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

Main entry:

Barber, Daniel A., author.

Title & Author:

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

Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2016]

Description:

xiii, 336 pages ; 27 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 308-324) and index.
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.
Library copy: selected for the Multidisciplinary Research Project on "Architecture and/for the Environment", 2017-2019, developed by the CCA with the generous support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Dust jacket.

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.

ISBN:

9780199394012 (hardcover ; acid-free paper)
0199394016 (hardcover ; acid-free paper)

Subject:

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.
Architecture and energy conservation.
Architecture, Domestic.
Architecture Environmental aspects.
House construction Research.
Solar energy Research.
Solar houses.

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 294219
Call No.: BIB 239623
Status: Available

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