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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Barber, Daniel A. (-)
Format: Book
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Oxford University Press cop. 2016
Subjects:
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
See on 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
Description
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
Physical Description:XIII, 336 p. : il. ; 26 cm
Bibliography:Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. [309]-324) e índice
ISBN:9780199394012

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