Daniel A. Barber

Daniel A. Barber is a professor in architectural history and theory at Eindhoven University of Technology.

Daniel is the author of Modern Architecture and Climate: Design before Air Conditioning (Princeton University Press, 2020) and A House in the Sun: Modern Architecture and Solar Energy in the Cold War (Oxford University Press, 2016). He has held academic positions and fellowships at Harvard, Penn, Princeton, Yale, and Oberlin, and at the Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (Berlin), the Rachel Carson Center (Munich), the Canadian Centre for Architecture (Montreal), and, most recently, at the Centre for Apocalyptic and Post-Apocalyptic Studies at the Universität Heidelberg. He was a 2022–2023 Guggenheim Fellow.

Daniel’s research and teaching has helped spark a vibrant global discussion around architecture and the environment, in its historical, practical, and technological dimensions. He is increasingly focused on amplifying the climate-relevant work of scholars and practitioners, and on developing concepts and frameworks for architects, policy makers, developers, and others to better engage the climate emergency. He is co-editor of two ongoing series on e-flux architecture: “Accumulation” and “After Comfort: A User’s Guide.” Research for his next book, Make Yourself Uncomfortable: A Manual for Life Inside after Fossil Fuels, is supported by a British Academy Global Convening Grant.

Daniel is a member of the board of directors of Places Journal.