TY - BOOK AU - Lawson, Bryan. TI - The language of space / SN - 9780750652469 U1 - 153.7/52 21 PY - 2001///. CY - Oxford PB - Architectural Press, KW - Spatial behavior KW - Space perception KW - Space and time KW - Comportement spatial KW - Perception spatiale. KW - Espace (Philosophie) N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-254) and index.; Space as language -- Space and the human dimension -- Mechanisms of perceiving space -- Ways of perceiving space -- Space and distance -- Proxemics -- The territory -- Space and time -- Recording space.; Architecture N2 - "Values of 'space' are challenged and informed to stimulate a new theoretical and practical approach to design where architectural and urban spaces are treated as psychological, social and cultural phenomena; spaces which accommodate, separate, structure, facilitate, heighten and even celebrate human spatial behaviour." "This book will prove fascinating and informative to design students and professionals interested in discovering new approaches to their work."--Jacket. ER -