A house in the sun : modern architecture and solar energy in the Cold War /
"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"...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2016.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (1 volume) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780190274467 0190274468 0199394024 9780199394029 9780199394036 0199394032 |