The modern steel house

London: E & FN Spon, 1996. First edition (stated). Hardcover. Very mild rubbing to corners, extremely gentle rubbing to spine head and foot, faint soiling to fore-edges, bright pages in tight binding, exceedingly gentle rubbing to DJ spine head and foot, publisher sticker and residue to rear DJ, pale soiling to DJ and DJ spine (mostly to rear DJ), else near fine(+) in near fine(+) DJ./near fine. Large quarto in black illus DJ, 245 pages, chiefly b&w illustrations (some color), 29 cm. DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve. || This work provides a survey of Modern Movement houses constructed with steel frames. Arranged chronologically and thematically, it traces the development since the 1920s of steel houses in Europe, Australia and the United States, with special reference to London, Paris, Sydney and Los Angeles. Contents: pt. 1. The Modern Steel House 1929-1939. 1. Two Modern Steel Houses. 2. The International Style. 3. Exhibition and innovation -- pt. 2. The Modern Steel House in America. 1. Arts and Architecture. 2. Los Angeles in the 1940s. 3. Chicago in the 1940s. 4. San Francisco in the 1950s. 5. Los Angeles in the 1950s. 6. Los Angeles in the 1960s and 1970s -- pt. 3. The Modern Steel House in Europe and Australia. 1. Europe and Australia in the 1950s. 2. England in the 1960s. 3. The influence of Chicago in the 1970s. 4. The influence of California in the 1970s. 5. Australia in the 1980s. 6. Prefabrication in the 1980s -- pt. 4. Four Responses. 1. The structural response. 2. The metaphorical response. 3. The regional response. 4. The market response. Architecture, Modern -- 20th century.