Solar Adobe Energy, Ecology, and Earthen Architecture

Free Download Albert Narath, "Solar Adobe: Energy, Ecology, and Earthen Architecture"
English | ISBN: 1517914078 | 2024 | 296 pages | EPUB, PDF | 4 MB + 10 MB
How a centuries-old architectural tradition reemerged as a potential solution to the political and environmental crises of the 1970s

Against the backdrop of a global energy crisis, a widespread movement embracing the use of raw earth materials for building construction emerged in the 1970s. Solar Adobe examines this new wave of architectural experimentation taking place in the United States, detailing how an ancient tradition became a point of convergence for issues of environmentalism, architecture, technology, and Indigenous resistance.
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