Ransom Canyon is a town in Lubbock County of West Texas, United States.

He moved to Lubbock in 1971 to teach art at Texas Tech University's school of architecture.

He started working on The Steel House in 1973, two years after sculpting a similar piece of art, (now a permanent installation in front of the TTU School of Architecture) which inspired him to build something bigger to live in.

Made of weathering steel and weighing 110 tons on four hollow legs, the 2,200 square foot house on three levels was completed 10 months before his death in 2008.

Robert, General contractor, Rick Denser, Master Stone Mason, Manfred Kaiter and Venture Capitalist, Mark Lawson started work on Lawson's 460 ton Rock House in 1991, which was inspired by the work of Antoni Gaudi.

[11] On June 25 and 26, 2013, Ransom Canyon was the site of a Vogue (magazine) fall-fashion photo shoot.

[12] The Steel House was featured on an episode of Texas Country Reporter with Bob Phillips shortly before Bruno's death.