townscape

Many of his pictures have become so deeply ingrained in popular culture that some of our romanticized views of cities and landscapes stem from photos made by Cartier-Bresson, such as his shot of a townscape in the Italian village of L'Aquila, taken in 1951.

Cartier-Bresson and the Decisive Moment Goran Mijuk 2011

Normally apartments in New York are turned in, and I wanted to open it all up to the townscape.

Architect Shigeru Ban Julie Iovine 2011

In the art market, vivid stories do much of the selling—and on Wednesday, a collector paid Sotheby's in London a record $40 million for Schiele's earthen-hued townscape from 1914, "Houses with Colorful Laundry Suburb II."

Sotheby's Sells Schiele Townscape for $40 Million Kelly Crow 2011

And certainly not that what was left of an engineering marvel like this bridge would be erased from the townscape.

Railway Echo No 7 Peter Ashley 2008

Britain as a hard-working townscape by LS Lowry with wind turbines rather than brick chimneys?

Can manufacturing fill Britain's economic vacuum? 2010

The Wat Khili is an example of what Unesco World Heritage committee members in 1995 called a "unique townscape" the succesful fusion of "traditional architectural and urban structures and those of the European colonial rulers of the 19th and 20th centuries."

Historic Structures 2010

At the time of its listing, Unesco said the aim was to preserve a "unique townscape" that "represents, to an exceptional extent, the successful fusion of the traditional [Laotian] architectural and urban structures and those of the European colonial rulers of the 19th and 20th centuries."

A Tale of Two Cities 2010

And where most European urban residences opened out onto a public courtyard, the Dutch home opened out into the street in the front and at the back onto a private garden, as shown in the townscape below.

Archive 2008-02-01 Linda 2008

But the 80-year-old Korean War veteran and life-long resident of Long Island City has become a bit of a local celebrity for his efforts to capture the area's semi-industrial townscape before it completely succumbs to gentrification.

Long Island City Clicks With Honorary 'Mayor' 2010

Thanks to its 1995 listing as a Unesco World Heritage Site, Luang Prabang's colonial-era townscape is still largely intact.

City Walk: Luang Prabang 2010