Shophouses is an individual part of a full continuous row of shops directly built next to each other with no gap or space in between. A continuous row of shophouses is knows as a row of shoplots where both sides each shoplot's walls are attatched to each other. Generally speaking, shophouses are mostly two or three stories high with a shop on the ground floor to carry out business or activities while the top floor is for residence. It also consists of a walkway which is part of the shoplot's architecture but is meant for public use which provides shade for walking pedestrians.

Shophouses been around since the 1790s and have been constantly transforming until today. Most of the heritage shophouses are found in Penang and Melacca. The location which I have chosen to take photos of such fusion architecture is in Melacca. The shophouses present in Melacca fulfills the fusion architecture criteria because each shophouse consists of different culture implemented in the architecture.

Shophouses consists of details such as doors, windows, pillars, pavements, ornaments, lights, carved decorations, and others. These details make up the exterior facade view of each shophouse. The details in each shophouse is similar to each other, but the design to each of them transforms along the timeline. These details are also implemented from different culture which shows fusion architecture in the shophouse. The material used to make these details can also be classified under fusion architecture because different materials is implemented by different culture.