In recent years, some developers have begun to make use of ''patterns'' as a means to improve systems quality. Patterns are relatively simple written narratives that define a problem, outline a ...

Last month, the architect and author Christopher Alexander received the Vincent Scully Prize, given annually by the National Building Museum “to recognize exemplary practice, scholarship or criticism ...

Not too long ago, IT embraced the pattern language concepts of Christopher Alexander. Being an architect, of the more traditional variety, his ideas were based on creating spaces in which people felt ...

"Pattern Language" challenges the hierarchy of social space by examining the relationships between institutions, urban planning, and one’s own home. Through installations that invert the principles of ...