2012 年 18 巻 39 号 p. 693-698
The building facade has a role as an interface that conveys the use of the building and the type of business. Shops, especially, through the way the entrance designed and via advertisements, have an ambience unique to each type of business, and the facade also influences the townscape. This research, via use of the Google Maps and Google Street View software developed in recent years, statistically analyzes the relationship between business type and facade structure, shows the characteristics and similarities of facades for each business type, and also demonstrates the relationship between the building location and the facade.