How Buildings Learn
What Happens After They're Built
by Stewart Brand
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“@prfloriano What a wonderful book, enjoy! | Best design book that's not about design Go. For me, it's How Buildings Learn by Stewart Brand | One of my favorite books. | See also How Buildings Learn by @stewartbrand (a book that has greatly influenced influenced my thinking).”
Source →“@prfloriano What a wonderful book, enjoy! | Best design book that's not about design Go. For me, it's How Buildings Learn by Stewart Brand | One of my favorite books. | See also How Buildings Learn by @stewartbrand (a book that has greatly influenced influenced my thinking).”
Source →“@prfloriano What a wonderful book, enjoy! | Best design book that's not about design Go. For me, it's How Buildings Learn by Stewart Brand | One of my favorite books. | See also How Buildings Learn by @stewartbrand (a book that has greatly influenced influenced my thinking).”
Source →“@prfloriano What a wonderful book, enjoy! | Best design book that's not about design Go. For me, it's How Buildings Learn by Stewart Brand | One of my favorite books. | See also How Buildings Learn by @stewartbrand (a book that has greatly influenced influenced my thinking).”
Source →“@prfloriano What a wonderful book, enjoy! | Best design book that's not about design Go. For me, it's How Buildings Learn by Stewart Brand | One of my favorite books. | See also How Buildings Learn by @stewartbrand (a book that has greatly influenced influenced my thinking).”
Source →Recommended by 7 notable people, including Patrick Collison and Kevin Kelly
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Recommended by 8 sources and appears in Architecture, Most Recommended Books, and Design.
Buildings have often been studied whole in space, but never before have they been studied whole in time. How Buildings Learn is a masterful new synthesis that proposes that buildings adapt best when constantly refined and reshaped by their occupants, and that architects can mature from being artists of space to becoming artists of time. From the co...
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“@prfloriano What a wonderful book, enjoy! | Best design book that's not about design Go. For me, it's How Buildings Learn by Stewart Brand | One of my favorite books. | See also How Buildings Learn by @stewartbrand (a book that has greatly influenced influenced my thinking).”
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