– Customer review on 12/08/2008

For anyonr wondering why it is some houses look good, feel good and are comfortable to be in while others, despite the money that has been spent, just feel wrong, this is the book that explains why. If you are looking to build or buy, I would regard this book as essntial reading, it's a pity not more designers have paid heed to the observations within it. Also has comprehensive sections on town planning and urban design.

– Customer review on 03/07/2009

This is a wonderful book, and puts into words and explains, all the thoughts you could have on the simplest to the most complicated living environment, be it a comfortable soft chair to a pitch of a roof.
Well worth the purchase and it will remain a ready reference when ever building, renovating or wanting an overview of a human environment. All town planers and architects should be made to read it.

– Customer review on 08/05/2009

Christopher Alexander is one of famous architectural theorist. This book is about his theory, "a pattern language", which is very useful to understand architecture and be applied to architectural design and planning. This theory is based on the investigations and experiments by his team and then summarised as some suggested patterns. A pattern explains the relationships between physical environments and human behaviours, how people interact with out environments, and suggestions that we should design our environments to celebrate the relationships, not destroy them.