New City Spaces

Description

The upsurge in interest in public spaces and public life over the past 25 years has generated an impressive array of city plans, public space strategies and designs.

This book presents an overview of this development and provides a detailed description of architecturally interesting and inspiring public space strategies and projects from all over the world.

Nine cities with notable public space strategies were selected for special review; Barcelona, Lyon, Strasbourg, Freiburg and Copenhagen in Europe, Portland in North America, Curitiba and Cordoba in South America and Melbourne in Australia.

In addition, 39 public space projects are presented and discussed. Drawings, plans and photographs illustrate city strategies and public space projects in detail in this splendid book from the Danish Architectural Press.

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About the Author

Jan Gehl

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.

Lars Gemzoe

Lars Gemzøe is an architect and senior lecturer in urban design at the School of Architecture, Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and at DIS, Denmark’s International Study Program in Copenhagen.

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