A House in the sun : : Modern Architecture and Solar Energy in the Cold War
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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.
"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.
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PUBLISHED
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2016]
Year Published: 2016
Description: 336 pages ; 27 cm
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780199394012
SUBJECTS
Solar houses -- History -- 20th century.
Solar energy -- History -- 20th century.
House construction -- History -- 20th century.
Architecture, Domestic -- History -- 20th century.
Architecture and energy conservation -- History -- 20th century.
Architecture -- History -- 20th century.