Living over the store : architecture and local urban life /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Davis, Howard, 1948-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2012.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. A quintessential urban building
  • The shop/house as a global phenomenon. Shophouses of Asia
  • The shop in the palazzo : Rome, southern Europe and beyond
  • Merchants' houses of northern and western Europe
  • From London to Main Street
  • The fabric of everyday life. Living and working in the city
  • The geography of mixed uses
  • Adaptable buildings and flexible economics
  • The architecture of hybrid types
  • The death and life of the modest shop/house. The gradual separation of family and business
  • The building culture of the divided city
  • Toward a resilient urbanism
  • Conclusion. Hybrid urban practice.