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Terence Eden

🆕 blog! “Book Review: "How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They're Built" by Stewart Brand”
★★★★★

People who fart about with computers like to give themselves highfalutin titles. We're not programmers; we're architects! Yeah, nah. I wish I knew who recommended this book to me so that I could properly thank them. It is an astonishing series…

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Book Review: "How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They're Built" by Stewart Brand

People who fart about with computers like to give themselves highfalutin titles. We're not programmers; we're architects! Yeah, nah. I wish I knew who recommended this book to me so that I could properly thank them. It is an astonishing series of life lessons viewed through the lens of architecture. Even to a lay-person like [...]

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Show threadZoeDec 14, 2023
@Edent Just another vote for the TV series is well worth a watch
Show threadJulian LawsonDec 15, 2023
@z303 @Edent thanks! Link for everyone's reference https://www.openculture.com/2015/07/watch-stewart-brands-6-part-series-how-buildings-learn-with-music-by-brian-eno.html
Watch Stewart Brand’s 6‑Part Series How Buildings Learn, With Music by Brian Eno

Stewart Brand came onto the cultural scene during the 1960s, helping to stage the Acid Tests made famous by Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters, and later launching the influential Whole Earth Catalog (something Steve Jobs described as 'Google in paperback form, 35 years before Google came along').

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Show threadGlenn FleishmanDec 14, 2023
@Edent one of my favorite books of all time. I try to reread it every few years.
Show threadMatt EdgarDec 15, 2023
@Edent Agreed. It's a wonderful book. We have a home repairs Trello board named after chapter 8. 'The Romance of Maintenance' (my wife begs to differ)
Show threadJulian LawsonDec 15, 2023
@Edent thanks for the review. I'd also highly recommend the fascinating Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius. Written ~2000 years ago, its tenets of Stability, Utility and Beauty are relevant to modern software development.
Show threadLeigh DoddsDec 15, 2023
@Edent where did you find a copy? hard copies are like 30-50 quid, can't find an ebook and library doesn't have it unfortunately.