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VILLAGESCAPE [1 record]

Record 1 1992-03-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Neology and Linguistic Borrowing
  • Residential Architecture
DEF

the pattern made by the forms and colours of rural buildings grouped into a village.

CONT

... the quality and results of Essex County Council' s pioneering 1974 Design Guide for Residential Areas, which set a pattern for a new "villagescape" of traditional pitched roofs, authentic regional forms and colours and above all the close and varied grouping of buildings in narrow lanes and closes.(The Countryman, Winter 1984-1985, p. 156.)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Néologie et emprunts
  • Architecture d'habitation

Spanish

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