Good thing you chose Clarkson as your avatar and not Hammond. Next time J-P P mustn't let the facts disturb the tale...
Mario-Paul Andretti
Sean, a very good start. It's not so hard, is it? Would like it very much if you went one level deeper, for example, what is it about #2 that enables it to accomplish what you mention?
Peter, I tried to find a list of Ross's first-30 designs (first 30 being the original instruction), but couldn't. Maybe "first 30" doesn't matter. On the other hand, the man is credited with 407 designs -- one probably could construct any number of "narratives" via careful selection.
But I do see your larger point -- uh, I think -- and per Phil's comments re TOC, what about a list of courses which represented some type of "reply" to TOC?
People say Alister Mackenzie's designs were the least type-able or stereotypical; however, I have become convinced that virtually every design of his was an attempt to work out the core, "deep architecture" of TOC. (I picture him as Richard Dreyfus in "Close Encounters," repetitively shaping his mashed potatoes into Eden. A fantasy that sadly is undercut by Mac's criticism of plasticine models. I digress.)
One way to execute Phil's point then would be to exclude TOC from the list (it's not going in, Phil!), but create a list of courses that were "responses" to TOC, be they amplifications in the case of Mackenzie designs or refutations.
And, of course, explaining how each one referenced TOC.
Alwoodley, Royal Melbourne, ANGC (NLE) and Meadow Club are perhaps the four designs that represent Mac's efforts to work out TOC's deep architecture.
Alternatively, you could do the same with Ross, although it seems like he might have sought the deep architecture of Dornoch. Well, at least you'll have Speedcart Ricky in your corner.
In which case, we can always stick Phil with the TOC thing since he's the only one to stick up for "the biggest piece of mess I've ever seen."
Mark