新加坡店屋是新加坡建筑的瑰宝，是新加坡独有的建筑形式。本书追溯了它从简陋店屋发展到各种装饰风格的演变过程——新古典主义、中式巴洛克、禧年风格、爱德华时代、洛可可式、热带现代风格——同时评论了推动其演变的各种影响因素。本书对店屋的每一个特征进行了研究，并探讨了它从简陋的外来建筑到精致住宅的转变。本书还提供了众多店屋室内设计案例，完整地展现了店屋作为寺庙、宗祠、住宅、精品酒店、商店、餐厅和咖啡厅等用途的用途，让我们看到这些历史建筑如何在摩天大楼和购物中心的时代依然保持着其重要性。这是第一本关于新中式建筑的定性研究，探讨了它在19世纪和20世纪如何被历代殖民当局有效地改造，以至于其形式和功能的持久特质至今仍能产生共鸣。
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The Singapore shophouse is an architectural gem - a particular building form that is unique to the island. This book traces its development from rudimentary shophouse through various incarnations of decorative style - Neoclassical, Chinese Baroque,Jubilee-style, Edwardian, Rococo, Tropical Modern - all the while commenting on the various influences that fuelled its evolution. Each individual feature of the shophouse is examined, as is its change from rudimentary out-of-China structure to sophisticated dwelling house. Numerous examples of shophouse interiors today complete the odyssey - showcasing Shophouse as Temple, Clan House, Home, Boutique Hotel, Shop, Restaurant Coffeeshop and more, we see how these heritage buildings continue to be relevant in the era of the skyscraper and shopping mall. This is the first qualitative study of neo Chinese architecture and how it was effectively adapted by successive colonial authorities throughout the 19th and 20th centuries so much so that its enduring qualities of form and function continues to resonate.
