The Houses of Lisl Close: A Life in Modern Architecture documents the life and work of Elizabeth "Lisl" Scheu Close, FAIA (1912-2011). The title refers to Close's prolific career as the architect of scores of modern houses, but also to that career's roots in her youth spent in a iconic modern home: the 1912 Adolf Loos–designed Scheu House in Vienna, Austria. Daily living in the light-filled, articulated volumes of this house taught her that architecture can have a transformative effect on its inhabitants.  Through her father's efforts to provide housing for Vienna's displaced denizens following World War I, she also learned that architecture has the power—and responsibility—to address greater social needs. The project explores the themes of "houses" and "housing," as evidenced in Close's design philosophies and through the built work of Close Associates.