A small house must depend on its grouping with other houses for its beauty, and for the preservation of light air and the maximum of surrounding open space.

Because of the high costs of urban land many neighborhoods were congested and run down making it unhealthy and an unenjoyable place to live in. Stein travelled extensivelly outside of the USA and establiClarence Steind friendship with among others Swedish statesman-planner Yngve Larsson. He believed in molding urban construction into nature.