Sorry, out of gas : architecture's response to the 1973 oil crisis / edited by Giovanna Borasi, Mirko Zardini ; with contributions by Adam Bobbette [and others] ; with an illustrated tale by Harriet Russell.

Issued also in French under title: Dsol, plus d'essence.

Catalogue of an exhibition '1973: Sorry, Out of Gas' held at the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montral, Qubec, Nov. 7, 2007 to Apr. 20, 2008.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

An endangered species / Harriet Russell -- Think different / Mirko Zardini -- Oil : 17 October 1973 ; A new austerity ; World leaders react ; Topical games -- Sun : Solar in the laboratory ; Pioneering experiments ; A solar first ; Portraits of solar in 1975 ; Do-it-yourself solar -- Jimmy Carter takes a stand ; Innovation: the thermal window ; Innovation: the Trombe wall ; Steve Baer: democratizing solar ; An American version of the Trombe wall ; Michael Jantzen: solar high-tech ; The shift to passive solar ; O.M. Ungers: solar on an urban scale -- In the footsteps of the counter-culture / Caroline Maniaque -- Earth : Using the earth for shelter ; Underground space center ; Malcolm Wells: architecture and nature ; Michael Reynolds: creative recycling ; Ecology house: aesthetics of green ; Jay Swayze: underground visions ; The energy crisis and super-insulation -- Wind : Wind power and energy self-sufficiency ; An urban experiment: 519 East 11th Street ; An urban experiment: NYU ; Windworks: energy for everybody -- Integrated systems : Buckminster Fuller and World game ; Ecol operation ; Alternative technologies and publications on energy ; Centre for Alternative Technology ; Integrated Life Support Systems Laboratories ; New Alchemy Institute ; The Ouroboros Project ; Farallones Institute.