Life between buildings : using public space /
Gehl, Jan.
Life between buildings : using public space / Jan Gehl; translated by Jo Koch - Washington, D.C : Island Press, c2011 - 207 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword -- 1. Life between buildings -- 2. Prerequisites for planning -- 3. To assemble or disperse: city and site planning -- 4.Spaces for walking, places for staying detail planning -- Bibliography -- Illustrations credits -- Index.
This book will have a lasting influence on the future quality of public open spaces. By helping us better understand the larger public life of cities, Life between Buildings can only move us toward more lively and healthy public places. Buy this book, find a comfortable place to sit in a public park or plaza, begin reading, look around. You will be surprised at how you will start to see (and design) the world differently.
9781597268271
CITY PLANNING
HT 166 .G44 2011
Life between buildings : using public space / Jan Gehl; translated by Jo Koch - Washington, D.C : Island Press, c2011 - 207 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword -- 1. Life between buildings -- 2. Prerequisites for planning -- 3. To assemble or disperse: city and site planning -- 4.Spaces for walking, places for staying detail planning -- Bibliography -- Illustrations credits -- Index.
This book will have a lasting influence on the future quality of public open spaces. By helping us better understand the larger public life of cities, Life between Buildings can only move us toward more lively and healthy public places. Buy this book, find a comfortable place to sit in a public park or plaza, begin reading, look around. You will be surprised at how you will start to see (and design) the world differently.
9781597268271
CITY PLANNING
HT 166 .G44 2011