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Ian Nairn, Townscape and the Campaign Against Subtopia

The Townscape movement had a strong influence in the British academic and professional circles. Ian Nairn was one of its early and most important advocates, particularly due to his writings for the influencial magazine Architectural Review and his TV shows. In this article based on her master’s thesis, Lorenza Pavesi discusses Nairn’s importance for planning and urban design. Lorenza is currently a visiting researcher at CPR, studying the diffusion of Townscape principles in the US, Italy, and Brazil towards her PhD with the University of São Paulo, Brazil.