Modern architecture and climate design before air conditioning /

• Main Author: Barber, Daniel A. (συγγραφέας.)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2020]
• Subjects: Αρχιτεκτονική και κλίμα; Αρχιτεκτονική, Μοντέρνα > 20ός αιώνας

"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...

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