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A house in the sun : modern architecture and solar energy in the Cold War /

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"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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Barber, Daniel A. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Subjects:
Solar houses > History > 20th century.
Solar energy > Research > History > 20th century.
House construction > Research > History > 20th century.
Architecture, Domestic > History > 20th century.
Architecture and energy conservation > History > 20th century.
Architecture > Environmental aspects > History > 20th century.
Énergie solaire > Recherche > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Habitations > Construction > Recherche > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Architecture et économies d'énergie > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Architecture > Aspect de l'environnement > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Contemporary (1945-)
History.
ARCHITECTURE.
Sustainability & Green Design.
20th Century.
United States.
Modern.
Architecture and energy conservation
Architecture, Domestic
Architecture > Environmental aspects
House construction > Research
Solar energy > Research
Solar houses
1900-1999
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 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.