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A house in the sun : modern architecture and solar energy in the Cold War / Daniel Barber.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Barber, Daniel A., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Solar houses--History--20th century.
- Solar houses.
- Solar energy--Research--History--20th century.
- Solar energy.
- House construction--History--20th century.
- House construction.
- Architecture, Domestic--History--20th century.
- Architecture, Domestic.
- Architecture and energy conservation--History--20th century.
- Architecture and energy conservation.
- Architecture--Environmental aspects--History--20th century.
- Architecture.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.
- Summary:
- '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.
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2016.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on September 6, 2016).
- ISBN:
- 0-19-939403-2
- 0-19-027446-8
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