V.1: 1773-1916: Preparing for modernism in the industrial age : Prologue ; Of iron giants and glass virgins ; The Chicago School -- 1884-1925: Setting off to unknown realms : L'Entrée du siècle ; In the far landscape ; Circle and square ; The modern factory ; Creative in concrete -- 1912-1941: The turbulence and upsurge of modernism : The return of art ; Volumetric experiments ; Housing estates ; Machines for living in ; The International Style ; The New Deal -- V.2: 1944-1971: An art form in its prime : Case studies ; Less is more ; Stonebound ; The flying roof ; Bubbles ; Concrete containers -- 1947-2004: Criticizing the establishment : Learning from Las Vegas ; The whites ; Work on modernism ; The rational south ; Open structures ; The post-modern city ; Bellevue ; Concrete poems ; The new pleasure in materials ; The curvature of space.