Gordon Cullen Concise Townscape <LEGIT 2024>

You're referring to "The Concise Townscape" by Gordon Cullen!

He also critiqued modern planning’s failings: zoning, tower blocks in isolation, wide roads destroying enclosure, and lack of pedestrian scale. gordon cullen concise townscape

To his left and right, the buildings stood like sentinels. In his mind, he visualized the street as a long, straight tunnel. It was boring. It was a "vacuum." He realized that for a townscape to excite the human eye, it needed the element of time. As he walked, the view shifted. First, the street was a wide expanse. Then, the buildings narrowed. You're referring to "The Concise Townscape" by Gordon Cullen