Life Between Buildings: Using Public Space

Jan Gehl

ISBN 10: 1597268275 / ISBN 13: 9781597268271

Published by Island Press, 2011

About this Item

2011. Sixth Edition. Paperback. Published in 1971, this book was very much a protest against the functionalistic principles for planning cities and residential areas that prevailed during that period. It appeals to you with a basic message: Take good care of the life between your buildings. Num Pages: 200 pages, b&w photos. BIC Classification: AMVD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 320. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Seller Inventory # V9781597268271

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Life Between Buildings: Using Public Space
• Publisher: Island Press
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1597268275
• ISBN 13: 9781597268271
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

“. . .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

About the Author

Jan Gehl is a founding partner of Gehl Architects—Urban Quality Consultants. He is the author of Life Between Buildings and Public Spaces, Public Life. He has received numerous awards for his work and is widely credited with creating and renewing urban spaces in cities around the world, including Copenhagen, Melbourne, New York City, London, and many others.