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Regions
Regional policies
Major structures which define the city
Communities and neighborhoods
Community networks
Character of local environments
Local centers
Housing
Work
Local road and path network
Public open land
Local common land
Transformation of the family
Transformation of work and learning
Transformation of local shops and gathering places
The overall arrangement of a group of buildings
The position of individual buildings
Entrances, gardens, courtyards, roofs and terraces
Paths and squares
Gradients and connection of space
The most important areas and rooms (in a house)
The most important areas and rooms (in offices, workshops and public buildings)
Outbuildings and access to the street and gardens
Knit the inside of the building to the outside
Arrange the gardens, and the places in the gardens
Inside, attach necessary minor rooms and alcoves
Fine tune the shape and size of rooms and alcoves
Give the walls some depth
Let the structure grow directly from your plans and your conception of the buildings
Work out the complete structural layout
Mark the column locations and erect the main frame
Fix the exact positions for openings and frame them
Put in the following subsidiary patterns
Put in the surfaces and indoor details
Build outdoor details
Complete the building
