Saltzman House is a typical example of the architect's early days, when the Group of The Five Architects proposed a new method based on a return to the language of European rationalism, drawing particularly on the houses built by Le Corbusier in the 1920's.
It clearly showed the characteristics of this conceptual form, which led to its characterization as Mannerist from contemporary critics. This is indeed an operation focused on the language of rationalism.