Flutterby™! : Patterns in practice

Ages ago, I said of the book A Pattern Language that:

The rules for towns seem to lead to a horribly static and structured culture, the houses all seem cozy, but perhaps confining, and the building methods seem to ignore some issues that I'd sure want resolved before I put tens if not hundreds of thousands into a house.

Over at Sociate there's a link and some background on a quick presentation on patterns in use around Christopher Alexander's house, which confirms my thoughts on the matter.