A Pattern Language by Christopher Alexander, Used (16 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Fifteenth Printing. Near Fine in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($49.95), generally soiled, lighlty worn at the edges and folds. Red cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, former owner's name on the front endpaper, a few pages with creases, clean otherwise. Part of the classic trilogy from the Center for Environmental Stucture, a work that esposes "the idea that people should design for themselves their own houses, streets, and communities.".

Paperback. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. We only honor returns for quality issues and won't accept reasons such as 'change my mind', 'find a better price', or 'school book requirement change', etc.

hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Binding is square and solid. Pages are unmarked, clean and unbent.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Cover is in good condition, save for corner bumping/wear (including spine), rubbing, and white soil spot at lower edge of front cover. DJ is unclipped and presents with many previous attempts at repair (tape), edge/corner wear/chipping, and dark soiling on upper edge of back cover. Text is otherwise tight in binding. Text is clean and free of blemishes throughout, save for some red soiling to side textblock and very minimal margin notations. No other markings or indications of note. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. New York: Oxford University Press, 1977. First edition. First printing. Hardcover. Fine in a near-fine dust jacket, price intact on front flap ($27.50) (sticker shadow on spine). Red cloth with gilt spine lettering. Octavo, 1170 pp, illustrated throughout with photographs and drawings. Light crease to front cover (printer's flaw), else a clean, tight, unmarked copy. "A Pattern Language" sets out 253 interrelated design patternsarchetypal solutions to recurring architectural and planning problemsthat together provide a framework for creating functional and humane built environments. Christopher Alexander (19362022), a renowned architect and design theorist, authored influential works on design methodology and environmental structure; this volume, written with colleagues Sara Ishikawa and Murray Silverstein, is the second book in the Center for Environmental Structure Series and remains his most widely read and cited work.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. B9.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. No markings. Dust jacket has tears to edges, pieces missing from the edges, in a protective cover, $27.50 on the front flap.1977 date on title page and copyright page.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. text clean and unmarked. binding tight. boards have light wear along edges. corners are lightly bumped. back cover has light surface creases. former owner's name stamp on front free end paper. dust jacket has light chipping, some toning, handling wear.

Condition: Used: Like New. LIVRE A L?ETAT DE NEUF. EXPEDIE SOUS 3 JOURS OUVRES. NUMERO DE SUIVI COMMUNIQUE AVANT ENVOI, EMBALLAGE RENFORCE. EAN:9780195019193.

1st edition hardback with dust jacket Very nice copy octavo xliv + 1171pp., b/w plates, text illusts., Neat ownership inscription o/w a nice copy.

Das einflußreichste, wichtigste Werk zur Architektur der Gegenwart. Das unverzichtbare Handbuch für alle, die bauen. - Die Muster-Sprache ist eine Planungshilfe. Als Check-List beim Entwerfen verwendbar, erinnert sie an ein Regelwerk und gibt Antworten auf Entwurfsprobleme. Jedes Muster besteht aus einer Problemstellung, einer Erörterung des Problems mit einer Illustration aus der Lösung. Die 253 Muster knüpfen durch ihre zahlreichen Querverbindungen ein gedankliches Netz, das Fragen zeitgenössischen Bauens kommunizierbar macht. Die daraus entstandene Sprache ermöglicht es, konkrete Schlußforderungen für den Anwendungsfall zu ziehen. XLV, 1272 S., durchgehend illustriert, roter Orig.-Leinenband mit Orig.-Umschlag, Archivexemplar mit geringen Lagerspuren außen, ansonsten neuwertig. ISBN 9783854095682 - Das Standardwerk in der definitiven Auflage.

Das einflußreichste, wichtigste Werk zur Architektur der Gegenwart. Das unverzichtbare Handbuch für alle, die bauen. - Die Muster-Sprache ist eine Planungshilfe. Als Check-List beim Entwerfen verwendbar, erinnert sie an ein Regelwerk und gibt Antworten auf Entwurfsprobleme. Jedes Muster besteht aus einer Problemstellung, einer Erörterung des Problems mit einer Illustration aus der Lösung. Die 253 Muster knüpfen durch ihre zahlreichen Querverbindungen ein gedankliches Netz, das Fragen zeitgenössischen Bauens kommunizierbar macht. Die daraus entstandene Sprache ermöglicht es, konkrete Schlußforderungen für den Anwendungsfall zu ziehen. XLV, 1272 S., durchgehend illustriert, roter Orig.-Leinenband mit Orig.-Umschlag, in Originalverpackung. ISBN 9783854095682 - Das Standardwerk in der definitiven Auflage.

Paperback. Condition: FINE. First Edition. [4], 283pp. 8x11' perfectbound in glossy printed wraps. Light dampstain to fore head corner clean and sound otherwise. With cover letter 'Note on the Title' d. 1971. We presume this to be the first printing since the notice is not bound in with the book. A self-published manifesto by the Center for Environmental Structure at University of California, Berkeley. It would go on to be published in revised form by Oxford University Press as the first of eight volumes in a 'Center for Environmental Structure' series. It has been continuously in print with the publisher and remains a perennial best-seller among architecture books. In addition to generating a movement in human-use architectural design, *A Pattern Language* was a groundbreaking theoretical work in information linguistics, with the concept of 'Pattern Languages' credited as a major influence in Ward Cunningham's 'WikiWikiWeb,' in addition to wide influence in computer software engineering.

Gebundene Ausgabe, Leinen. Condition: Sehr gut. 1. Aufl. 1274 S., m. zahlr. schw/w Fotogr. u. Abb., 20cm x 15cm roter ill. GLn m. ill. OU, dieser mit minimalen Gebrauchsspuren, Buchrücken leicht aufgehellt, Eb. m. goldgepr. Titel- u. Rückentitel, ansonsten sehr guter Zustand. Aufgrund der aktuellen Zoll-Situation ist zur Zeit kein Versand in die USA möglich. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 1000.