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 ...

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 ...

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.

Architectural form languages survive because they often acquire non-architectural meaning, ... (A pattern language, however, cannot be invented: it has to be discovered).

Bin Yang, in this first article of two, introduces the pattern language concept and three architectural patterns, saving detailed design patterns for Part 2. (4,000 words) Topics ...

The EXP 15 is a two-door, four-seat convertible and is the third coachbuilt model created by Bentley Mulliner in the past ...

“The Architecture of Happiness” by Alain de Botton Pantheon, 280 pp., $25. Subtle insights, presented with playful precision — that’s what London author Alain de Botton reliably provides ...

The framework architecture captures reusable patterns and design experiences on the J2EE platform. In the second and final part of the series, Bin Yang presents detailed implementations of the ...