The Concise Townscape

he approaches the city as a serial vision with a sequence of revelations. The slightest deviation in alignment has disproportionally powerful effect in the third dimension. He distinguished closure from enclosure and therefor discusses the square as part of the towns sequence.

Thomas Gordon Cullen (b. 9 August 1914, Calverley - 11 August 1994, Wraysbury) was an influential English architect and urban designer who was a key motivator in the Townscape movement. He is best known for the book Townscape, first published in 1961. Later editions of Townscape were published under the title The Concise Townscape