Cullen, G., 1994, The concise townscape, Butterworth-Heinemann, Burlington
- Author : Cullen, G.
- Year : 1994
- Publisher : Butterworth-Heinemann
- Publisher's Location : Burlington
- ISBN : 0750620188
- Pages : 200
- Abstract : FROM THE BOOK: This is a reissue of an influential work with acute observations on the English urban landscape. "Townscape" is the art of giving visual coherence and organization to the jumble of buildings, streets and space that make up the urban environment. Table of Contents: Casebook, serial vision, place, content', the functional tradition, general studies, squares for all tastes, cross as a 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.
- Comments : KEYWORDS: landscape architecture, landscape design, urban open space Originally published as 'Townscape' in 1961