Davis, Howard, <br/><br/>
Living over the store :  architecture and local urban life / 
 Architecture and local urban life 
Howard Davis. 
 - Abingdon, Oxon [England] ;  New York, NY :  Routledge,  2012. 
 - vii, 256 p. 
<br/><br/>Introduction. A quintessential urban building -- The shop/house as a global phenomenon. Shophouses of Asia -- The shop in the palazzo -- 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780415783163 (hardback : alk. paper) 9780415783170 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780203609590 (ebk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Shophouses.<br/>City and town life.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>728.314  / DAV-I