diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index fec4346ca..b556212a4 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ pub use dimension::NdIndex;
 pub use dimension::IxDynImpl;
 pub use indexes::{indices, indices_of};
 pub use error::{ShapeError, ErrorKind};
+pub use reshape::{ArrayViewTemp, ArrayViewMutTemp, ArrayViewMutTempRepr, Order};
 pub use slice::{Slice, SliceInfo, SliceNextDim, SliceOrIndex};
 
 use iterators::Baseiter;
@@ -152,6 +153,7 @@ mod linalg_traits;
 mod linspace;
 mod numeric_util;
 mod error;
+mod reshape;
 mod shape_builder;
 mod stacking;
 mod zip;
diff --git a/src/reshape.rs b/src/reshape.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..132722c1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/reshape.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,234 @@
+use {Array, ArrayBase, ArrayView, ArrayViewMut, Data, DataMut, DataOwned, Dimension,
+     IntoDimension, ShapeError};
+
+pub enum ArrayViewTemp<'a, A: 'a, D: Dimension> {
+    Temporary(Array<A, D>),
+    View(ArrayView<'a, A, D>),
+}
+
+impl<'a, A, D> ArrayViewTemp<'a, A, D>
+where
+    D: Dimension,
+{
+    pub fn view(&self) -> ArrayView<A, D> {
+        match *self {
+            ArrayViewTemp::Temporary(ref tmp) => tmp.view(),
+            ArrayViewTemp::View(ref view) => view.view(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub struct ArrayViewMutTempRepr<'a, A, Do, Dt>
+where
+    A: 'a,
+    Do: Dimension,
+    Dt: Dimension,
+{
+    /// Mutable view of the original array.
+    view: ArrayViewMut<'a, A, Do>,
+    /// Temporary owned array that can be modified through `.view_mut()`.
+    tmp: Array<A, Dt>,
+    /// Closure that gets called `(drop_hook)(view, tmp)` when `self` is dropped.
+    drop_hook: Box<FnMut(&mut ArrayViewMut<'a, A, Do>, &mut Array<A, Dt>)>,
+}
+
+impl<'a, A, Do, Dt> ArrayViewMutTempRepr<'a, A, Do, Dt>
+where
+    Do: Dimension,
+    Dt: Dimension,
+{
+    pub fn new(
+        view: ArrayViewMut<'a, A, Do>,
+        tmp: Array<A, Dt>,
+        drop_hook: Box<FnMut(&mut ArrayViewMut<'a, A, Do>, &mut Array<A, Dt>)>,
+    ) -> Self {
+        ArrayViewMutTempRepr {
+            view,
+            tmp,
+            drop_hook,
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Returns a view of the temporary array.
+    pub fn view(&self) -> ArrayView<A, Dt> {
+        self.tmp.view()
+    }
+
+    /// Returns a mutable view of the temporary array.
+    pub fn view_mut(&mut self) -> ArrayViewMut<A, Dt> {
+        self.tmp.view_mut()
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'a, A, Do, Dt> Drop for ArrayViewMutTempRepr<'a, A, Do, Dt>
+where
+    Do: Dimension,
+    Dt: Dimension,
+{
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        let ArrayViewMutTempRepr {
+            ref mut view,
+            ref mut tmp,
+            ref mut drop_hook,
+        } = *self;
+        (drop_hook)(view, tmp);
+    }
+}
+
+pub enum ArrayViewMutTemp<'a, A, Do, Dt>
+where
+    A: 'a,
+    Do: Dimension,
+    Dt: Dimension,
+{
+    Temporary(ArrayViewMutTempRepr<'a, A, Do, Dt>),
+    View(ArrayViewMut<'a, A, Dt>),
+}
+
+impl<'a, A, Do, Dt> ArrayViewMutTemp<'a, A, Do, Dt>
+where
+    Do: Dimension,
+    Dt: Dimension,
+{
+    pub fn view(&self) -> ArrayView<A, Dt> {
+        match *self {
+            ArrayViewMutTemp::Temporary(ref tmp) => tmp.view(),
+            ArrayViewMutTemp::View(ref view) => view.view(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn view_mut(&mut self) -> ArrayViewMut<A, Dt> {
+        match *self {
+            ArrayViewMutTemp::Temporary(ref mut tmp) => tmp.view_mut(),
+            ArrayViewMutTemp::View(ref mut view) => view.view_mut(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// This is analogous to the `order` parameter in
+/// [`numpy.reshape()`](https://docs.scipy.org/doc/numpy/reference/generated/numpy.reshape.html#numpy.reshape).
