Concise Townscape

ISBN-13: 9780750620185 / Angielski / Miękka / 1961 / 200 str.

Gordon Cullen

Opis

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.

Recenzje

'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

Spis treści

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

O autorze

Gordon Cullen