Concise Townscape

by Gordon Cullen

Overview

This book pioneered the concept of townscape. 'Townscape' is the art of giving visual coherence and organization to the jumble of buildings, streets and space that make up the urban environment. It has been a major influence on architects, planners and others concerned with what cities should look like.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780750620185
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/01/1961
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	200
Product dimensions:	6.88(w) x 9.69(h) x (d)

About the Author

Gordon Cullen

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements; Introduction; Introduction to 1971 Edition; Casebook: Serial vision; Place; Content; The functional tradition; General Studies: Squares for all tastes; Cross as focal point; Closure; Line of life; Legs and wheels; Hazards; The floor; Prairie planning; Rule of thumb; Street lighting; Outdoor publicity; The wall; The English climate; Casebook precedents; Trees incorporated; Change of level; Here and there; Immediacy; Endpiece; Index

Editorial Reviews

'A welcome reissue of this influential work, with acute observations on the English urban landscape, fully backed up with photographs and the author's characteristic drawings.'
Soc. of Architectual & Industrial Illustrators News

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