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Papers by Daniel A Barber

Research paper thumbnail of Architecture, Media, and Climate

Modern Architecture and Climate Design before Air Conditioning, 2020

This is the introduction to my new book, Modern Architecture and Climate: Design before Air Condi... more This is the introduction to my new book, Modern Architecture and Climate: Design before Air Conditioning. It lays out the framework and narrative of the book.

Research paper thumbnail of After Comfort

Research paper thumbnail of HEATING THE BAUHAUS UNDERSTANDING THE HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE IN THE CONTEXT OF ENERGY POLICY AND ENERGY TRANSITION

Kleinman Center paper series, 2019

A concise essay discussing the challenges of heating the uninsulated space of the Bauhaus Dessau ... more A concise essay discussing the challenges of heating the uninsulated space of the Bauhaus Dessau workshop wing. A longer version will be published in Perspecta 53: Onus, next year.

Research paper thumbnail of Emergency Exit

e-flux architecture, 2019

A new essay on e-flux architecture exploring how to transform architectural discourse in the face... more A new essay on e-flux architecture exploring how to transform architectural discourse in the face of climate instability and capital accumulation. Part of the Overgrowth series, out of the Oslo Architecture Triennial

Research paper thumbnail of Field Notes: Architecture and the Environment

Architectural Histories, 2018

Research paper thumbnail of Architecture, Environment, History: Questions and Consequences (2018)

There is increasing interest among architectural historians in addressing environmental concerns ... more There is increasing interest among architectural historians in addressing environmental concerns on both historical and theoretical terms. Simultaneously, other fields have been looking to architectural scholarship to understand the historical relationship between the built and the natural environment. For architectural historians, and others, this has also involved correlating the shifting discourse on environment with a history of architectural transformations and disciplinary expansions. These engagements have made clear that the environmental history of architecture does not simply add more objects to the historical database, but also changes the terms of historical analysis, as new matters of concern and new conceptual frameworks come to the fore. This paper gathers together a dialogic set of projections from scholars responding to the question of how we might newly understand the historical relationship between the built and the natural environment, and the opportunities and challenges this new phase presents to scholars, design researchers, and architects.

Research paper thumbnail of Architecture and the 1.5 degree imperative

An Op-Ed in Archinect looking at the challenges to architecture relative to the Oct 2018 report f... more An Op-Ed in Archinect looking at the challenges to architecture relative to the Oct 2018 report from the IPCC

Research paper thumbnail of The Nature of the Image: Olgyay and Olgyay's Architectural- Climatic Diagrams in the 1950s

An analysis of the imaginary of "man" and "climate" in the drawings and diagrams of architects Vi... more An analysis of the imaginary of "man" and "climate" in the drawings and diagrams of architects Victor and Aladar Olgyay, c. 1955

Research paper thumbnail of Introduction to A House in the Sun: Modern Architecture and Solar Energy in the Cold War

Research paper thumbnail of The Form and Climate Research Group; or, Scales of Architectural History

see also at http://averyreview.com/issues/15/the-form-and-climate-research-group [color images!]

Research paper thumbnail of The World Solar Energy Project, c. 1954

Grey Room, 2013

Telkes. The Dover Sun House, Dover, MA, 1948. Courtesy the Frances Loeb Library, Harvard Graduate... more Telkes. The Dover Sun House, Dover, MA, 1948. Courtesy the Frances Loeb Library, Harvard Graduate School of Design.

Research paper thumbnail of Hubbert's Peak, Eneropa, and the Visualization of Renewable Energy

Subscribe t o Email | RSS | T witter | Fac ebook | iPhone A pp Log In / Register A dvanc ed Searc... more Subscribe t o Email | RSS | T witter | Fac ebook | iPhone A pp Log In / Register A dvanc ed Searc h Forum of Design f or the Public Realm Sponsor PLA CES A bout Foundation P artner S c hools P rint A rc hive P eer Review Submis s ions D onate C ontac t DEPA RTMENTS C ritique E s s ays G allery I nterviews M ultimedia P artner N ews P eer Reviewed P oetry & Fic tion P rojec ts TOPICS A rc hitec ture A rt Books C ities / P lac es C ommunity C ulture D es ign H is tory D es ign P rac tic e D evelopment E c ology E c onomy E duc ation E nergy E nvironment Film / V ideo Food/A gric ulture G eography H ealth / S afety H is tory H ous ing I deas I nfras truc ture L ands c ape P hotography P lanning P olitic s / P olic y P res ervation P ublic / P rivate Reputations Sus tainability T ec hnology T rans portation U rbanis m Water DESIGN OBSERVER A rc hive Books + Store Job Board E mail A rc hive C omments A bout C ontac t L og I n Regis ter Comment s Posted 05.20.13 | PERMA LINK | PRINT A M O , Map of Eneropa, 2 0 0 9 .

