The modern solar house : architecture, energy and the emergence of environmentalism, 1948-1959 / Daniel A. Barber.

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Barber, Daniel A.

Title & Author:

The modern solar house : architecture, energy and the emergence of environmentalism, 1948-1959 / Daniel A. Barber.

Publication:

2010.

Description:

2 v. (xxviii, 750 p.) : ill. (some col.), facsims., plans, ports. ; 22 cm.

Notes:
"This dissertation describes the active discourse regarding solar house heating in American architectural, engineering, political, economic, and corporate contexts from the eve of World War II until the late 1950s. Interweaving these multiple narratives, the aim of the project is threefold: to document this vital discourse, to place it in the context of the history of architecture, and to trace through it the emergence of a techno-cultural environmentalism."--Abstract.
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Columbia University, 2010.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [449]-465).
Introduction : modernism and environmentalism -- Tomorrow's house. The solar house principle; Campaigns for modern living; See your architect -- Experimental dwellings. Building 34; The discourse on limits; Experiments in dwelling -- Phase change. The Dover Sun House; The World Solar Energy Project; The Princeton Sun House -- Living with the sun. The association; The competition; The house -- Conclusion : environmentalism and modernism -- Bibliography -- Figures.
Photocopy. Ann Arbor, MI : UMI Dissertation Pub., c2010. 2 v. (xxxviii, 750 p. : ill (some col.), facsims., plans. ; 22 cm. UMI number: 3448323.

Subject:

Solar houses United States History 20th century.
Architecture, Domestic United States History 20th century.
Environmentalism United States History 20th century.
Architecture domestique États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture, Domestic.
Environmentalism.
Solar houses.
United States.
Architecture (object genre) United States 1940-1960.
Solar houses United States 1940-1960.

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Theses.
History.

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Architecture, energy and the emergence of environmentalism, 1948-1959

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Location: Library main 276429
Call No.: BIB 211035
Copy: v. 1
Status: Available

Location: Library main 277474
Call No.: BIB 211035
Copy: v. 2
Status: Available

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