The shophouse hotel: Vernacular heritage in a creative city

Urban Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 341-367

  Chang, T C ^a   Teo, Peggy ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTORIC BUILDING; NATIONAL IDENTITY; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; URBAN AREA; VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE;

ASIA; EURASIA; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 58549118278     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098008099358     Document Type: Article

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