The Modern Steel House
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Notable steel houses of the Modern Movement are assembled in this comprehensive volume. Arranged in chronological and thematic order, the book traces the development over the last seventy years of houses constructed with steel frames in Europe, Australia and the United States. Examples of steel houses from around the world, including the work of Mies van der Rohe, Philip Johnson, and Jean Prouve are featured.
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THE MODERN STEEL HOUSE 1929-1939.
Two Modern Steel Houses.
The International Style.
Exhibition and Innovation.
THE MODERN STEEL HOUSE IN AMERICA.
Arts and Architecture.
Los Angeles in the 1940s.
Chicago in the 1940s.
San Francisco in the 1950s.
Los Angeles in the 1950s.
Los Angeles in the 1960s and 1970s.
THE MODERN STEEL HOUSE IN EUROPE AND AUSTRALIA.
Europe and Australia in the 1950s.
England in the 1960s.
The Influence of Chicago in the 1970s.
The Influence of California in the 1970s.
Australia in the 1980s.
Prefabrication in the 1980s.
FOUR RESPONSES.
The Structural Response.
The Metaphorical Response.
The Regional Response.
The Market Response.
Acknowledgements.
List of Interviews.
Sources.
Index.
Illustration Credits.
