Learn what pattern language is, why it is useful, how to use it, and some examples of patterns in architectural design, and improve your design skills and outcomes.

Don’t go to architecture school; devour this book instead and use it to design buildings and places that really work. This 1,000-page encyclopedia contains two hundred design patterns found in the ...

The pattern language calls for architectural features such as sheltering roofs and small window panes, while Modernist design favors flat roofs and large sheets of glass. ... His early books, ...

Interesting book on patterns in architecture written by Paul Andersen and David Salomon.. We first heard from Paul, founder of !ndie Architecture, when he was on the short list for the 2009 P.S.1 ...

The following excerpt, the first, explains the terms “Pattern Language” (as well as“antipatterns") and “Form Language.” Design in architecture and urbanism is guided by two distinct ...

To examine the history of architectural pattern books and the debates around them, we speak to Chris Johnson, NSW Government Architect and Peter Tonkin from the architectural firm Tonkin, ...

A New Pattern Language for Growing Regions contains 80 new patterns, many encapsulating elements of the New Urban Agenda. The companion wiki, at npl.wiki , contains the same patterns in wiki form. The ...