Barber, Daniel A.
Modern Architecture and Climate: Design before Air Conditioning
- ISBN 13:
- 9780691170039
- author:
- Barber, Daniel A.
- format:
- Hardback
- publisher:
- Princeton University Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2020
- Pages:
- 336
- Dimensions:
- 25.4 x 20.57 x 2.79 centimetres
- Genre:
- Arts & Photography, Architecture & Design, General,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Modern Architecture and Climate Design Before Air Conditioning explores how leading architects of the twentieth century incorporated climate-mediating strategies into their designs. By examining projects from around the world, including those by Richard Neutra, Le Corbusier, Lúcio Costa, Mies van der Rohe, and Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill, Daniel Barber reveals how regional approaches to climate adaptability were essential to the development of modern architecture.
Before the widespread availability of air-conditioning, architects turned to design strategies such as shading systems and materials to control interior climates. This book sheds light on this vibrant architectural discussion, drawing on archival material and the work of meteorologists, physicists, engineers, and social scientists. It provides a global perspective on modern architecture and its evolving relationship with a changing climate.
Extensively illustrated, Modern Architecture and Climate offers insights into how images and diagrams produced by architects helped conceptualize climate knowledge. This book is a valuable resource for anyone interested in the history of modern architecture and its connection to environmental design.
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