Living Over the Store : Architecture and Local Urban Life (Paperback)

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