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The Timeless Way of Building

A work by Christopher Alexander, first published in 1979

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First published
19792
Edition korrents quotes
Oxford University Press, 19793
Claims on korrents
141

What korrents draws from it

korrents’ reading of claims quoted word for word from the book; each opens the quote and where it sits.

  1. The timeless way of building brings order out of ourselves and cannot be attained, only allowed to happen (opens korrents.com)1

  2. Working in the timeless way, a town can grow without architects or planners (opens korrents.com)1

  3. Wanting to bring a building or a town to life is a fundamental human instinct (opens korrents.com)1

  4. Used well, the method of pattern languages ends by freeing us from all method (opens korrents.com)1

  5. There is a central quality, objective and precise but nameless, that is the root criterion of life in buildings, towns and people (opens korrents.com)1

  6. A lifeless place almost always has a mastermind behind it whose will leaves no room for its own nature (opens korrents.com)1

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  1. The Timeless Way of Building (Oxford University Press, 1979) (korrents) (opens korrents.com)
  2. The Timeless Way of Building, Q7769376 (Wikidata) (opens wikidata.org)
  3. The Timeless Way of Building (Oxford University Press, 1979) (books.google.com) (opens books.google.com)

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