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Apr 2020
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Reading List | #2 - 'A Pattern Language'

BUCKLAND ARCHITECTS
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My second architectural book recommendation is 'A Pattern Language' by Christopher Alexander et al. Here I talk about how this book is useful to architects and architecture students and why you should read it.

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