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INTRODUCTION
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confined himself to the statement of some of the problems that confront the modern man, and so the modern architect, and he has indicated solutions as much by his presentment of ancient buildings as by that of modern ones.
These problems arise mainly out of the vastly increased scale on which modern enterprise is conducted.
A MODERN FACTORY. SMART & STEWART, ARCHITECTS The Trust or Combine has greatly ameliorated its character in latter years, and seems likely to be a permanent feature of "big business"; the Store has largely replaced the small shop; urban dwellers are finding themselves more and more housed in huge blocks of fats; problems of transport and traffic will sooner or later demand a radical transformation of our
