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Living over the store : architecture and local urban life
- Title
- Living over the store : architecture and local urban life / Howard Davis.
- Author
- Davis, Howard, 1948-
- Publication
- Abingdon, Oxon [England] ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2012.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | NA4177 .D38 2012 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- vii, 256 p. : ill. (some col.); 25 cm.
- Alternative Title
- Architecture and local urban life
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-249) 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.
- ISBN
- 9780415783163 (hardback : alk. paper)
- 041578316X (hardback : alk. paper)
- 9780415783170 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 0415783178 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9780203609590 (ebk.)
- 020360959X (ebk.)
- LCCN
- 2011016350
- OCLC
- ocn712124143
- SCSB-13648059
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library