Derided in some quarters for being the preserve of the volume housebuilder, pattern books have a rich history and could yet play a part in the government’s new housing drive Pattern books might seem a ...

You wouldn’t expect a study of children’s playtime to inspire a book on pattern-making, but for Usha Doshi, a Fellow at the Royal College of Art, and member of the COS design studio since 2007, a ...

Last year the New South Wales (NSW) government in south-eastern Australia launched an international competition seeking designs for a new ‘pattern book’ providing ready-made terrace and small-scale ...