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ˈtownscape
[f. town n., after landscape.]
1. A picture or view of a town.
1880Ld. R. Gower Figure Painters Holland 66 It is a landscape, or rather a townscape. 1889J. J. Hissey Tour in Phaeton 263 Some of the quaint townscapes (to invent another word) of our romantic, unspoilt English towns. 1959Sunday Times 18 Jan. 16/8 These townscapes display, in short, the internal contradictions which also mark this painter's portraits of the aged rich. 1962Listener 4 Oct. 515/2 The tranquillity of his land- and town-scapes.
2. The arrangement and overall appearance of the buildings, spaces, and other physical features of a town.
1937Evening News 23 Apr. 10/4, I prefer a townscape with human figures to a landscape with trees. 1939Archit. Rev. LXXXVI. 235/2 That universal Croydon towards which the townscapes of England are tending. 1953Ibid. CXIV. 33 If I were asked to define Townscape I would say that one building is architecture but two buildings is Townscape. For as soon as two buildings are juxtaposed the art of Townscape is released. Such problems as the relationship between the building and the space between the buildings immediately assume importance. 1972Oxford Times 27 Oct. 2/6 Mr John Ashdown, the city's conservation officer, said the monument would add to the townscape and be particularly attractive when seen by people walking up Turl Street. 1983Listener 20 Jan. 27/3 The tall, usurping factor of Aurungzeb's mosque, dominating the townscape that some remember.
Hence ˈtownscaper, one who plans townscapes; ˈtownscaping, the planning of townscapes.
1949Archit. Rev. CV. 249 Though the townscaper may welcome the contribution of street publicity to the urban scene there is one pitfall he must avoid—impropriety. 1953Ibid. CXIV. 251 The townscaper's box of tricks—enclosure, escape, claustrophobia, surprise, delight, relief. 1959New Statesman 16 May 686/2 All over the unbuilt ground surface of the Churchill Gardens estate there is evidence of an attitude indistinguishable from Townscaping. 1961Guardian 18 Jan. 10/6 This cool new piece of townscaping. |