http://www.google.com/googlebooks/uspto-patents.html
I spent an hour trying to find this back. So, I'm placing it here http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/07/16/the-amazing-surprising-africa-driven-demographic-future-of-the-earth-in-9-charts/ and along those lines:
After visiting the Farnsworth house, this post makes me happy http://www.oobject.com/category/12-buildings-inspired-by-the-farnsworth-house/ adding a "steel house" section to my checklist.