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Notes on the Synthesis of Form
Softcover edition
AuthorChristopher Alexander
LanguageEnglish
SubjectArchitecture
GenreNonfiction
PublisherHarvard University Press
Publication date
1964
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint
Pages216
ISBN0-674-62751-2
OCLC16190773
Dewey Decimal
745.4
LC ClassNK1505

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