Hungarian architect László Tóth moves to America with his wife Erzsébet in 1947. To start life with a clean slate, he takes on an ambitious project for an influential client, Harrison Lee Van Buren. This contract gives László the chance to create a monumental masterpiece of modernism. The work on the grand building spans three decades and forever changes the fates of everyone involved. It is an epic drama about the power of creation and the search for one's place in the post-war world.