One of the outstanding achievements of the new constructional technique has been the abolition of the separating function of the wall.

Today the arts exist in isolation, from which they can be rescued only through the conscious, cooperative effort of all craftsmen. Architects, painters, and sculptors must recognize anew and learn to grasp the composite character of a building both as an entity and in its separate parts.

New synthetic substances - steel, concrete, glass - are actively superseding the traditional raw materials of construction.

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