Barnabas Calder is a historian of architecture and Senior Lecturer
at the University of Liverpool, specializing in the relationship
between architecture and energy throughout human history. He also
works on British architecture since 1945, and is the author of Raw
Concrete- The Beauty of Brutalism.
Twitter and Instagram- @BarnabasCalder
#ArchitectureAndEnergy
Provocative, enlightening... Calder is the perfect guide around
some of mankind's most substantial achievements, but never swerves
away from asking hard questions
*Herald*
[An] engaging study... It has something of the appeal of Jared
Diamond's Guns, Germs and Steel - that of grounding historical
mysteries in material facts... Partly a hymn or elegy to the world
that fossil fuels made, partly a warning of the disasters they are
bringing... Calder makes a simple and important point, often with
engaging and unexpected detail: architecture is indeed made by
energy, which makes crucial the next stage of its evolution
*Observer*
A survey of construction and its entanglement with energy use...
Superb
*Financial Times*
An essential read: clarifying, alarming, but hopeful
*Architects' Journal*
An insightful, often impassioned journey through the history of
buildings
*New Scientist*
[A] powerful, disturbing account of architecture and energy since
ancient times
*Nature*
Calder has written an energetic global history of architecture -
energetic both in the vim he brings to a colossal subject, and in
its particular focus... For the general reader, it's an
entertaining and original introduction to the history of
architecture. For the architect, it helpfully sets the daunting
challenges of our day in lively and inspiring context
*RIBA*
A highly readable world history of architecture... This book will
help to reinforce the crucial role of architecture in tackling the
climate crisis
*RIBA Journal*
Calder's brilliant book [...arises from] a truly astonishing depth
and breadth of research [...and] develops a new frame for
architectural writing which frankly makes some of the previous
architectural histories look at best parochial, or at worst
irrelevant in the face of the global climate crisis
*Buildings and Cities*
A brilliantly written and timely investigation into a fundamental
truth that is often overlooked: energy, in particular the
availability of certain types of fuel, is perhaps the single most
important driver of architectural design
*Florian Urban, Professor of Architectural History, Glasgow School
of Art*
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