books by Allan B. Jacobs

books by Allan B. Jacobs

books:

Allan B. Jacobs

The Boulevard Book: History, Evolution, Design of Multiway Boulevards

Allan B. Jacobs, Elizabeth Macdonald, ...

The MIT Press, 2003

terrific source book for urban designers
This is such an interesting book. Boulevards have been neglected for several generations because they somehow didn't fit into the vocabulary used by traffic engineers. But thanks to Allan and Elizabeth, we know that they are extremely efficient ways of carrying traffic ...

Looking at Cities
Allan B. Jacobs

Harvard University Press, 1985

Great Streets

Allan B. Jacobs

The MIT Press, 1995

If you're an Urban Planner or a World Traveler...
...this is a reference book in the sense that it mentions so many important and peculiar streets in the world, many of which, I'm sure, you've heard about or possibly even visited. Mr. Jacobs' accounts of his own travels and his feelings while strolling down those ...

Grandes calles

Allan B Jacobs

Colegio de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos, 1996

great book
Everybody interested in urban desing or simply in the characteristics of great streets. very nice edition of "great streets" in spanish.