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:: Monday, January 31, 2005 ::
The art of fence building / A good design can, paradoxically, draw neighbors in Charles Smith, San Francisco Chronicle
No one needs a course in postmodern architecture to decide if they like a fence. But why do people like it? That's harder to pin down, as most of us have a hard time describing what we like about a structure, even one as simple as a fence.
So I turned to two sourcebooks -- 'A Pattern Language,'' compiled by Christopher Alexander and his colleagues in 1977, and Edward Morse's 'Japanese Homes and Their Surroundings,'' first published in 1886. The first describes timeless patterns that solve urban and residential design problems, and the second captures the mastery of Japanese carpentry in everyday structures: verandas, railings, gates, kitchens and doors.
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