The rennaisance palazzi in Europe often housed banks as well as the dwellings of noblemen, chapels, and concert chambers were also features of these buildings, giving them a public character. They continue to be early models for the development of the office building, as well as having set scale parameters for housing buildings in Europe. See Paul Katz's essay on the Office Building as building type the book is in the English language Architecture section of the Library, the number is 725.23