Design in architecture and urbanism is guided by two distinct complementary languages: a pattern language, and a form language. The pattern language contains rules for how human beings interact ...

During early design investigation, it was learned that the site of West Main was once home to a small watercourse—Meydenbauer Creek—that traversed the hillside site as it meandered to its final outlet ...

The pattern language calls for architectural features such as sheltering roofs and small window panes, while Modernist design favors flat roofs and large sheets of glass.

The Art & Architecture Building generates a sensation of expressive energy, perhaps, because its inhabitants are constantly engaged in expression. The people using buildings tend to be the ones who ...

Architecture Analysis and Design Language (AADL): A standardised modelling language used to describe the structure, behaviour and non-functional properties of embedded real-time systems.