+pub enum Order {
+    /// C-like order
+    RowMajor,
+    /// Fortran-like order
+    ColMajor,
+    /// Fortran-like order if the array is Fortran contiguous in memory, C-like order otherwise
+    Automatic,
+}
+
+impl<A, S, D> ArrayBase<S, D>
+where
+    S: Data<Elem = A>,
+    D: Dimension,
+{
+    /// Returns an `ArrayViewTemp` instance with the desired shape.
+    ///
+    /// The reshaped data can be read by calling `.view()` on the
+    /// `ArrayViewTemp` instance.
+    ///
+    /// This method does not require the data to be contiguous in memory.
+    ///
+    /// **Errors** if `self` doesn't have the same number of elements as `shape`.
+    pub fn view_with_shape<E>(
+        &self,
+        shape: E,
+        order: Order,
+    ) -> Result<ArrayViewTemp<A, E::Dim>, ShapeError>
+    where
+        A: Clone,
+        E: IntoDimension,
+    {
+        match order {
+            Order::RowMajor => if self.is_standard_layout() {
+                Ok(ArrayViewTemp::View(self.view().into_shape(shape)?))
+            } else {
+                let tmp = Array::from_iter(self.iter().cloned()).into_shape(shape)?;
+                Ok(ArrayViewTemp::Temporary(tmp))
+            },
+            Order::ColMajor => unimplemented!(),
+            Order::Automatic => {
+                if self.ndim() > 1 && self.view().reversed_axes().is_standard_layout() {
+                    self.view_with_shape(shape, Order::ColMajor)
+                } else {
+                    self.view_with_shape(shape, Order::RowMajor)
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Returns an `ArrayViewMutTemp` instance with the desired shape.
+    ///
+    /// The reshaped data can be read/written by calling `.view_mut()` on the
+    /// `ArrayViewMutTemp` instance.
+    ///
+    /// This method does not require the data to be contiguous in memory.
+    ///
+    /// **Errors** if `self` doesn't have the same number of elements as `shape`.
+    pub fn view_mut_with_shape<E>(
+        &mut self,
+        shape: E,
+        order: Order,
+    ) -> Result<ArrayViewMutTemp<A, D, E::Dim>, ShapeError>
+    where
+        A: Clone,
+        S: DataMut,
+        E: IntoDimension,
+    {
+        match order {
+            Order::RowMajor => if self.is_standard_layout() {
+                Ok(ArrayViewMutTemp::View(self.view_mut().into_shape(shape)?))
+            } else {
+                let tmp = Array::from_iter(self.iter().cloned()).into_shape(shape)?;
+                Ok(ArrayViewMutTemp::Temporary(ArrayViewMutTempRepr::new(
+                    self.view_mut(),
+                    tmp,
+                    Box::new(|view, tmp| {
+                        view.iter_mut()
+                            .zip(tmp.iter())
+                            .for_each(|(o, t)| *o = t.clone())
+                    }),
+                )))
+            },
+            Order::ColMajor => unimplemented!(),
+            Order::Automatic => {
+                if self.ndim() > 1 && self.view().reversed_axes().is_standard_layout() {
+                    self.view_mut_with_shape(shape, Order::ColMajor)
+                } else {
+                    self.view_mut_with_shape(shape, Order::RowMajor)
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Returns a new array with the desired shape.
+    ///
+    /// This method does not require the data to be contiguous in memory.
+    ///
+    /// **Errors** if `self` doesn't have the same number of elements as `shape`.
+    pub fn into_shape_owned<E>(
+        self,
+        shape: E,
+        order: Order,
+    ) -> Result<ArrayBase<S, E::Dim>, ShapeError>
+    where
+        A: Clone,
+        S: DataOwned,
+        E: IntoDimension,
+    {
+        match order {
+            Order::RowMajor => if self.is_standard_layout() {
+                self.into_shape(shape)
+            } else {
+                unimplemented!()
+            },
+            Order::ColMajor => unimplemented!(),
+            Order::Automatic => {
+                if self.ndim() > 1 && self.view().reversed_axes().is_standard_layout() {
+                    self.into_shape_owned(shape, Order::ColMajor)
+                } else {
+                    self.into_shape_owned(shape, Order::RowMajor)
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}