Research paper thumbnail of Tomorrow's House: Solar Heating in 1940s America

Technology and Culture, Feb 2014

In the tumultuous decade between 1939 and 1949, solar house heating was seen by many American arc... more In the tumultuous decade between 1939 and 1949, solar house heating was seen by many American architects, journal editors, and policymakers as a necessary component of the expansion into suburbia. As the technological and financial aspects of home ownership began to take on new implications for economic growth and social stability, design strategies of architectural modernism-including the expansive use of glass, the open plan and façade, and the flexible roof line-were seen as a means to construct a suburbia that was sensitive to emerging concerns over materials allocations, energy resource scarcity, and the economic challenges to postwar growth. Experimentation in passive solar house design came to be a prominent means for seeing suburbia as an opportunity for new kinds of building and new ways of living.

Research paper thumbnail of Experimental Dwellings: Modern Architecture and Environmental Research at the MIT Solar Energy Fund, 1938-1963

Research paper thumbnail of Le Corbusier, The Brise-Soleil, and the Socio-Climatic Project of Modern Architecture, 1929-1963

Research paper thumbnail of Environmentalisation and Environmentality: Re-concieving the History of 20th C Architecture

Forthcoming by Daniel A Barber

Research paper thumbnail of Architectural Theory Review (22:2, 2018)

Architectural Theory Review, 2018

An open issue, with essays by Courtney Skipton Long, Robert Alexander Gorny, Timothy Hyde, Alexan... more An open issue, with essays by Courtney Skipton Long, Robert Alexander Gorny, Timothy Hyde, Alexander Eisenschmidt, and (jointly) Daniel A. Barber, Lee Stickells, Philip Goad, Deborah van der Plaat, Daniel J Ryan, Cathy Keys, Maren Koehler, Farhan Karim, William Taylor and Andrew Leach; and reviews by Jasper Ludewig, Alexandra Brown and Elizabeth Musgrave.

Articles & Papers by Daniel A Barber

Research paper thumbnail of Field Notes: Architecture and the Environment

Architectural Histories (EAHN), 2018

These Field Notes, on the topic of Architecture and the Environment, elucidate how problems raise... more These Field Notes, on the topic of Architecture and the Environment, elucidate how problems raised in the environmental humanities have informed architectural history, and in turn, what architectural history has to contribute to this emerging field. The short essays explore specific ‘positions’ in the overarching debate, identifying a radical return to critical theory and the embrace of the fundamentally transdisciplinary nature of environmental humanities and architectural history. While the positions advocate for a serious investigation of architects’ texts and ideas on environmental issues, the collection also champions a broader engagement with Anthropocene questions and proposes to adopt the environment as an intellectual perspective from which to look upon the world.

Books by Daniel A Barber

Research paper thumbnail of Retrofit--Energy Crises & Climate Exigencies from Preservation's Perspective

Future Anterior--The Int'l Journal of Historic Preservation History, Theory and Criticism, 2021

For this issue of Future Anterior , we welcome papers that examine historical or contemporary ret... more For this issue of Future Anterior , we welcome papers that examine historical or contemporary retrofitting practices and theories in relation to climate crises and energy challenges....Retrofit, a theory of preservation practiced globally in accordance with diverse disciplines, politics, cultures and resources, is a crucial aspect of the world's low carbon past and future. The diversity of retrofit practices across time and space warrants decolonizing the concept of "theory" and democratizing consideration of its formation. We invite authors to thought leadership, by illuminating the ideas and projects of underrepresented practitioners or by exploring how and why certain works of design and development have become sites of disciplinary adoration and/or discursive attention. Together, these case studies of retrofit will shed light on the archive of preservation that motivates and mobilizes individuals, institutions and industries to invest, both financially and culturally, in smart growth and degrowth. We seek papers that fall into three categories-Retrofit's Roots, How "Other" Retrofits Measure Up, and Retrofitting Conservation, each described below. We are interested not only in research-based texts appropriate for academic peer review in multiple disciplines (historic preservation, conservation, architecture, landscape architecture, urban and regional planning, real estate development, community/economic development), but also project, policy, and program evaluations appropriate for peer review by practitioners in these fields. Scholarly texts of no more than 4000 words (including references and footnotes) will undergo double-blind, peer review. Although authors are invited to submit papers on people, places, and projects across the globe, all submissions must be written in (or translated into) English for consideration. Only papers submitted to Future.Anterior.Journal@gmail.com by the deadline-06/01/20-in the formatting described below will be reviewed for publication.

