Cob "A Pattern Language"

[douglas scheffer]

Jeffery do tell us a bit more. I've heard many discussions on this topic
but I have never come across any text that explored this in depth. Is the
reading on the scientific side or will a lay person like myself be able to
dig into it? (Maybe I should hang out with civil engineers more often.)

I just finished reading Progress & Poverty by Henry George. An absolutely
amazing and dramacticaly styled commentary. 500 pages thick like a phone
book (I admit to skipping a few chapters) and it took me a good six months
to get through it, but I highly recommend it if you are into subjects like
the laws of human progress, social effects of land, labor and capitol
distribution. He outlines interseting remedies too. Originally published in
1880 and not surprising that things havent changed much today.

Thanks for your tips on building here in the NW. Please get a hold of me
when you start cobbing near Port Townsend.  I'd really be into helping out
on site.

douglas

>I just got my hands on "A Pattern Language", Oxford University
>Press, and all I can say is "wow!".
>
>I'm sure a lot of you have read this, and there is a knowing smile on
>your faces right now. This book is most enlightening. I feel like I've
>gone through life knowing things weren't quite right, but not
>knowing why. This book has gone a long way to pointing out the
>"whys".
>
>If you haven't seen this book, make a trip to the library or
>bookstore. This is especially true if you are planning on moving
>and/or building. The authors will help you avoid design mistakes
>that wouldn't be obvious, yet would make you vaguely
>uncomfortable in your new abode. Also very helpful in finding that
>new neighborhood. Some places just aren't very hospitable, and
>this book will tell you why. And for the really ambitious, it has
>design guidelines for communities and subcultures (cob
>community anyone?)
>
>-Jeffrey