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Living over the store : architecture and local urban life, Howard Davis

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Summary
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 merchant's house in northern European cities, the Asian shophouse, the apartment building on New York avenues, typical apartment buildings in Rome and in Paris - this variety of shop/houses along with the commonality of attributes that form them, mean that the hybrid phenomenon is as much a social and economic one as it is an architectural one. Professionals, city officials and developers are taking a new look at buildings that allow for higher densities and mixed-use. Describing exemplary contemporary projects and issues pertaining to their implementation as well as the background, cultural variety and urban attributes, this book will benefit designers dealing with mixed-use buildings as well as academics and students
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
vii, 256 p.
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
Isbn
9780415783163
Instance
Label
Living over the store : architecture and local urban life
Title
Living over the store
Title remainder
architecture and local urban life
Statement of responsibility
Howard Davis
Title variation
Architecture and local urban life
Creator
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
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 merchant's house in northern European cities, the Asian shophouse, the apartment building on New York avenues, typical apartment buildings in Rome and in Paris - this variety of shop/houses along with the commonality of attributes that form them, mean that the hybrid phenomenon is as much a social and economic one as it is an architectural one. Professionals, city officials and developers are taking a new look at buildings that allow for higher densities and mixed-use. Describing exemplary contemporary projects and issues pertaining to their implementation as well as the background, cultural variety and urban attributes, this book will benefit designers dealing with mixed-use buildings as well as academics and students
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DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1948-
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Davis, Howard
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
Index
index present
LC call number
NA4177
LC item number
.D38 2012
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Shophouses
  • City and town life
  • Haus
  • Laden
  • Stadtgestaltung
  • Stadtleben
  • City and town life
  • Shophouses
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Living over the store : architecture and local urban life, Howard Davis
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
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
Dimensions
25 cm.
Extent
vii, 256 p.
Isbn
9780415783163
Isbn Type
(hardback : alk. paper)
Lccn
2011016350
Other physical details
ill. (some col.)
System control number
  • (OCoLC)712124143
  • (OCoLC)ocn712124143
Label
Living over the store : architecture and local urban life, Howard Davis
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
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
Dimensions
25 cm.
Extent
vii, 256 p.
Isbn
9780415783163
Isbn Type
(hardback : alk. paper)
Lccn
2011016350
Other physical details
ill. (some col.)
System control number
  • (OCoLC)712124143
  • (OCoLC)ocn712124143

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