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- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Copyright
- © The Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain 2021
- ISSN
- 2059-5670
- eISSN
- 0066-622X
- DOI
- 10.1017/arh.2021.30
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
book reviews 431 lies not in the modernist attempt to design for different climatic environments, but rather in the burning of fossil fuel for excessive operational energy and high-energy materials such as steel, glass and concrete. This is related to but not caused by the modernist interest in ‘climate’, and, aside from the operational energy for air conditioning, would have played out with similar vigour if there had not been a discourse on climate adaptability. Modern Architecture and Climate is a thoroughly researched and superbly illustrated discussion of some of the most important connections between architecture and technology in the twentieth century, essential reading for anyone interested in the discourse around modern architecture in the light of current challenges. Patrick Zamarian, The Architectural Association in the Postwar Years (London: Lund Humphries, 2020), 208 pp. incl. 25 colour and 90 b&w ills, ISBN 9781848224063, £45 doi:10.1017/arh.2021.30 Reviewed by ELIZABETH DARLING As Patrick Zamarian notes in the introduction to this handsomely produced book, despite the fact that ‘at a rough estimate’ the Architectural Association School of Architecture (AA) trained half of the UK’s leading post-war architects, and for much of the post-war era was the nation’s ‘largest […] and most eminent
Journal
Architectural History – Cambridge University Press
Published: Jan 1, 2021