Thanks, Leslie – but that’s not what I was looking for. I contacted an architect/planner friend of mine, and wanted to reply in case in the future there are any other confused L.A.s out there looking for answers to this question.
The firm that coined the term “pattern books”:
Urban Design Associates: http://www.urbandesignassociates.com/patternbooks-1/
a specific example that I found most helpful from Lessard Design:
http://www.lessarddesign.com/projects/westphalia/
(the link to Westphalia’s pattern book can be found on that webpage)
