![]() The academies continue to reign with all their lies and stupidity. This costs us considerable amounts of money, and urban residents in their homes or offices still do not receive the supply of light that they need and deserve. So we persist in misunderstanding current practice by building stone masks in front of these magnificent steel or concrete structures, fully open-100 percent-on all sides, to the light. How difficult it is for architects, especially teachers, to abandon completely the traditional concept of the facade, to even begin to discover something else. This revolution is important, but we have made little progress from there on the viewpoint of the Academy is rampant everywhere. We realize that it is unnecessary to construct walls from the ground up or to make the facades stand in front of concrete and steel frames. Suddenly, through the development of new technology, we see that the floors need no longer be supported by the walls, but by small posts or columns placed inside the house. Steel appears in the nineteenth century, reinforced concrete in the late nineteenth century. ![]() © 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris / FLC. The Cité de Refuge, the Salvation Army hostel on rue Cantagrel, Paris, soon after completion in 1933. Thus, over the centuries, it has been a struggle between two opposing functions, and progress has been almost imperceptible because even in the latest construction methods for stone, combined with wood or iron, these methods persist that is to say, the wall still supports the floors of the house. A hard and ongoing struggle between conflicting functions: one, the wall, designed to support the house (and it is essential that the wall is as solid as possible) the other, the window to illuminate the house (yet the window tends to destroy the strength of the wall). The history of architecture in temperate regions is, we can say, the story of the conquest of light. Glass is the most miraculous means of restoring the law of the sun. The first machine age (1830–1930) had torn this apart. The second machine age will be responsible for restoring mankind to a harmonious relationship with nature, and with the human and the cosmic. Returning to architecture and urbanism, however, which is a direct extension of this, I can state that glass will be a characteristic feature of building in the new machine age because it is the most direct means by which we can find one of the essential conditions for life: sun and light. ![]() But this is not the place to develop this theme. This new period is the second machine age: indeed, it is a new era of machine civilization. Wolverine Technologies Inc., a manufacturer of vinyl siding, makes vinyl lattice panels and several other vinyl products of special interest to owners of older homes or new homes with Victorian styling.One hundred years, representing the first machine age, has just passed, during which research into countless new techniques has given rise to so many new methods and new consumer goods that traditional society has been disrupted and is now in urgent need of reform. Telephone inquiries can be made by calling 40. One manufacturer, Cross Industries Inc., will refer interested persons to local dealers or sell direct if there is no dealer in an area, according to Steve Burch, a Cross spokesman.Ĭross makes several kinds of PVC (polyvinyl chloride) lattice panels in a wide range of colors.Ī brochure and more information are available by writing Cross Industries Inc., 5262 Peachtree Rd., Atlanta, Ga. I contacted two manufacturers of plastic panels, however, and they seem eager to cooperate with homeowners and do-it-yourselfers. So far, the plastic panels have been used mostly by contractors and home builders. Many home centers and lumberyards stock lattice panels of pressure-treated wood, but plastic panels are more difficult to find at retail outlets because they are relatively new.
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