townscape

American  

[toun-skeyp] / ˈtaʊnˌskeɪp /

noun

1. a scene or view, either pictorial or natural, of a town or city.

2. the planning and building of structures in a town or city, with special concern for aesthetically pleasing results.

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townscape British  

/ ˈtaʊnskeɪp /

noun

1. a view of an urban scene

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Etymology

Origin of townscape

First recorded in 1875–80; town + -scape

Example Sentences

The townscape of buildings in the background to the left is also a digitally added miniature.

From New York Times • Sep. 13, 2021

The prospect seemed as modest as it was isolated—just another Spanish townscape distorted by heat shimmers.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 6, 2020

Clusters of purple and gold, sharply different from the green and white of the pretty Ohio University, or the gray of the dominant Ohio State, have begun to dot the townscape.

From Washington Post • Nov. 7, 2019

High Street, Oxford is the young Turner's most significant townscape... if the Ashmolean does not acquire the painting, it will be sold on the open market.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2015

And nor were the buildings in An Architect's Dream, a fantasy townscape painted in 1840 by American artist Thomas Cole.

From The Guardian • Feb. 1, 2013