This book provides a comprehensive survey of Modern Movement houses constructed with steel frames. Arranged chronologically and thematically, it traces the development over the last seventy years of steel houses in Europe, Australia and the United States, with special reference to London, Paris, Sydney and Los Angeles and to the work elsewhere of Mies van der Rohe, Philip Johnson and Jean Prouve. Examples of steel houses from around the world demonstrate that steel structures can provide a better quality of life within a cleaner, lighter home environment.

Dedication. Acknowledgements. Preface. Introduction. Part One: The Modern Steel House 1929-1939. Part Two: The Modern Steel House in America. Part Three: The Modern Steel House in Europe and Australia. Part Four: Five Responses. List of Interviews. Endnotes. Bibliography. Illustration Credits. Index.