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The concise townscape / Gordon Cullen.
By: Cullen, Gordon
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Material type: 
BookPublisher: London : Architectural Press, 1971Edition: [New ed.].Description: 199 p. : (chiefly illus, maps) ; 21 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0851395686 .Subject(s): City planning | City planning -- EnglandDDC classification: 711.43
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Store Item | 711.43 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00032824 |
Total holds: 0
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- 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