Last in the series on the use of building materials.
Forging Ahead. Iron, steel and glass have transformed our cities and challenged traditional concepts of what a house should be. A suspended house of glass in Sussex has an elemental feel, while Mies van der Rohe's villa near Chicago is distinctly avant-garde. Producer Dick Foster
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