Crescent (urban development)

Royal Crescent in Bath

A crescent [ ˈkrɛs (ə) nt ] is a crescent-shaped row of houses swinging back. This arrangement results in a generous urban design that encompasses the landscape. The name can be derived from English and means crescent or crescent moon .

This idea was consistently implemented in the 18th century, especially in Bath , England .

literature

• MA Green: The Eighteenth Century Architecture of Bath , 1904
• AE Brinckmann : Stadtbaukunst , 1920
• John Newenham Summerson , AF Kersting: Architecture in Britain 1530 to 1830 , Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut, USA 1993, ISBN 0-300058861