Barnabas Calder, Architecture. From Prehistory to Climate Emergency

Architecture. From Prehistory to Climate Emergency by Barnabas Calder begins with an insightful observation, namely that “the construction and running of buildings are currently responsible for 39% of all human greenhouse gas emission.” (p. XI)This sentence works both as a memento and as a leitmoti...

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1. Verfasser: Antiga, Tommaso
Format: Article ou chapitre numérique
Sprache:Anglais
Veröffentlicht: Ardeth 2025
Online Zugang:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Zusammenfassung:Architecture. From Prehistory to Climate Emergency by Barnabas Calder begins with an insightful observation, namely that “the construction and running of buildings are currently responsible for 39% of all human greenhouse gas emission.” (p. XI)This sentence works both as a memento and as a leitmotiv of a text whose alternative title could be: Architecture Reduced Under the General Concept of Energy.The underlying intentions of the author are highlighted immediately, in an introduction that a...