Preface -- List of Figures -- Introduction: Why this Book? -- PART I: PROLEGOMENON TO THE SCIENCE OF ARCHITECTURAL SOCIOLOGY -- 1. Precursors -- 2. Conceptualization -- 3. Systematization -- PART II: SOCIAL SPACING AS A SOCIOLOGICAL THEME OF ARCHITECTURE -- 4. The Face-to-Face Communication Network and Structure in General -- 5. Visible Communication -- 6. Audible Communication -- 7. Osmatic Communication -- 8. Haptic Communication -- 9. Sapid Communication -- 10. Polysensory Communication -- PART III: COMMUNICATION THROUGH ARCHITECTURE: WHAT IS ARCHITECTURE? A SOCIOLOGIST'S VIEW -- 11. Architecture as a Communication Medium: A General Discussion -- 12. The Geometry of Architectural Morphology: From 'Free Form' to 'Open Region' -- 13. Acoustical Space -- 14. Optical Space -- 15. Haptic Space -- 16. 'Osmotic' and Hermetic Space -- 17. Multiplicity of Sensory Spaces and the Multisensory Composition -- 18. Space Impression through Dynamic Exploration -- 19. Syntax of Space Systems and Subsystems -- PART IV: STUDYING SPACE EFFECTS ON FACE-TO-FACE COMMUNICATION BY EXPERIMENTATION: EXPERIMENTAL SOCIOLOGY BEGINS WITH THE SOCIOLOGY OF ARCHITECTURE -- 20. Systematic Observation and Inferences: Epistemological Foundation -- 21. Traceable Elements for a Model in Experimental Sociology of Architecture -- 22. Prospects for Future Research -- 23. Epistemological Qualifiers of Hardness (in Soft Sciences) -- Bibliography -- Subject Index.