{"product_id":"modern-architecture-and-climate-by-daniel-a-barber-9780691248653","title":"Modern Architecture and Climate","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow climate influenced the design strategies of modernist architects\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eModern Architecture and Climate\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFocusing on the period surrounding World War II—before fossil-fuel powered air-conditioning became widely available—Daniel Barber brings to light a vibrant and dynamic architectural discussion involving design, materials, and shading systems as means of interior climate control. He looks at projects by well-known architects such as Richard Neutra, Le Corbusier, Lucio Costa, Mies van der Rohe, and Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill, as well as the work of climate-focused architects like MMM Roberto, Olgyay and Olgyay, and Cliff May.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing on the editorial projects of James Marston Fitch, Elizabeth Gordon, and others, Barber demonstrates how images and diagrams produced by architects helped conceptualise climate knowledge, alongside the work of meteorologists, physicists, engineers, and social scientists. He describes how this novel type of environmental media catalysed new ways of thinking about climate and architectural design.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eExtensively illustrated with archival material, \u003cem\u003eModern Architecture and Climate\u003c\/em\u003e provides global perspectives on modern architecture and its evolving relationship with a changing climate, showcasing designs from Latin America, Europe, the United States, the Middle East, and Africa. This timely and important book reconciles the cultural dynamism of architecture with the material realities of ever-increasing carbon emissions from the mechanical cooling systems of buildings, and offers a historical foundation for today’s zero-carbon design.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47461174116588,"sku":"9780691248653","price":105.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780691248653-modern-architecture-and-climate.jpg?v=1774961095","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/modern-architecture-and-climate-by-daniel-a-barber-9780691248653","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}