Gordon Cullen (1914-1994) was a mastro architect. Gordon Cullen was an English architect,. an urban designer who carried on the of the Townscape movement theme. Later on he wrote and published the “Townscape” book in 1961. He was a key motivator and activist in the

Esthetic Purposes of Color, Waldron Faulkner. Color serves many esthetic purposes in the design of buildings.

It creates an atmosphere. A bright color scheme for a building tends express gaiety and excitement; a quiet scheme may express dignity and repose.

It suggests either unity or diversity. A uniform color scheme contributes a sense of unity, while a varied color scheme gives a feeling of diversity.

It expresses the character of materials. If a building has a red tile roof, gray stone walls, and brown wood trim, the essential character of each …

Theories of Urban Spatial Design, Roger Trancik
Figure Ground Theory
The city as a clearly defined system of solids and voids. The building coverage is denser than the exterior space, thereby giving shape to the public openings. (1) Figure-ground theory: In this approach, the starting point for an understanding of urban form is the analysis of relationships between building mass and open space. Figure-ground analyses are powerful tools for identifying the textures and patterns of the urban fabric as well as problems in its spatial order, but can lead to a static …

The Problem of Urban Design, Roger Trancik
Lost Space
Lost space is the leftover unstructured landscape at the base of high-rise towers or the unused sunken plaza away from the flow of pedestrian activity in the city.

Concise Townscape Theory, Gordon Cullen
Serial Vision
Serial Vision is to walk from one end of the plan to another, at a uniform pace, will provide a sequence of revelations which are suggested in the serial drawings opposite, reading from left to right.