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I always recommend A Pattern Language.
IANAA, but I think this fits what you are asking for.
FWIW "A pattern language"is an excellent reference manual for Planning design architecture. I've heard that software engineers use it also
A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction (Center for Environmental Structure Series) https://www.amazon.com/dp/0195019199/ref=cm_sw_r_awdo_MWER9ETY04H313H7CJTB
May I suggest you read A Pattern Language. You don't need to read the whole thing, just the patterns that interest you. Well with your while, and very enjoyable.
Might I suggest spending $40 on "A Pattern Language" by Alexander which describes good building elements. It is considered the bible for architects, but it's very, very readable for the layman - over 200 3-6 page chapters. You will learn a lot about design and what features make a house into a home.
The best money I ever spent on a book.
Christopher Alexander et al. approve.
There's a chapter in there about this sort of thing, little hideouts for kids.
It's available on Amazon - that's where I got my copy. He's still alive btw
If you are going done that path, might I also suggest Jane Jacobs and anything about Curitiba Brasil.
Of course, Singapore has its own innovations as well in terms of public housing and architecture.
Yes. I immediately thought of architecture and the classic A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction (Center for Environmental Structure Series).
Unconventional take here, but A Pattern Language
Christopher Alexander is a great entry into architectural theory. Here’s a good video on his work: https://youtu.be/NAjz0INs3Lc. His book, A Pattern Language, should be read by all architects: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0195019199/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_KNCND0XZPJRA0YN127ZD. Stewart Hicks is a professor at University of Illinois, Chicago and has a good YouTube channel on architectural topics: https://youtube.com/user/stewarthicks. B1M is a channel that covers construction topics: https://youtube.com/c/Theb1mGoogle. For planning (the stuff you connect to) Not Just Bikes is on a roll: https://youtu.be/CCOdQsZa15o.
I want to recommend A Pattern Language. While not about software, this was the book that inspired Gamma et. al. to write their book.
The thing that you'll find with A Pattern Language is that it is completely different in how it approaches Patterns. One of the things to note is that there are hundreds of Patterns described in it and they are each described as solutions to problems rather than building blocks to be linked together.
I believe that the mindset of the Pattern like a Lego brick is detrimental to software design. And I've ranted about this.
I'll also point to a post that is adjacent to another that I reference in /r/cscareerquestions - Why Patterns Failed And Why You Should Care and the Patterns tag from that professor. The link to Deconstruct Conf 2017 has the talk that is being described... and some other ones that might pique your interest and lead you to literature (and maybe other contacts).
Read the book A Pattern Language by Christopher Alexander. It is actually a book for architecture, but you can use allot of it in game design. Another good book is Level design in games by Phil Co.
Here's something quite different: A Pattern Language. At one level a non-technical guide to architecture and urban design, at another an insight into what each of us wants from human society. It'll tell you things that you always knew but had never been able to identify as discrete concepts.
Below is an Amazon review from someone who shares my opinion of the book:
> When I picked up this book from a friend's bookshelf, I thought it was about language. Being an English graduate, I was curious. However, I was not expecting to respond the way I did. I found a book that has been immensely important to me (even as a non-architect) for the last ten years. > > I discovered photos and patterns of living and building that connected with something very deeply within me. It is a book that can move to tears. One reviewer has called it Utopian - I disagree. To me it's Edenic. It has stumbled across something that expresses a latent desire within all of us - to experience true community. > > We have been starved over the centuries, especially since the Industrial Revolution, of an environment that is fully congruent with community, with life and with relationships. The patterns of building in this book are patterns for living in a connected way. It refuses to view buildings as merely aesthetic singularities but recognises the connections between humanness, the land and our constructions. > > The book is timeless, not dated, hopeful, insightful, caring for the whole person. I abhor some of the urban monstrosities that are raised up without a single thought for how people experience them whether visually or kinaesthetically, or how they connect with other buildings or the land they are built on. > > It's a magical book. Even if you know nothing about architecture, it will delight and stun you. It should be compulsory reading for anyone involved in urban planning or architecture. Please read it!
In fact, I'm going to read a few more patterns right now. :)
Christopher Alexander's books are expensive, so check your local library: http://www.amazon.com/Pattern-Language-Buildings-Construction-Environmental/dp/0195019199
You should feel bad.
Read this and understand why Larimer Square is awesome and why more tall buildings will make Denver suck.
(Spoiler - buildings above 6 stories rob the ground of sunlight and prevent the ground from warming up making the city feel dark and cold at street level).
This happened in Denver once already when they removed the viaducts that kept Lodo in the dark. When viaducts came down, the light streamed in and Lodo flourished. And now these greedy developers are going to undo all that and fuck it up.
Not good.
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