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Life Between Buildings

Using Public Space

Jan Gehl

Published: 05/25/2008
Publisher: Danish Architectural Press
200 p.
ISBN: 9788774073604
Paperback: $54.00
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“. . .thoughtful, beautiful, and enlightening...”
—Jane Jacobs

“This book will have a lasting infl uence 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, fi nd 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.”
—Landscape Architecture

Biographies

Jan Gehl is an architect and professor of urban design at the School of Architecture, Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen. He has been awarded the Sir Patrick Abercrombie Prize for exemplary contributions to town planning by the International Union of Architects as well as an honorary doctorate from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh.

1. Life Between BuildingsThree Types of Outdoor ActivitiesOutdoor Activities and Quality of Outdoor SpaceOutdoor Activities and Architectural TrendsLife Between Buildings--in Current Social Situations 2. Prerequisites for PlanningProcesses and ProjectsSenses, Communication, and DimensionsLife Between Buildings--A Process 3. To Assemble or DisperseTo Assemble or DisperseTo Integrate or SegregateTo invite or repelTo Open Up or Close In 4. Spaces for Walking, Places for StayingSpaces for Walking--Places for Staying

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