The concise townscape.

By:

Cullen, Gordon, 1914-1994

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

Subject(s):

Summary: "Townscape" is the art of giving visual coherence and organisation to the jumble of buildings, streets, and spaces that make up the urban environment. Its concepts were first developed by Gordon Cullen in 'The Architectural Review' and were later embodied in the book ' TOWNSCAPE " (1961) which instantly established itself as a major influence on architects, planners and others concerned with what cities should look like. Its interest, however, goes far beyond the professional sphere. Some may see it as an important contribution to art and architectural history since, for the first time, it explores the fact that certain visual effects in the grouping of buildings were based on qite definable, if often spontaneous, aesthetic principles....

List(s) this item appears in: Richardson Collection | New Films and Books

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Barcode
Reference	Carleton University, AVRC	Richardson Collection - Non CIrculating - Call No. Accompanied by Red Dot	Open-stacks	HT166.C82 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not for loan	16055001221

First published in 1961 under title: Townscape.

Signed "D.S. Richardson - George Kapelos - Gift of George When M & I helped list the G. T. Kapelos Library, Feb 2012"

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