The book is a comparative study between Lina Bo Bardi's "Casa de Vidrio (Glass House) in Morumbi, São Paulo and 3 other modernist examples of glass and steel residential projects: the Eames House (also known as Case Study House No. 8) in Southern California, the Glass House, or Johnson House (designed by Philip C. Johnson), in New Canaan, Connecticut, and the Farnsworth House in Plano, Illinois, designed by Mies van der Rohe, as a tool for understanding Bardi's own story and the future of the Glass House. It also brings unpublished photos and drawings of the four projects.