A house in the sun : modern architecture and solar energy in the Cold War

A house in the sun modern architecture and solar energy in the Cold War

Introduction: Architecture, technology, and politicsThe modern solar house -- What is a house? -- Discovering renewable resources -- Experimental dwellings -- All-solar houses -- The World Solar Energy Project -- Design and research -- Architecture and the sun -- Conclusion: Architecture and environ...

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1. Verfasser: Barber, Daniel A. (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Oxford Oxford University Press 2016
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Solar houses > History > Solar energy > Research > House construction > Architecture, Domestic > Architecture and energy conservation > Architecture > Environmental aspects > USA > Solarhaus > Solararchitektur > Geschichte 1940-1960
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Zusammenfassung:Introduction: Architecture, technology, and politicsThe modern solar house -- What is a house? -- Discovering renewable resources -- Experimental dwellings -- All-solar houses -- The World Solar Energy Project -- Design and research -- Architecture and the sun -- Conclusion: Architecture and environmentalism.
"A House in the Sun describes a number of solar house experiments in the 1940s and 1950s. The houses relied on the materials and ideas of modern architecture for both energy efficiency and claims to cultural relevance, and also developed out of a growing concern over global resource limits"--Provided by publisher
Beschreibung:Literaturverzeichnis: Seiten 309-324
Beschreibung:xiii, 336 Seiten
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25 cm
ISBN:9780199394012
978-0-19-939401-2