Modern architecture and climate design before air conditioning

Modern architecture and climate design before air conditioning

"Modern Architecture and Climate explores how leading architects of the twentieth century incorporated climate-mediating strategies into their designs, and shows how regional approaches to climate adaptability were essential to the development of modern architecture. Focusing on the period surr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Barber, Daniel A.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton Princeton University Press, [2020]
Subjects:
1900-1999
Architecture and climate.
Architecture, Modern > 20th century > Themes, motives.
Architecture, Modern > Themes, motives.
ARCHITECTURE / Sustainability & Green Design
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • Architecture, Media, and Climate
  • Part I: The Globalization of the International Style
  • Obstacles
  • Risks
  • Tests
  • Part II: The American Acceleration
  • Control
  • Calculation
  • Conditioning
  • The Planetary Interior
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Credits

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