The shop/house - the building combining commercial/retail uses and dwellings - appears over many periods of history in most cities in the world. This book combines architectural history, cross-cultural understandings and accounts of contemporary policy and building practice to provide a comprehensive account of this common but overlooked building.
The shop/house - the building combining commercial/retail uses and dwellings - appears over many periods of history in most cities in the world. This book combines architectural history, cross-cultural understandings and accounts of contemporary policy and building practice to provide a comprehensive account of this common but overlooked building.
Howard Davis is Professor of Architecture at the University of Oregon. His work is concerned with the social and cultural frameworks of architecture, the process of building, and the relationships between building typology, urban morphology, and grassroots economic development. His book The Culture of Building was named Best Publication in Architecture and Urban Studies by the Association of American Publishers in 2000.
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Preface. Introduction: A Quintessential Urban Building. Part 1: The Shop/House as a Global Phenomenon 1. Shophouses of Asia 2. The Shop in the Palazzo: Rome, Southern Europe and Beyond 3. Merchants' Houses of Northern and Western Europe 4. From London to Main Street Part 2: The Fabric of Everyday Life 5. Living and Working in the City 6. The Geography of Mixed Uses 7. Adaptable Buildings and Flexible Economics 8. The Architecture of Hybrid Types Part 3: The Death and Life of the Modest Shop/House 9. The Gradual Separation of Family and Business 10. The Building Culture of the Divided City 11. Toward a Resilient Urbanism. Conclusion: Hybrid Urban Practice
Preface. Introduction: A Quintessential Urban Building. Part 1: The Shop/House as a Global Phenomenon 1. Shophouses of Asia 2. The Shop in the Palazzo: Rome, Southern Europe and Beyond 3. Merchants' Houses of Northern and Western Europe 4. From London to Main Street Part 2: The Fabric of Everyday Life 5. Living and Working in the City 6. The Geography of Mixed Uses 7. Adaptable Buildings and Flexible Economics 8. The Architecture of Hybrid Types Part 3: The Death and Life of the Modest Shop/House 9. The Gradual Separation of Family and Business 10. The Building Culture of the Divided City 11. Toward a Resilient Urbanism. Conclusion: Hybrid Urban Practice
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