Life Between Buildings

By Jan Gehl

Subjects: Architecture, Architecture and society, Pedestrian facilities design, Open spaces, Environmental aspects, City planning, Public spaces, Environmental aspects of City planning

Description: “. . .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