TY  - BOOK
AU  - Davis Howard
TI  - Living over the store : architecture and local urban life
SN  - 0415783178
U1  - 728.314 
PY  - 2012///
CY  - London
PB  - Routledge
N1  - CONTENTS Preface  vi Introduction1 A quintessential urban building Part I: THE SHOP/HOUSE AS A GLOBAL PHENOMENON  11 1 Shophouses of Asia  15 2 The shop in the palazzo  33 3  Merchants' houses of northern and western Europe  49 4 From London to Main Street  67 Part II: THE FABRIC OF EVERYDAY LIFE  85 5  Living and working in the city  89 6 The geography of mixed uses  99 7 Adaptable buildings and flexible economics  115 8 The architecture of hybrid types  141 Part IlI : THE DEATH AND LIFE OFTHE MODEST SHOP/HOUSE  171 9 The gradual separation of family and business  175 10 The building culture of the divided city  189 11 Toward a resilient urbanism    203 Conclusion  229 Hybrid urban practice Bibliography  233 Index  251 Plates  between pp. 120-121
ER  -