Murray Silverstein (born September 19, 1943) co-

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ed the books ''

A Pattern Language ''A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction'' is a 1977 book on architecture, urban design, and community livability. It was authored by Christopher Alexander, Sara Ishikawa and Murray Silverstein of the Center for Environmental Stru ...

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The Oregon Experiment ''The Oregon Experiment'' is a 1975 book by Christopher Alexander and collaborators Murray Silverstein, Shlomo Angel, Sara Ishikawa, and Denny Abrams. It describes an experimental approach to campus community planning at the University of Oreg ...

. At that time, he taught

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courses at the

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, and subsequently taught at the

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. He had also written several articles on

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s. As a young designer, he worked for noted California architect

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. In 2006, a collection of his poetry entitled "Any Old Wolf" was published by Sixteen Rivers Press.Author Profile
at Sixteen Rivers

Published works

Silverstein's published works include: * Alexander, C., Silverstein, M., Angel, S., Ishikawa, S., Abrams, D. (1975). The Oregon Experiment (Center for Environmental Structure Series, Vol. 3). Oxford University Press. * Alexander, C., Ishikawa, S., Silverstein, M. (1977). A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction. Oxford University Press, USA. * Jacobson, M., Silverstein, M., & Winslow, B. (2002). Patterns of home: The ten essentials of enduring design. Taunton Press.

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