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Life Between Buildings by Jan Gehl
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<div class="post-meta"><span title='2022-04-21 09:04:49 +0530 IST'>🗓 April 21, 2022</span> 1 min 🔖 <a href="/tags/non-fiction"> non-fiction</a> · <a href="/tags/architecture"> architecture</a> · <a href="/tags/society"> society</a>
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<p>One of the principal joys of reading is to discover the magic hidden in the seemingly banal things in life. I would’ve never cared to think twice about the intricacies of designing buildings and urban spaces, had it not been for this book. This serves as a gentle introduction to the fascinating study of how subtle differences in design of public spaces affect interactions on a much more broader scale.</p>
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navigator.clipboard.writeText(codeblock.textContent);
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copyingDone();
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return;
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}
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const range = document.createRange();
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range.selectNodeContents(codeblock);
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const selection = window.getSelection();
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selection.removeAllRanges();
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selection.addRange(range);
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try {
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document.execCommand('copy');
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copyingDone();
|
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} catch (e) { };
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selection.removeRange(range);
|
||
});
|
||
|
||
if (container.classList.contains("highlight")) {
|
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container.appendChild(copybutton);
|
||
} else if (container.parentNode.firstChild == container) {
|
||
|
||
} else if (codeblock.parentNode.parentNode.parentNode.parentNode.parentNode.nodeName == "TABLE") {
|
||
|
||
codeblock.parentNode.parentNode.parentNode.parentNode.parentNode.appendChild(copybutton);
|
||
} else {
|
||
|
||
codeblock.parentNode.appendChild(copybutton);
|
||
}
|
||
});
|
||
</script>
|
||
</body>
|
||
|
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</html>
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