2. Noun. (arts) A depiction of an urban scene ¹
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Definition of Townscape
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Townscape
Literary usage of Townscape
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Architecture and Urbanization in Colonial Chiapas, Mexico by Sidney David Markman (1984)
"This dominating effect, though somewhat blunted in the contemporary townscape,
must have been the prime intention of the builders. ..."
2. Crossover: Architecture, Urbanism, Technology by Ad Graafland, Leslie Jaye Kavanaugh, George Baird (2006)
"By definition the townscape is not homogeneous but polymorphous, fragmented, ...
A townscape is a collage. In Rossi's view, the image of the ..."
3. Road Trip USA: Cross-Country Adventures on America's Two-Lane Highways by Jamie Jensen (2006)
"Wander along the waterfront or south along Morris Street to the village center,
through what may be the best-preserved colonial townscape left in America. ..."
4. The Urban Condition: Space, Community, and Self in the Contemporary Metropolis by Ghent Urban Studies Team (1999)
"22 This world of random happening comes down to the present by way of townscape
planning and its theatricalization in Disneyland and the festival ..."
5. Environment, Reconstruction, and Development: A Reportby Nelson Mandela, Anne V. T. White by Nelson Mandela, Anne V. T. White (1995)
"... Landscape and townscape; • Socioeconomic and demographic concerns, including
poverty and environmental health; • Housing and services; • Water, air, ..."
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