New City Spaces

by Jan Gehl, Lars Gemzøe, Richard Rogers (Foreword)

The past 25 years have seen a marked increase in the interest for public spaces and public life. The book presents an overview of the developments in the use and planning of public spaces, and offers a detailled description of architecturally interesting and inspiering public space stategies and projects from all parts of the World. In this context 9 cities with interesting public space strategies is presented: Barcelona, Lyon, Strasbourg, Freiburg and Copenhagen in Europe, Portland in North America, Curitiba and Cordoba in South America and Melbourne in Australia. Further 39 selected public space projects from all parts of the World are presented and discussed. City strategies as well as public space projects are extensively illustrated by drawings, plans and photographs.

Genres: Architecture, Urbanism, Design, Urban Planning, Nonfiction, Urban Design, Urban

264 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2001

About the author

Jan Gehl is a Danish architect and urban design consultant based in Copenhagen and whose career has focused on improving the quality of urban life by re-orienting city design towards the pedestrian and cyclist.