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

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Barber, Daniel A.
Published
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016.
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1 online resource (pages cm)
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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.
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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ISBN
9780190274467 (electronic bk.)
0190274468 (electronic bk.)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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