Sunday, December 18, 2016

more from local media documentary archive

(assembly continues of media archive by Jim Laukes)


Sloan One, designed by architect Fred Keck in 1940, called a "solar house" with calculated features of a solar-heated home. Independent video, 2016, rough cut. (clicks necessary for Vimeo album viewing below)
https://vimeo.com/album/4270692

House of Tomorrow, built at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair, then moved to Indiana. Also by architect Fred Keck and others.  A stepping stone to Keck's later solar homes.  Awaiting restoration. Recently designated a "national treasure" by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Independent video, 2016, rough cut. (more Vimeo clicking)
https://vimeo.com/album/4270692 

Anthem to the Sun: and other Appropriate Technologies of Today
Independent film, 1980-81, funded by Illinois Humanities Council, aired at festivals, PBS and cable access TV outlets.

Recent invited presentations

Who Could Have Designed the 1933 House of Tomorrow (pdf available)
Chicago Chapter, Society of Architectural Historians, December 7, 2016

Midwest Sources of Solar Buiding, 1933-1978 (pdf available)
University of Illinois - Urbana, Champaign, 2013

On the taproots of Passive House (video link)
Passive House US, July 12, 2012



1 comment:

  1. Much thanks to you for peopling get the data they require. Extraordinary stuff of course. Keep up the colossal work!!! architecture design for home

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