Research paper thumbnail of Architecture, Media, and Climate

Modern Architecture and Climate Design before Air Conditioning, 2020

This is the introduction to my new book, Modern Architecture and Climate: Design before Air Condi... more This is the introduction to my new book, Modern Architecture and Climate: Design before Air Conditioning. It lays out the framework and narrative of the book.

Research paper thumbnail of After Comfort

Research paper thumbnail of HEATING THE BAUHAUS UNDERSTANDING THE HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE IN THE CONTEXT OF ENERGY POLICY AND ENERGY TRANSITION

Kleinman Center paper series, 2019

A concise essay discussing the challenges of heating the uninsulated space of the Bauhaus Dessau ... more A concise essay discussing the challenges of heating the uninsulated space of the Bauhaus Dessau workshop wing. A longer version will be published in Perspecta 53: Onus, next year.

Research paper thumbnail of Emergency Exit

e-flux architecture, 2019

A new essay on e-flux architecture exploring how to transform architectural discourse in the face... more A new essay on e-flux architecture exploring how to transform architectural discourse in the face of climate instability and capital accumulation. Part of the Overgrowth series, out of the Oslo Architecture Triennial

Research paper thumbnail of Field Notes: Architecture and the Environment

Architectural Histories, 2018

Research paper thumbnail of Architecture, Environment, History: Questions and Consequences (2018)

There is increasing interest among architectural historians in addressing environmental concerns ... more There is increasing interest among architectural historians in addressing environmental concerns on both historical and theoretical terms. Simultaneously, other fields have been looking to architectural scholarship to understand the historical relationship between the built and the natural environment. For architectural historians, and others, this has also involved correlating the shifting discourse on environment with a history of architectural transformations and disciplinary expansions. These engagements have made clear that the environmental history of architecture does not simply add more objects to the historical database, but also changes the terms of historical analysis, as new matters of concern and new conceptual frameworks come to the fore. This paper gathers together a dialogic set of projections from scholars responding to the question of how we might newly understand the historical relationship between the built and the natural environment, and the opportunities and challenges this new phase presents to scholars, design researchers, and architects.

Research paper thumbnail of Architecture and the 1.5 degree imperative

An Op-Ed in Archinect looking at the challenges to architecture relative to the Oct 2018 report f... more An Op-Ed in Archinect looking at the challenges to architecture relative to the Oct 2018 report from the IPCC

Research paper thumbnail of The Nature of the Image: Olgyay and Olgyay's Architectural- Climatic Diagrams in the 1950s

An analysis of the imaginary of "man" and "climate" in the drawings and diagrams of architects Vi... more An analysis of the imaginary of "man" and "climate" in the drawings and diagrams of architects Victor and Aladar Olgyay, c. 1955

Research paper thumbnail of Introduction to A House in the Sun: Modern Architecture and Solar Energy in the Cold War

Research paper thumbnail of The Form and Climate Research Group; or, Scales of Architectural History

see also at http://averyreview.com/issues/15/the-form-and-climate-research-group [color images!]

Research paper thumbnail of The World Solar Energy Project, c. 1954

Grey Room, 2013

Telkes. The Dover Sun House, Dover, MA, 1948. Courtesy the Frances Loeb Library, Harvard Graduate... more Telkes. The Dover Sun House, Dover, MA, 1948. Courtesy the Frances Loeb Library, Harvard Graduate School of Design.

Research paper thumbnail of Hubbert's Peak, Eneropa, and the Visualization of Renewable Energy

Subscribe t o Email | RSS | T witter | Fac ebook | iPhone A pp Log In / Register A dvanc ed Searc... more Subscribe t o Email | RSS | T witter | Fac ebook | iPhone A pp Log In / Register A dvanc ed Searc h Forum of Design f or the Public Realm Sponsor PLA CES A bout Foundation P artner S c hools P rint A rc hive P eer Review Submis s ions D onate C ontac t DEPA RTMENTS C ritique E s s ays G allery I nterviews M ultimedia P artner N ews P eer Reviewed P oetry & Fic tion P rojec ts TOPICS A rc hitec ture A rt Books C ities / P lac es C ommunity C ulture D es ign H is tory D es ign P rac tic e D evelopment E c ology E c onomy E duc ation E nergy E nvironment Film / V ideo Food/A gric ulture G eography H ealth / S afety H is tory H ous ing I deas I nfras truc ture L ands c ape P hotography P lanning P olitic s / P olic y P res ervation P ublic / P rivate Reputations Sus tainability T ec hnology T rans portation U rbanis m Water DESIGN OBSERVER A rc hive Books + Store Job Board E mail A rc hive C omments A bout C ontac t L og I n Regis ter Comment s Posted 05.20.13 | PERMA LINK | PRINT A M O , Map of Eneropa, 2 0 0 9 .

