Daniel A. Barber (Assistant Professor of Architectural History and

House in the Sun

Modern Architecture and Solar Energy in the Cold War

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Produktbeschreibung

A House in the Sun describes a number of experiments in solar house heating in the 1940s and 1950s. It shows how resource limitations were seen as an opportunity for design to attain new relevance for social and cultural transformations.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. November 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 261mm x 187mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 854g
• ISBN-13: 9780199394012
• ISBN-10: 0199394016
• Artikelnr.: 47867450

Autorenporträt

Daniel A. Barber is an Assistant Professor of Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania, where he teaches the history of modern architecture. He has published articles in Grey Room and Technology and Culture.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Architecture, Technology, and Politics
1. The Modern Solar House
2. What is a House?
3. Discovering Renewable Resources
4. Experimental Dwellings
5. All-Solar Houses
6. The World Solar Energy Project
7. Design and Research
8. Architecture and the Sun
Conclusion: Architecture and Environmentalism
Notes
Bibliography
Index