Abstract
Town houses in early showa period (1926-1936) were built, not only in the traditional style of DASIGETA ZUKURI, but in the new styles. In one of the new styles, the facade of houses were made flat and covered with copperplates. I intend to describe the changes of town houses and the reasons for these changes by conducting an investigation of the houses in Chuo Ward and by checking the records and statistics of houses and the building code in that period. Through these analysis, I make it clear that Urban Building Code (SIGAICHI KENCHIKUBUTU HO) stated in 1919 influenced the lack of development of the third floor and the increase of the number of town house with flat facad.
