F.R.S. Yorke was an influential architect in the 20th century and his book "The Modern House" set the pattern for architects for the rest of the century. His work is still referred to and seen as forward-thinking. Yorke progressed through his life affecting everyone he met. Beginning as a practising architect he soon went into publishing, writing many articles for the "Architectural Review" and later writing "The Modern House". Yorke was the key founding member of the mega-firm YRM, which was to become internationally respected. His clients were varied but most often very rich and so he was able to execute beautiful houses under his own name - without his partners. He spent much time investigating new construction and planning systems, and consequently became further known as an innovater and influencer in new technology. This book provides the full details of this life of an important figure in the development of modern architecture.