| Housing is one type of architecture which has closest relation with human being. As a form of dwelling, villa enhances our quality of living. In addition, it correctly annotates human hope of well living condition. With the development of modern and contemporary history, villa in shanghai had experienced rise, development, evolvement, a series of evolutional process which is devious and plentiful.The treatise elaborates the progress and character of villa in shanghai through historic description as well as data arrangement. This paper not only tries to survey villa through background information such as history, politics, economy, culture in terms of architecture, but also tries to indicate the close relationship between the evolvement of villa in shanghai and social culture in terms of sociology. |