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Living Over the Store : Architecture and Local Urban Life.

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 comprehens...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Davis, Howard
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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 th.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (297 pages)
ISBN:9780203609590
020360959X