This, the first book on the Schindler House, features new photographyspecially commissioned color images by Grant Mudford, one of the leading architectural photographers working todayas well as many archival shots. Author Kathryn Smith incorporates new research on Schindler as she analyzes every aspect of the houses design and construction and shows why it was such a radical departure from residential architecture that came beforeand why it is one of the icons of the modern era."