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A house in the sun : modern architecture and solar energy in the Cold War / Daniel A. Barber.
LIBRA TH7414 .B365 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Barber, Daniel A.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Solar houses--History--20th century.
- Solar energy--Research--History--20th century.
- House construction--Research--History--20th century.
- Architecture, Domestic--History--20th century.
- Architecture and energy conservation--History--20th century.
- Architecture--Environmental aspects--History--20th century.
- Architecture and energy conservation.
- Architecture, Domestic.
- Architecture--Environmental aspects.
- House construction--Research.
- Solar energy--Research.
- Solar houses.
- History.
- House construction.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 336 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016.
- Summary:
- "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.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Architecture, technology, and politics
- The 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780199394012
- 0199394016
- OCLC:
- 933863700
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