The language of space / Bryan Lawson.

By:

Lawson, Bryan

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Oxford : Architectural Press, c2001. Description: vii, 263 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cmISBN:

9780750652469
0750652462

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

21 153.7/52

Contents:

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.

Summary: "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.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Premier University Central Library	153.7/52	1	Available		28885

Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-254) and index.

"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.

Architecture

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