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Architecture

a linked set of named design solutions to recurring problems, from region to room, that people combine to shape their environment.

In architecture, pattern language refers to a linked set of named design solutions to recurring problems, from region to room, that people combine to shape their environment. This meaning comes from Alexander (1977) in A pattern language.[1]

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Alexander, C., Ishikawa, S., & Silverstein, M. (1977). A pattern language. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195019193

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