Form Follows Fuel : 14 Buildings from Antiquity to the Oil Age (Paperback)

Introduction - Form Follows Fuel? Methodology? 1-2. You may be a Pharaoh: The Great Pyramid in Giza and the Seagram Building in New York? 3. A Dwelling in a Low-Energy Society: Blackhouse in Arnol, Scotland? 4. A Rammed-Earth Dwelling: Teleuk in Mourla, Cameroon? 5. A Mausoleum in an Agrarian Empire: The Burial Mound of the First Chinese Emperor near X?'?n? 6. Monumental Architecture without Wheels, Iron or Draft Animals: The Great Temple in Tenochtitlan/ Mexico City? 7. Leisure from the Emperor: The Baths of Caracalla, Rome? 8. Fossil Coal and Capitalist Growth: a Georgian House at 36 Great James Street, London? 9. The Transport Revolution: Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, Mumbai? 10. Early mass housing in an industrial city: Tenement at Rostocker Straße 44, Berlin? 11. Early mass housing in a colonial context: Jianyeli Lilong ensemble, Shanghai? 12. The Modern Factory: Original Assembly Building at the Ford Plant in Highland Park near Detroit? 13. Mass housing at its peak: Panel Block at Ulitsa Grimau 14, Moscow? 14. The Contemporary Airport: Kuala Lumpur International? 15. Conclusion: Architecture for the Post-Oil Era?? Annex 1: Basic Energy Figures? Annex 2: Human Labour, an Elusive Quantity