbook: Garden Farming for Town and Country
by:
Peter Bane
4.11 avg rating β 331 ratings
23.
More Fearless Change: Strategies for Making Your Ideas Happen
by:
Mary Lynn Manns
3.79 avg rating β 52 ratings
24.
Design for a Living Planet: Settlement, Science, and the Human Future
by:
Michael W. Mehaffy
really liked it 4.00 avg rating β 15 ratings
25.
The Smart Growth Manual
by:
AndrΓ©s Duany
3.99 avg rating β 324 ratings
26.
LifePlace: Bioregional Thought and Practice
by:
Robert L. Thayer
3.95 avg rating β 38 ratings
27.
Sane Polity: A Pattern Language
by:
William Ophuls
4.45 avg rating β 11 ratings
28.
Pursuit of Pattern Languages for Societal Change - PURPLSOC: Designing Lively Scenarios in Various Fields
by:
Peter Baumgartner (Editor)
liked it 3.00 avg rating β 1 rating
29.
Delight's Muse on Christopher Alexander's The Nature of Order: A Summary and Personal Interpretation
by:
Jenny Quillien
4.50 avg rating β 2 ratings
30.
Design Patterns and Living Architecture
by:
Nikos A. Salingaros
4.33 avg rating β 6 ratings
31.
Christopher Alexander: The Search for a New Paradigm in Architecture
by:
Stephen Grabow
3.89 avg rating β 9 ratings
32.
Edible Forest Gardens, Vol. 1: Ecological Vision and Theory for Temperate Climate Permaculture
by:
Dave Jacke
4.48 avg rating β 668 ratings
33.
Tiny Cottages and Small Homes: Economical, Ecological Homes Inspired By A Pattern Language
by:
Paul Perlman
4.50 avg rating β 2 ratings
34.
Change Here Now: Permaculture Solutions for Personal and Community Transformation
by:
Adam Brock
4.33 avg rating β 46 ratings
35.
In Pursuit of a Living Architecture: Continuing Christopher Alexander's Quest for a Humane and Sustainable Building Culture
by:
Yodan Rofae
really liked it 4.00 avg rating β 2 ratings
36.
Early and Unpublished Writings of Christopher Alexander: Thinking, Building, Writing
by:
Christopher Alexander
really liked it 4.00 avg rating β 1 rating
37.
A Foreshadowing of 21st Century Art: The Color and Geometry of Very Early Turkish Carpets
by:
Christopher W. Alexander
4.45 avg rating β 29 ratings