If You Want to Build a House

A book that accompanied the 1946 exhibit "If You Want To Build A House" exhibit at The Museum of Modern Art. The book highlights mid-century modern architects such as Walter Gropius, Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe, Philip Johnson, and Richard Neutra as well as Prairie School architect Frank Lloyd Wright. The book describes the concepts of modern architecture from the prospective of a potential home builder. The chapters, with titles like Space for Living, Plenty of Light, and The Use of Material, walk the home builder through the process of commissioning a home in the modern architectural style.