An inversion of nature: how air conditioning created the modern city | Cities | The Guardian

The shopping mall, the office block, suburbs, museums, Hollywood, the Gulf cities – air conditioning powered them all. But has the time come to turn it off?

Multiple air-conditioning units on a Tokyo roof. Photograph: Franck Robichon/EPA View image in fullscreen Multiple air-conditioning units on a Tokyo roof. Photograph: Franck Robichon/EPA Sweltering cities Cities This article is more than 7 years old An inversion of nature: how air conditioning created the modern city This article is more than 7 years old The shopping mall, the office block, suburbs, museums, Hollywood, the Gulf cities – air conditioning powered them all. But has the time come to turn it off? Rowan Moore Tue 14 Aug 2018 01.00 EDT Last modified on Wed 25 Aug 2021 09.52 EDT Share

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