Research paper thumbnail of Tomorrow's House: Solar Heating in 1940s America

Technology and Culture, Feb 2014

In the tumultuous decade between 1939 and 1949, solar house heating was seen by many American arc... more In the tumultuous decade between 1939 and 1949, solar house heating was seen by many American architects, journal editors, and policymakers as a necessary component of the expansion into suburbia. As the technological and financial aspects of home ownership began to take on new implications for economic growth and social stability, design strategies of architectural modernism-including the expansive use of glass, the open plan and façade, and the flexible roof line-were seen as a means to construct a suburbia that was sensitive to emerging concerns over materials allocations, energy resource scarcity, and the economic challenges to postwar growth. Experimentation in passive solar house design came to be a prominent means for seeing suburbia as an opportunity for new kinds of building and new ways of living.

Research paper thumbnail of Experimental Dwellings: Modern Architecture and Environmental Research at the MIT Solar Energy Fund, 1938-1963

Research paper thumbnail of Le Corbusier, The Brise-Soleil, and the Socio-Climatic Project of Modern Architecture, 1929-1963

Research paper thumbnail of Environmentalisation and Environmentality: Re-concieving the History of 20th C Architecture

Research paper thumbnail of Architectural Theory Review (22:2, 2018)

Architectural Theory Review, 2018

An open issue, with essays by Courtney Skipton Long, Robert Alexander Gorny, Timothy Hyde, Alexan... more An open issue, with essays by Courtney Skipton Long, Robert Alexander Gorny, Timothy Hyde, Alexander Eisenschmidt, and (jointly) Daniel A. Barber, Lee Stickells, Philip Goad, Deborah van der Plaat, Daniel J Ryan, Cathy Keys, Maren Koehler, Farhan Karim, William Taylor and Andrew Leach; and reviews by Jasper Ludewig, Alexandra Brown and Elizabeth Musgrave.

Research paper thumbnail of Field Notes: Architecture and the Environment

Architectural Histories (EAHN), 2018

These Field Notes, on the topic of Architecture and the Environment, elucidate how problems raise... more These Field Notes, on the topic of Architecture and the Environment, elucidate how problems raised in the environmental humanities have informed architectural history, and in turn, what architectural history has to contribute to this emerging field. The short essays explore specific ‘positions’ in the overarching debate, identifying a radical return to critical theory and the embrace of the fundamentally transdisciplinary nature of environmental humanities and architectural history. While the positions advocate for a serious investigation of architects’ texts and ideas on environmental issues, the collection also champions a broader engagement with Anthropocene questions and proposes to adopt the environment as an intellectual perspective from which to look upon the world.

Research paper thumbnail of Retrofit--Energy Crises & Climate Exigencies from Preservation's Perspective

Future Anterior--The Int'l Journal of Historic Preservation History, Theory and Criticism, 2021

For this issue of Future Anterior , we welcome papers that examine historical or contemporary ret... more For this issue of Future Anterior , we welcome papers that examine historical or contemporary retrofitting practices and theories in relation to climate crises and energy challenges....Retrofit, a theory of preservation practiced globally in accordance with diverse disciplines, politics, cultures and resources, is a crucial aspect of the world's low carbon past and future. The diversity of retrofit practices across time and space warrants decolonizing the concept of "theory" and democratizing consideration of its formation. We invite authors to thought leadership, by illuminating the ideas and projects of underrepresented practitioners or by exploring how and why certain works of design and development have become sites of disciplinary adoration and/or discursive attention. Together, these case studies of retrofit will shed light on the archive of preservation that motivates and mobilizes individuals, institutions and industries to invest, both financially and culturally, in smart growth and degrowth. We seek papers that fall into three categories-Retrofit's Roots, How "Other" Retrofits Measure Up, and Retrofitting Conservation, each described below. We are interested not only in research-based texts appropriate for academic peer review in multiple disciplines (historic preservation, conservation, architecture, landscape architecture, urban and regional planning, real estate development, community/economic development), but also project, policy, and program evaluations appropriate for peer review by practitioners in these fields. Scholarly texts of no more than 4000 words (including references and footnotes) will undergo double-blind, peer review. Although authors are invited to submit papers on people, places, and projects across the globe, all submissions must be written in (or translated into) English for consideration. Only papers submitted to Future.Anterior.Journal@gmail.com by the deadline-06/01/20-in the formatting described below will be reviewed for publication.