Landscape & Environment, Physiological Psychology, Cognitive Science, Physics of Time, Behavioral Psychology

Language of Space

Name: Language of Space
Author: Bryan Lawson
ISBN: 9781136389320

by Bryan Lawson

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Overview

This unique guide provides a systematic overview of the idea of architectural space.

Bryan Lawson provides an ideal introduction to the topic, breaking down the complex and abstract terms used by many design theoreticians when writing about architectural space. Instead, our everyday knowledge is reintroduced to the language of design. Design values of 'space' are challenged and informed to stimulate a new theoretical and practical approach to design.

This book views architectural and urban spaces as psychological, social and partly cultural phenomena. They accommodate, separate, structure, facilitate, heighten and even celebrate human spatial behaviour.

Audience: Students of architecture. Architecture lecturers and professional architects.

About the Author, Bryan Lawson

Bryan Lawson is a Professor of Architecture at the University of Sheffield. He is however both an architect and a psychologist, which has enabled him to study the nature of the design process.

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'A hugely interesting book for both expert and novice alike. This book allows the reader to look at everyday events and meetings in another light. It is well written and highly entertaining'
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