Concise Townscape Concise Townscape

Concise Townscape

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Publisher Description

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.

GENRE
Arts & Entertainment
RELEASED
2012
10 September
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
200
Pages
PUBLISHER
Taylor & Francis
SIZE
44.8
MB

Customer Reviews

superfuz ,

Still one of the best book on Urban Design

I read this book as a student and have just reread it 30 years later.
It hasn’t dated and the writing is wonderfully engaging.
Gordon as well as a great draftsman speaks his mind and what an unusualy clear mind it is!

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