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--Provided by publisher.

• | Author: Daniel A. Barber
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press
• | Publication Date: Nov 10, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 353 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/Architecture
• | ISBN-10: 0199394016
• | ISBN-13: 9780199394012