Calder, Barnabas,

Architecture : from prehistory to climate emergency / - xxv, 547 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. - Pelican book .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Life with less energy -- Farming, the city and monumental architecture -- Us and them : the Parthenon and Parsa -- Energy booms : the Roman Empire and Song-dynasty China -- 'A proportional indicator of power'? : tradition, energy and mosques -- Plague and prosperity : medieval and early modern Europe -- The march of bricks and mortar : coal and the city -- 'That which all the world desires' : Victorian Liverpool -- Form follows fuel : industry and construction in the USA, 1850-1920 -- 'The beauty of speed' : the rise of oil and electricity, 1914-39 -- 'Too cheap to meter' : the post-war boom, 1939-90 -- Today's great energy revolution.

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Sustainable architecture.
Architecture.
Architecture and energy conservation.

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