The Doldertal a small valley in the north of the city of Zurich is best known in the history
of architecture as the residence of Swiss architectural theorist Sigfried Giedion whose book
"Space Time and Architecture" (1941) is considered a landmark in the historiography of
modernity. In 1936 Giedion commissions two houses designed by Alfred Roth and Marcel Breuer -
known as the Doldertal Apartment Houses - which to this day remain among the most important
works of Neues Bauen in Switzerland. In 1959 the architect couple Flora Steiger-Crawford and
Ruedi Steiger build their own homestead in the Doldertal - in immediate proximity to the
Doldertal Apartment Houses. Crawford and Steiger are important representatives of the Swiss
avant-garde moreover Flora Crawford is the first woman to receive a diploma in architecture
from ETH Zurich. That same year Alfred Roth designs another building the Fellowhouse right
next to House Steiger. "House Steiger 1959: Flora Steiger-Crawford and Rudolf Steiger" for the
first time offers an in-depth look at the genesis of this masterpiece of modern Swiss
architecture. Detailed analyses illustrate the central layout and outline the chronology
typology and construction of the building. Further contributions illuminate the relationship to
local typography the cultural context of the building as well as important historical and
contemporary architectural references including House Steiger's famous neighbors.
