A Machine for Climate:
The House Beautiful/AIA Climate Control Project
1949-1952
5.4 | Themes
A number of themes run through House Beautiful's Climate Control articles in the content which is depicted. This can be categorized into a number of themes. Click on the theme below to see more;
- Comfort
- Efficiency
- The "private" climate
- Regional variations
- Versatility of indoor and outdoor space
- Climate and landscape
- Integration with decor
- Similarity to other climates/travel
Comfort
House Beautiful took as its task educating the public about comfort. Quite literally, this took the form of informing the reader when he or she was comfortable or not.
House Beautiful comfort diagram.
House Beautiful, 1949 diagram illustrating man's comfort relationship to elements of the built environment.
Design with Climate, 1963 diagram illustrating man's comfort relationship to elements of the built environment.