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It is heartening to realize that after forty years, Christopher Alexander's A Pattern Language is continuing to enlighten people. As an architect I've been surprised and pleased by the number of non-architects who've found the book and benefitted from it. AT readers might also want to explore Alexander's Das Linz Cafe. And thank you for the photographs - easy-on-the-eyes-and-soul spaces are always a delight on a Friday afternoon.

This book has been on my to-read list for years (though I guess it has to get off my to-buy list before the reading part can happen). The only thing that's been standing in my way has been the price tag, but I just noticed that it seems to be marked down on a few online booksellers' sites. I may just get around to finally picking it up...

Also equally relevant are the series of books on the "Not So Big House" by Sarah Susanka, who talks about the best ways of maximising small space and the details that can escape our attention. Her idea of spending less money on big grandiose spaces and instead to build smaller and concentrate on the furnishing makes sense.