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Workplace · Modernism

Solar Building

Stanley & Wright · Albuquerque, United States · 1956

Key featuresWorld's first commercial building heated primarily by solar energy; 56 collectors on a south-facing wall.

Architect
Stanley & Wright
Place
Albuquerque, United States
Year
1956
Typology
Workplace
Movement
Modernism
Region
Americas
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