"A Pattern Language: Towns, buildings, and construction" written by Christopher Alexander, Sara Ishikawa, Murray Silverstein, Max Jacobson, Ingrid Fiksdahl-King, and Shlomo Angel, and published in 1977, is the largest selling book on urban design. In addition to Alexander: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Alexander, where are the pattern language's co-authors? Are they still doing pattern language related research or designs?
Dear Bin,
I think the best way (or starting point) to get answer to your question is to contact the authors or their colleagues directly. Also there is a website dedicated to "A Pattern Language" (they also have a "contact us" page). Please see the links below.
home page of "A Pattern Language":
http://www.patternlanguage.com/
Christopher Alexander's page at UC Berkeley:
https://ced.berkeley.edu/ced/faculty-staff/christopher-alexander
Sara Ishikawa's page at UC Berkeley (including her email address):
https://ced.berkeley.edu/ced/faculty-staff/sara-ishikawa
Shlomo (Solly) Angel:
- home page:
http://sollyangel.com/about/
- CV:
http://sollyangel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Shlomo-Angel-CV-23-April-20131.pdf
Hope these help.
Best,
Aryan
Aryan has given an excellent answer . I would just add the work of Mandelbrot on fractals as another dimension that can influence our thinking.
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