Living Over the Store

<p>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.</p><p>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 them mean that the hybrid phenomenon is as much a social and economic one as it is an architectural one. </p><p>Professionals city officials and developers are taking a new look at buildings that allow for higher densities and mixed-use. Describing exemplary contemporary projects and issues pertaining to their implementation as well as the background cultural variety and urban attributes this book will benefit designers dealing with mixed-use buildings as well as academics and students.</p>