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

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

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Barber, Daniel A. (-)
Formato: Libro
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press cop. 2016
Materias:
Energía solar > Investigación > Historia > s. XX.
Construcción > Investigación > Historia > s. XX.
Arquitectura doméstica > Historia > s. XX.
Arquitectura > Aspectos ambientales > Historia > s. XX.
Guerra fría > Aspectos sociales
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://unika.unav.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma991002145969708016&context=L&vid=34UNAV_INST:VU1&search_scope=34UNAV_TODO&tab=34UNAV_TODO&lang=es
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Dedication. Epigraph. Acknowledgments. 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. Bibliography. Index

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