You’re telling me the Stanford torus space colony that has filled my dreams for my entire life was propaganda for US steel?
Anybody since the 70s designing those radial supports out of anything that isn't a polyester isn't paying attention.
Starships in After Earth have very cool designs with a lot of threads and fabrics and membranes instead of rigid steel.
Syd Mead did the designs for Blade Runner and Tron, and absolute legend.
Gotta say, I'd live in that steel modular house in a heartbeat.
There's a reason that house isn't pictured in the snow.
I can be insulated. People have built small houses from marine containers for long time.
Don't build it where it snows then. I love Eichler homes, but there is a good reason all of them (as far as I know) were built in California. With big walls of glass and thin, flat roofs, their insulation is pretty horrible. But their design actually probably saves energy given how they encourage indoor/outdoor living in temperate climates.