The development of "solar" architecture until the period of the oil crisis in the years 1973 —1974 was slow going. Experimental houses were built, mostly in the USA, as well as in France and England. The first "solar houses" from the 1940s and 1950s had very simplified forms, subordinated to technology or resulting from tradition (lynx).
The first polar houses: 1) Doyer House (1949-1953), arch. E. Raymond, Dr. M technology. Land — USA; 2) MIT— Sun house 1,2,3 (1949-1955), arch. L. B. Anderson, technology—H.C. Hottel, B. Woertz, A. Whillier, A.G. Dietz (USA ): 3) Odeollo Solar House (1956), arch. J. Michel, Dr F technology. Trumpets (France)
Turbulent development, that followed the oil crisis, lasts until now.
The dissemination of this type of architecture in many countries and at different latitudes allows you to notice regional differences, despite identical technologies. In North America, houses built in New Mexico by D. Wrighta, is the marriage of S. i W. Nicolsów are made of sun-dried bricks, they have rounded corners and a Mexican pueblo feel, while houses built in the northern states or Canada have completely different forms and are built in a light or semi-heavy wooden structure. A clear regionalization can also be observed in Europe and the Mediterranean basin. French "solar houses" using passive systems are the most interesting in formal terms, for example, it perfectly breaks the monotony of a Trombe wall (lynx.).
Regionalization of "salted architecture": 1) Arab house, 2) greek house, 3) French home, 4) Finnish house, 5 i 6) houses from poi. USA -D. Wrighta i S. i W. Nicols, 7) Canadian house
Different amounts of insolation result in different ways of utilizing solar radiation, or for heating, or for refrigeration and air conditioning, as well as different sizes of the solar devices themselves and different ways of controlling it. So it turns out, that architecture using solar energy for heating is flexible enough, so that forms could be differentiated according to regional building traditions, and also to be able to participate in changing directions, or architectural trends.