People Cities: The Life and Legacy of Jan Gehl

by Peter Newman and Annie Matan

"A good city is like a good party--you stay for longer than you plan," says Danish architect Jan Gehl. He believes that good architecture is not about form, but about the interaction between form and life. Over the last 50 years, Gehl has changed the way that we think about architecture and city planning--moving from the Modernist separation of uses to a human-scale approach inviting people to use their cities.

At a time when growing numbers...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1610917146
• ISBN13: 9781610917148
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Island Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.2" x 10.0"